Our “Elf on the Shelf,” Gatito (name explained here), re-emerged over the weekend after 11 months in a drawer at my office at the North Pole with Santa, and has begun his daily Christmas-season routine of observing the girls, flying to north each night to give a naughty-or-nice report to the Big Guy (little Orwellian surveillance tool that he is),… Read more »
Barack Obama re-elected, and by a comfortable margin both electorally and popularly. Nate Silver, and the concept of objective facts, vindicated against the Right’s ritual denialists. The Democratic Senate majority, which seemed doomed a year ago, expanded. Marijuana legalized in Colorado. Gay marriage legalized at the ballot box in Maine, Maryland and Washington (and an anti-gay marriage amendment defeated in… Read more »
Sorry for the lack of posts. I’ve been a little busy, as you might imagine, what with a newborn, a 2-year-old and a 3 1/2-year-old at home. I’m still tweeting occasionally, but have just had no time for blogging. I’ll try to post something substantive about some topic or other at some point. 🙂 But for now, here are my… Read more »
Tropical Storm Dora has formed in the Eastern Pacific, south of Mexico, and is expected to become a major hurricane within the next three days. This has produced an amusing tweet exchange among those of us familiar with the storm’s Nickelodeon namesake (Loyacita’s favorite show in the universe by far): Andy Glockner: “Can you say dangerously high winds? Say it!… Read more »
P.S. For those who missed the arrival post, this is “Loyabelle,” born July 12, 2011 at 2:25 PM, weighing 8 pounds 6.1 ounces, measuring 21 inches, with brown hair. She’s perfect. Baby and mommy are healthy. Yay!!! Loyabelle is, of course, baby #3 for Becky and me. Tomorrow is the 2nd birthday of #2, “Loyacita.” She and “Loyette,” 3 1/2,… Read more »
Born July 12, 2011 at 2:25 PM, 8 pounds 6.1 ounces, 21 inches, with brown hair. She’s perfect. Baby and mommy are healthy. Yay!!! Unofficially, subject to verification, Keri Hyles wins date/time portion of Baby Pool (by just 3 minutes over Alasdair!) and Uncle Larry wins weight/length portion (in a tiebreaker over Mom herself, Becky).
On the eve of the big day, I went outside to install our infant car seat — and when I opened the garage door, I saw this: Larger view here. P.S. I’m not sure how much Becky or I will be updating our respective Twitter feeds tomorrow. Probably not too much. But to the extent we post any updates, you’ll… Read more »
Or maybe later today. But probably tomorrow. At Becky’s OB checkup this morning, we learned that there’s been some progress since last Tuesday, and there is no longer any reason to even contemplate delaying the long-planned, and repeatedly hinted at, July 12 induction (that’s at 40 weeks + 4 days, for those scoring at home). So, tomorrow it is, unless… Read more »
No, this isn’t a Shuttle follow-up. It’s a post about baby news. Or the lack thereof. The final days before a baby’s arrival — Baby Girl Loy #3, a.k.a. “Loyabelle,” was “due” on Friday, and is most likely coming out no later than Tuesday — are so strange. A huge amount of your attention is devoted to a countdown to… Read more »
In case anyone was wondering, Becky and I are still the parents of two daughters, not three, at last check. 🙂 No baby yet, nor any real signs of impending labor. (When there is news, it will probably appear on my Twitter stream first.) Because the Baby Pool guesses were heavily weighted toward the holiday weekend — even though the… Read more »