J. Michael Andresen

Max has been a wonderful older brother to Calvin, now a month old. Here are the videos documenting their first encounter, in the hospital when Calvin was just two days old: Max sees his baby brother Calvin for the first time. Max seems particularly interested in Calvin's nose. More attempts at the nose. Eventually Max moved on to investigating Calvin's feet, mouth, and umbilical cord remnant. Then he gets bored. He is only two. Aunt qua babysitter Tina seems more interested in Calvin's cheek. Max's boredom is allayed with periodic forays into the shower.

I apologize to everyone for being so tardy in posting this blog post. The 2011 prizes were announced at 8:30 a.m. on April 18. As it turns out, that was 6 hours and 8 minutes after my second son was born, so I have been somewhat busy with the toddler-infant combo in recent days. Question 6. Writing Which newspaper will win the most Pulitzers? a. The Washington Post b. The New York Times c. The Wall Street Journal d. The Los Angeles Times e. another paper will be named the most times It was a close one this year! The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times each won two Pulitzers this year, besting the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, with just one prize apiece. That means the answer to Question 6 in the 2011 Prognostication Quiz is a tie between answer answers B and D. Details are at the Pulitzer Prize website. Times readers of the New York variety: Ekrem, Marcus, Jo, Paul, Pete C., Russell, Cherie, Claire&Craig, Michael, Zoe, Cameron L., Jan, Liz, Matthew, Tina, Bet...

Introducing our second son, Calvin Lawrence, born on April 18 at 2:22 a.m. and tipping the scales at 8 pounds and 1 ounce. He sleeps and eats in large portions, unlike his rascally brother Maxwell did when he was the same age. Mother and baby are recuperating nicely despite some abdominal surgery and a touch of jaundice, respectively. Father is a little tired but doesn't feel like he has much cause to complain. Welcome to our new addition!