BABY!

[psocoptera]

Quentin Kay Smift, a very nice 8 lbs 14 oz, likes sticking out his tongue.

I guess the endless foot-dragging was my body making *sure* it was all ready, because when it finally went, it *went* - two and a half hours from the start of active labor to birth. (If you average that with the 28 hours last time, it looks like I have nice average-length labors, and thus we see the vital importance of knowing the distribution of your data as well as the mean ::grin::.) We both came out of it in pretty good shape and seem to be doing well so far. I'll try to get a more complete story up in a few days, including the world's best Skype session with Junie this evening. I think Josh is planning to put up some pictures.

I have my BABY!!!

Comments

[ursula]

Congratulations!

[rahirah]

CONGRATULATIONS!

[mst3kforall.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! Congratulations! I am glad that it went so smoothly.

[myalexandria.livejournal.com]

FABULOUS. And I saw the pic on Josh's journal -- how adorable is that, whew.

Plus, happy birthday to Juniper!

[tapas.livejournal.com]

Baby! Yay!

Also, 2.5 hours, holy mackerel!

[ali-wildgoose.livejournal.com]

CONGRATULATIONS SMIFTS <3 <3 <3

[aryky.livejournal.com]

Oh my God, I was not expecting to wake up this morning to find it had both come and went in between LJ checks. I am so relieved that it is over and that all the torture of waiting was resolved by an amazingly easy birth. Although possibly not as relieved as you guys are?

Cannot wait to hear more about Junie's reactions. Something in me is tearing up at the thought of siblings. I love siblings so much.

Oh my God you have an Archer's Goon baby! I am going to have to comment on this on irilyth's journal too because it pleases me inordinately.

[nearly-there.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! And wow, that's a fast labor.
Glad to hear that you are both doing well!

[gannet.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! How wonderful! :D

[uncleamos]

Congratulations!

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Huzzah!

[randysmith]

Congratulations! That's wonderful!

(Not surprisingly, I love the "importance of knowing the distribution" comment interwoven with the baby announcement. Yay for weaving science into ordinary life!)

[jaipur.livejournal.com]

Woot woot!! Yay!!! :) :)

[gallian.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congratulations to all of you.

[adfamiliares.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[mightyinkas.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!

[amyprime.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the outside, Quentin!

[sofer.livejournal.com]

Yay! Baby! 2.5 hours - I'm impressed!

[antimony.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[asmanyaswill.livejournal.com]

Yay! Looking forward to stories, and meeting the bluebird.

[tanyareed.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Congratulations!!!

[q10.livejournal.com]

mazal tov!

[kelilah.livejournal.com]

Yay, baby! Congratulations, and welcome to Quentin. Also, dang, 2.5 hours.

[cereph.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

And oh wow, 2.5 hours is so fast!

[snarkyshark2.livejournal.com]

congratulations!