Jenn gets Jesse dressed for his party/elective genital surgery. The monkey suit picked out by Aunt Amy and Cousin Elaina gets the honors, except no pants.

It feels like a long way down the stairs. In the foyer, grandparents practice their readings for the ceremony.

Grandpa Chuck has the sugar-slicked pacifier ready for the rabbi’s command. (Baby nurse Jessica shared that circumscisions at the hospital are done with the same trick, a pacifier dipped in sucrose.)

Rabbi Henesch (mohel extraordinaire, learn more at mysonsbris.com) holds Jesse.