Flashback

Thanks to Dana Nickless, who recently sent Micah a gift, for also sharing this treasure with me. By the looks of it, I think this photo was tken in 1980 based on the number of candles on the cake. Location was in the Schamburger's (5 of our awesome South Norman Court neighbors) kitchen. Relative date was probably around mid-July in celebration of Monica Schamburger's (7/16) and Micael's (7/12) 4th birthday.

In the photo from left to right (as best I can): The Schamburgers (Dan, Ronnie, Julie, and Monica), Grandma and Papa Bussey, and the Weiners (Aaron, Michael, Judy, Larry, and David). Noticeably missing from the photo is the person who sent the photo - Dana Schamburger (Nickless) - who must have been the one to take the photo.

Some things to point out in the photo:

• Homer's got hair.
• How cute Dave is at 7 years old...
• Aaron's goofy 9 year old smile.
• Not sure what Michael is doing with his mouth.
• Um... Homer's got hair.
• Dan's tinted glasses - a trend of the 80's
• Mom used the same bowl to cut our hair.
• The state-of-the-art 5" black and white television.
• A kick-ass lamp which has probably been thrown away and is worth hundreds of dollars as an antique now.
• Michael is naked (prove it otherwise, bro)
• Two happy grandparents
• Did I say Homer's got hair???

I hope you enjoyed this photo as much as I did. Please feel free to share. I'm going to post it on Facebook as well: http://www.facebook.com/daveweiner811

Fava Beans and a Nice Chianti

Hannibal Lecter? Jeffrey Dahmer? Charlton Heston? (Soylent Green WAS made out of people btw). Ok. It's a little bit morbid to post a blog which likens your child to some of the world's most famous cannibals but the video speaks for itself. Please take a couple minutes to enjoy watching the video as much as Micah enjoyed making it.

Comments are much appreciated but negative comments will result in Micah coming to eat you. He's been rather hungry lately...

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We started the Butter Monkey on solid food...

The boy is big. The doctor gave the go-ahead to give him solid food. We decided to give it a try tonight. Look at the pictures below and how excited he was. He ate the whole box (or at least he tried).

A dad, a boy, and his penguin.

Dave took a mental health half-day this afternoon as he needed some baby time and to give Theresia a break from the baby. While Theresia took a nap, Dave took Micah to the front porch to entertain him. Entertainment included blowing bubbles and eating his Penguin, a give from his loving parents when they went to the Newport Aquarium on Theresia's birthday. Dave went a bit crazy with the cell phone camera. Click here to check out all of the photos of Micah and his penguin.

Also included are two shiny photos of Boomer who got a MUCH needed bath this afternoon.

Micah's new friends: Kaia and Fire

So we had a small 4th of July party at our place with a few our friends including Corey and Isabel who brought their daughter Kaia. Kaia is a couple months older than Micah. Micah and Kaia are slowly becoming best buddies. Here is a picture of them from the party:

The highlight of the evening was when we brought Micah out to look at the fire. Micah has only oggled over a couple of candles in the house before. No big deal, right? Check out his reaction to a larger fire: