aunts and uncles and a cousin!

H is for happy, hungry, hippos, hegemonic, handsome, and Harvard.

Hey Friends,

As most of you know, Brynn and I met while in grad school at Harvard and Brynn's brother, Tyler, is currently a grad student at Yale - so, a family rivalry has begun. And, in that spirit we bundled Micah up, equipped him with a few choice trash talk babbles, and went to New Haven for the Harvard/Yale football game. All the polar bears out there will be glad to know that Micah brought his Bowdoin hat. He gets it.

With Micah man's support the Harvard Crimson triumphed over Handsome Dan, the Bulldog, and the Sons of Eli. The most entertaining feature of the game however was the LARPing halftime show. Yes, Live Action Role Playing - I learned all about it when I worked at MIT. You don't know awkward until you know LARPing, really.

The true highlight of the trip was hanging with uncles and aunts and a cousin. Micah got to meet Uncle Tyler and Aunt Julie, and Tyler's beard, for the first time. Tyler, made terrific chili for dinner, Brynn enjoyed it tremendously, I think Micah had a different opinion. Who knew that all those spices and peppers would keep their fire in breast milk form. Well, they did, Micah had some record breaking farts last night, really remarkable. I wasn't sure if the proper response was sympathy or laughter. I think navigating between these two responses will be an ongoing element of parenting success. I went with a lot of laughter and a little sympathy.

On our way down to New Haven and back we also got to visit with Uncle Dave and Aunt Katie and Will. Great fun hanging with cousin Will!

Micah is sending kisses to all of you!

Lots of love,

jw, bw, mw