Isn't She Lovely, Isn't She Wonderful, Isn't She Precious, Less than One Minute Butt

I missed updating yesterday, but I think I have a pretty valid excuse.



Her name is Kiernan Colleen B-K, born at 1:31 am, Tuesday, May 13th. She weighed 8 lbs even and was 21.5 inches long. The whole process wasn’t easy, but we made it through. Katie was amazing, especially insofar as the labor did not go precisely how we had hoped and involved a lot of not very fun medical interventions. All the pictures we have (which Katie believes are adequately flattering) so far are available here.

I found writing that funny, because last night I attempted to pwn most of my friends. I was talking to Pete while we were waiting for something to happen on Monday and realized how hysterical it would be to send a fake baby pictures email and rickroll everyone. The more and more I think about it, it was an even better idea. I have a sincere doubt that there will ever be another time in my life more ripe for rickrolling mass amounts of people. If you got that email and didn’t laugh, my pity for ur soul. I’m sending out a real link to the same people later today, so don’t get all huffy.

Maybe the best part of said rickroll was that I got a call from APK this morning informing me, with all sincerity, that the link I sent out was broken and, strangely enough, directed to this bizarre 80s video. Andy Kemp does not know what rickrolling is, maybe its only written about in books or something. He almost forwarded it to his parents without opening it, which would have ruled even more if they had actually, you know, gotten the joke.

Thanks to everybody who sent us thoughts, prayers and well-wishes over the last couple days. I sincerely intended to respond on everyone’s wall or via email/text, but my wireless connection went out last night at about the same time Kieks (my nickname for her, Katie hates it) became unonsolable for the first time in her young life. And she hasn’t even seen the finales of the OC Season 1 or the West Wing Season 3.

Hippo and Rhino are very excited to meet her, so far our parents, siblings and Natalie are about the only ones who have gotten the chance.

I will close with a list I made, anyone expecting can feel free to steal from it. Katie wanted me to be able to start spontaneous conversations with her while she was in labor and since I suck at that I made a list of spontaneous conversational topics. When labor actually went from just sort of discomfort to LABOR things were way 2 bad to use them. Even when we tried them earlier I found that far too many involved food, which they banned Katie from as soon as they started her on awful induction compound #53 or so.


Badminton Videos

Professional Hockey

The Relative Cuteness of Camels and Penguins

Candy Bars

Best Cheesecake EvAr!

Why the word panties sounds creepier when said in a British accent.

Better elemental/nutrient bro-modification: brotassium or brodium?

Which would you give up: lakes or rivers?

Foods you have never eaten enough of.

Martina Navratalova is a better name than Martina Navratalova was a tennis player.

Are words a positive in a TV theme song, or do they signal weakness of musical drive?

Tim Bits are the best donut hole like product.

Umpiring a baseball game is actually more boring than just watching a baseball game.

Best television theme song?

If Kim Possible and Dora the Explora had a child, would it Explore all Possibilities.

Kinky robot sex would prolly look a lot like regular sex between an elevator and a 1962 Cadillac El Dorado, but with fewer handcuffs.

True or false: raccoons are sneakier than the Hamburgler.

Peace,

MB-K