OK, so I admit that I sort of staged this a bit, but they were more than happy to go along and they made it better than I intended…

Elliot get the hiccups pretty bad, and under some conditions (such as while feeding) they sound like… well… you tell me what they sound like.

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Yes, cutery. This video is just ridiculously cute. Or maybe I have been driven insane in a very specific, infantophilic way…

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I thought that was a funny way for Cheryl to put it, but you know, at Elliot’s age those little landmarks are pretty important. Like, say, your first taste of sunshine on your face! (He slept through that one.) Or your first bath since the hospital! (About this he seemed annoyed and perplexed, which was […]

Cheryl and I went to the hospital yesterday and gave birth to a beautiful, healthy boy. His name is Elliot, and he weighed 7 lbs and 4 ounces. Click on the “Elliot” pages in the column to the left to read about his birth or see some pictures.

One of the things that surprises me about this baby is how it changes the way I look at baby gear. A year ago I would look at cute little onesies and adoooorrable stuffed animals and say “meh”… now they make my heart race and I get woozy. Maybe this is the beginnings of […]

Cheryl and Blair and I visted the doctor today, who checked out Elliot’s heartbeat and then checked cervical dilation and effacement (3cm, 75%). This is excellent news, since it is Cheryl’s recollection that she went through quite a lot of labor with no dilation at all in her first birth. Our doctor predicts that Elliot […]

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Cheryl and I have been having lots of “pre-labor”, or “Braxton Hicks” contractions lately. That’s a new idea for me… I didn’t realize you could have crazy contractions and it’s still not time to go to the hospital. We are supposed […]