MFW @ TWO YRS

Little puddin’ belly turns two today. Happy birthday daughter! We love you.

L'equipe W at Ironman Bike Ride 4/25/10

Of Spring

We threw Maeva a little birthday party last weekend after spending the morning touring the Bryn Mar Garage Sales. The ladies left early to find hot bargains. The men stayed behind drinking coffee and were left to tend to the young’uns. It was a beautiful spring morning. I must have seen 50 garage sales and yet I found nothing that I wanted. But Maeva and I enjoyed walking and checking out people, their homes and especially their gardens. Ok – I found one thing: a plug in cooler for $3. But I didn’t buy it.

Around noon we got home and began to prepare food and home. Friends and family arrived for an open house from 3-6pm. It was a pretty small affair, but it gave us a chance to catch up with folks we hadn’t seen in a long while.

Maeva, however, was in the final throes of a triple whammy of ills: seasonal allergies, a cold, and an ear infection. She was in rough shape, as she has been for most of April. But she sallied forth, and seemed to enjoy her first birthday.

TODAY: One. Year. Old.

Little puddin’ pop, little scoot-scoot, little MW2, our pretty little Maeva Francine is one year old today. She woke up grumpy. She woke up hungry. She woke up with her cold and cough and runny nose. She woke up wanting mom. She woke up a little rough around the edges. But she woke up as a one year old. We hugged her up. We fed her food. We loved her up good. We put her special #1 shirt on her, handmade by Tia and delivered to our door in a pretty package late last night. Maeva doesn’t know it’s her birthday, but she does know it was a pretty good morning. We turned it around. She went off to day school smiling. She seemed proud of her accomplishment. They’ll take good care of you today at school. Mom packed pears for your lunch. You’re gonna eat the heck out of those.

Happy birthday MFW. Way to go little girl. You were born a year ago today at 11:30pm. That first year, looking back, was really good. You made us a family. You taught us so much. Despite the worry and the stress, despite the increase in gray hair and lack of time to exercise or to go fishing, despite the mess you make of our home, you have brought a love and joy and purpose to our lives the likes of which we could never imagine without you. You’ll see photos down the road and we’ll tell you all about it. You were born little but strong and healthy. You turned out happy and healthy (this cold you have now will pass in time. You’re just getting used to day school germs. It’s good for you.) You’re not too bad to look at, either. And that’s all a couple parents can ask for. We love you forever and forever. You’re the best little thing.

Congratulations also to Megan, my lovely wife, for being such a wonder-filled mother. She may look like me, but inside she is all you. I never knew it could be this good. I never knew anything. You taught me. And Maeva taught me. Thank you for doing this thing called family with me. I love you.

Year in Review:

MW2-Jan09

7 Photos

MW2

60 Photos

Autumnal 2008

33 Photos

grandmas xmas 08

8 Photos