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Archive for April 16th, 2008

Welcome to the party, Luke Franklin Starke

16 Apr

OK this is getting ridiculous. Now all of my friends are giving birth on my birthday (thanks Kirstin for holding your pregnancy together). Luke came into the world (in NYC) last night as a little bit of a surprise. I haven’t heard the details, but at 37 weeks, at least one of the individuals involved was ready. Melissa and Paul, the proud parents, nearly got kicked out of their birthing class a few weeks earlier for finding everything funny. You guys still think this is funny? Is Luke a clown? Is he here to amuse you?

We look forward to meeting him in person!

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Amazing Grace takes her first bottle

16 Apr

A moving picture show of Grace and her feat of incredible maturity. We didn’t expect a lot of bottle success, as it has been only a short 33 weeks since she was a zygote. She defied expectations and downed the bottle in about 15 minutes and digested it almost completely. Try that with one of them “Take-Home Babies”!

People have asked if we are now ready to breast feed. The simple answer is that we certainly are. Grace, on the other hand, probably not so much. She will have to practice, practice, practice. Breast are more difficult to coordinate than bottles and both burn a lot of the calories in the effort. She needs those calories to grow, so we will not push her too hard and she will still get most of her feedings by tube. Great start, though, Gracie!

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Welcome Charlotte Anne Gellman!

16 Apr

IMG_0410, originally uploaded by Lincoln Topliff.

While I have been told several times that this was not a birthday present for me, I still have trouble processing the idea. My college roommate Lee and his lovely wife Clay (and their daughter Lucy by proxy) welcomed their daughter into the world last night just down the hall from where her future-friend Grace was sleeping. Charlotte Anne came into the world at 10:57 PM at a respectable 8 lbs, 6 oz. I saw sleeping Charlotte and the happy/tired couple this morning and all are doing well.

I see a lot of strollers and parks for me and Lee in the coming years, in addition to the diapers and tantrums (when we get really old).

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