Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
I'm just home long enough to change clothes, so I'll be brief. Apostropher v2.1, Noah Joseph Barnes, arrived at 7:48 yesterday morning by emergency C-section. He's one tiny little monkey at five pounds, five ounces, but aside from having to keep him all wrapped up like a burrito to keep his temperature up, he seems to be fine. The missus is doing great.
Update (7:57 pm): Wherein questions from the comments are answered in one fell swoop.
Norbizness: Was "V354 Cephei" ever in the running as a first name?
No, but if he had been a girl, KY Cygni was a shoo-in.
Dug Steen: While version 1.0 (codename: Russ) has managed to survive for longer than anyone expected, I am beginning to find that it runs slowly and crashes more than it should.
Feed it more bacon.
Froz Gobo: If you eat that child I'm coming back over there to kick your ass.
If I eat a kid, it will be his older brother. This one would be a waste. Once you took out the giblets, he wouldn't fill a biscuit.
VARepublicMan: Who gets the 2 a.m. feedings?
My breasts are strictly for display purposes only.
Congratulations and best wishes for the adventure you've embarked upon.
Posted by: mamayaga at January 13, 2005 10:50 AMWOOHOO! Give everyone involved (including yourself) a big hug! Congratulations!
Posted by: Robust McManlyPants at January 13, 2005 10:57 AMWas "V354 Cephei" ever in the running as a first name? In any event, my best to you and your expanding family.
Posted by: norbizness at January 13, 2005 11:11 AMGood work. Congratulations to mother, father, and siblings; warm greetings to Noah. Not much of a place, kid, but we're doing what we can to spruce things up a bit.
Posted by: FL at January 13, 2005 11:14 AMCongratulations! I've got four sprogs of my own, so come on in, the water's fine.
Posted by: Tripp at January 13, 2005 11:17 AMHurrah! Much rejoicing! Congratulations, Apostrophamily.
Posted by: girl27 at January 13, 2005 11:22 AMAwesome! This helps to alleviate my fears about my (still just potential) kids having to live in an Apostropher-less society.
Congrats to the entire family.
Posted by: SomeCallMeTim at January 13, 2005 11:27 AMCongratulations! Please post a snap when you have a chance (which probably won't happen until he starts school...)
Posted by: LarryB at January 13, 2005 11:44 AMExcellent! And just in time, too. While version 1.0 (codename: Russ) has managed to survive for longer than anyone expected, I am beginning to find that it runs slowly and crashes more than it should. I expect great things of v2.1.
Posted by: Dug Steen at January 13, 2005 12:02 PMI somehow cannot resist mentally referring to the new wee one as apostrophyte.
Posted by: Robust McManlyPants at January 13, 2005 12:25 PM"...having to keep him all wrapped up like a burrito to keep his temperature up..."
If you eat that child I'm coming back over there to kick your ass.
Sicko
Posted by: froz gobo at January 13, 2005 12:35 PMExcellent news. And another Noah - same as my son. My you have as much success with the name as we have had!
Posted by: Tim at January 13, 2005 12:50 PMI second Karyn's motion -- other people's babies rock. Congratulations!
Posted by: Sean at January 13, 2005 01:38 PMWhat good news. Good luck growing the sprout. They're so cute when they're still larval.
Posted by: cw at January 13, 2005 02:26 PMCongratulations! We're glad to hear all are fine! Now sleep while you can.
Posted by: Ru at January 13, 2005 03:16 PMArk's safe delivery of version 2.1 ... may Noah be forever a happy bundle of joy in your eyes (smile)
Posted by: Jozef at January 13, 2005 03:44 PMFour apostrophies makes up double quote marks, like the four in your Apostropher family.
See, like this "" so that you can quote other people like this, "I think, therefore I am"...and quote books...
which comes in handy on a blog...
which is something you do...
which is funny... oh never mind. (grin)
Seriously, congrats. Who gets the 2 a.m. feedings?!
Posted by: VARepublicMan at January 13, 2005 06:02 PMMaybe you will be one of the lucky sets of parents in that he sleep very peacefully at night, so you and your wife can too! Just having him makes you pretty lucky already. :-) Congrats!
Posted by: Sam at January 13, 2005 06:16 PMcongrats...put on some miles davis and hope for
the best.
My breasts are strictly for display purposes only.
Ooooohhhhh? Now it all makes sense!
(Dear...Sweetie Pie...The Apostropher says they are just for display...???...But you said, "2 a.m. is the DADDY time!"...)
Posted by: VARepublicMan at January 14, 2005 08:51 AMActually, when confronted with the choice between maintaining a breast pump and just doing the late-night feedings, most women will pause for a moment. Your odds are about 50-50, so keep those fingers crossed. Assuming things go your way, I'd try not to snore while she's juggling your precious new infact in her zombie-like state. I'll just startle her.
Posted by: Rob at January 14, 2005 06:13 PMCongrats. Having 2 is 10 times more, uh, fun? Challenging? Brain cell destroying? One of those, or all of those.
Posted by: Platosearwax at January 16, 2005 12:13 PMCongrats, Russ. I wish the healthiest and fastest recuperative period for your wife and son.
Here's some words of wisdom I gained from my (now ex-) wife a few weeks after the birth of our second child, which really helped me to fully comprehend the magic of it all:
"Don't you dare come near me with that thing, or I'll shoot."
Posted by: Kevin Hayden at January 18, 2005 05:44 AM