Enjoying the Christmas Bounty!

Thank you for the toy box Grammie and Grampie! I love it!

Yes...I do love it. Um...and love how it holds all of my friends.

Um...you guys?? This is not funny any more...

Ahhhh....rescued!

Micah is not sure how he feels about winter...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Whooooooooo!

hey friends,

the holiday hustle has severely cut into my blog time, but i wanted to give you a little photo update. the little guy is great! 12 weeks old, 13 lb 5oz and 23 inches.

mom and dad are loving every minute.

love to all

jw

"entertain me!"

"ok, that's better"

"hey, you look a lot like mom . . . you're nice"

"hangin' with the fellas, uncles jake and tyler."

"i love this lady"

"ya, he's ok too."

Hey Team,

Wow, it has been a while. I am sorry for being so behind on posts and hope you will continue to visit the page and check in on the adventures. I will continue to get posts up and hope to increase my frequency - I know, you have heard that before.

Things are great in Micah land. He is nine weeks old, two months already . . . unbelievable. He smiles a lot and when he flashes a grin my way, whooooo, truly precious. We are working on settling into some routines and trying to get him on a bit of sleep schedule, at night at least, and find ways for Brynn to have some of her own time - yoga, gym, art - things like that.

We were at Pop and Gigi's place in Andover for Thanksgiving and Micah proudly demonstrated his Wartman heritage by completing his first Feaster Five Road Race - he had a bit of help. It was great to be with family - Pop and Gigi, Uncle Dave and Aunt Katie and cousin Will, and Uncle Tyler and Aunt Julie - AWESOME!

Here are some action shots.

Lots of love

jw, bw, mw

"Let me at 'em! I am ready to roll."

We sprinkled some performance enhancing drugs on his pacifier.

"Leave me alone! Can't you tell I am visualizing."

"Hey Will, this guy is pretty great huh? He likes to dance and sing, he even told me a fart joke - kind of silly, but I dig it."

"Oooh, Gigi or is GG or Geegee, I can't wait until I know how to spell. Keep talking, keep talking, your voice sounds so good!"

"Here's the strategy . . . if I take it easy on Tyler now, make him feel like there is nothing to it, babies are cake, then maybe he'll get me some more cousins. . . got him right where I want him."

"ooooooh, oooooooh, pretty lady, pretty lady, uh oh, here comes the drool . . . sorry, i got carried away"

"wowzers, that spit bubble is huge . . ."

"ok, Thanksgiving, check. What's next, Will?"

"Funny men with beards, ok, ya, sure, like dad."

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

a few thoughts

Um, yes, ah, I have a question . . .

Hey, I said back up! Take that you squirdogmunk!

No more, no more, I am hideous.

I said no more . . .I will squeeze your cuticle until it really hurts . . . yes, I will do it.