Michaelbergs??? Happy 1st Birthday, Birchie!

The Michaelbergs are entering the digital age. We're starting our first blog. Maybe you're wondering who the Michaelbergs are? Ron, Cora, & Birch, of course! But the Michaelberg part comes from a phone message that Ron left for a friend of ours. He said something along the lines of "This is Ron Michael Burns, etc." When our friend called back he said, "Hey, I didn't know your last name was Michaelberg. You must be Jewish like me." And Ron has been Michaelberg ever since....

I tried starting this at the end of May, but never finished catching up with the last six months. Once your baby starts crawling, "free" time pretty much goes out the window, especially if the baby is not the napping or sleeping type (also known as Birchie). I decided in honor of Birch's first birthday, I'd just start with her birthday and do flashbacks as we go along.

We spent Birchie's first birthday at the Fort Worth Zoo, sweating buckets and watching the animals. The chimpanzees were covering their heads with burlap sacks and "fishing" in the "stream." Ron is a shark fanatic so he was excited to see the sharks (just small ones). I was elated to see a label on a tree (Chinese parasol) that I had previously been unable to identify. Did I hear "Plant nerd alert!?" Birchie enjoyed all of it!

Here are some pictures of Birchie doing one of her favorite activities--lifting heavy objects, especially Mama's plants.

Ron's latest pair of boots, made for a friend of his: