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Kelen Ian was born yesterday at 2:34pm EST. He's a big boy, 10 pounds even, 21.5 inches long, 15in head circumference, and red hair. He gets his length and head from his daddy, but we have no idea where he gets the weight from! I went 41 weeks, but didn't have gestational diabetes. Being a big baby coming out of little me, he broke his left clavicle. It's a clean break, though, so we just have to keep it "slinged" (arm sleeve pinned to the chest) and it should heal in about 3 weeks. He's a stubborn cuss, though. I was scheduled to be induced yesterday and was supposed to be at the hospital at 7am. Instead, my water broke at 2:45am. I gotta tell you, that epidural was niiiice. I probably could have slept if everyone wasn't talking! I can't upload the pics to where I can embed them into the post, but you can find them here.
"You need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain. And you do love being the hero, don't you. The cheering children, the swooning women, you love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice." -- Lex Luthor to Superman, Question Authority, Justice League Unlimited
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Kerth
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Congratulations!  What a cutie! Kelen is a very cool and unique name.
Lois: You know, I have a funny feeling that you didn't tell me your biggest secret.
Clark: Well, just to put your little mind at ease, Lois, you're right.
Ides of Metropolis
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Congratulations! You should have your hands full with this little bundle of joy. Ten pounds is a lot of newborn! My older daughter was ten pounds two ounces at birth, and now that she's grown she's about five foot seven inches and a hundred forty pounds. Big babies don't always mean big adults.
I'm sure you're thrilled to be a new mommy, and you should be. Just get as much rest as you can (ha-ha) and be ready for the next twenty years. They're going to be interesting.
Life isn't a support system for writing. It's the other way around.
- Stephen King, from On Writing
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Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Congratulations, Karen!  Ann
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Congratulations! What a big boy! I happily hand the 'Biggest new FOLC' award over to you  Tara
Rose: You're NOT keeping the horse!
Doctor Who: I let you keep Mickey, now lets go!
Doctor Who, The Girl in the Fireplace
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Congratulations, Karen! He definitely is cute.  Tricia 
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Good Heavens! Congratualtions, Karen. Finally, eh? <g> Hope everyone is making a fuss over you both. c.
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I've already told you "in person," but congrats again, Karen! I wonder if you remember any of our conversation this morning with Carol while you were doped up and I was half-asleep. I'm so glad to have another boy FoLC to join Collin!
Clark: "You don't even know the meaning of the word 'humility,' do you?"
Lois: "Never had a need to find out its meaning."
"Curiosity... The Continuing Saga"
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She has the scroll if she doesn't Jenn . Yay Karen! So glad he's finally here! Carol
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Loads of congratulations!
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Merriwether
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Thanks, everyone! And yes, Jenn, I do remember the conversation. I wasn't *that* drugged, just numb!  Terry, I can guarantee he'll grow up tall. I may be 5'1", but my husband is 6'6". I can easily blame him for the length. I've been telling people for years that we're trying to even out the gene pool. My aunt and uncle are similar sizes to me and my husband, and their son is 6'3" and their daughter is 5'10" or so.
"You need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain. And you do love being the hero, don't you. The cheering children, the swooning women, you love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice." -- Lex Luthor to Superman, Question Authority, Justice League Unlimited
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What a cutie, congratulations!!!! JD
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He's adorable!! Congratulations 
Granny Weatherwax: 'You've got to think headology, see? Not muck about with all this beauty and wealth business. That's not important.'
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Congratulations, Karen. What a cute little boy!
It's never too dark to be cool.
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Yes indeed, congratulations. Enjoy your big little boy. They aren't babies long.
Nan
Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
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Song for a Fifth Child
Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth
empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
hang out the washing and butter the bread,
sew on a button and make up a bed.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.
Oh, I've grown shiftless as Little Boy Blue
(lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
(pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo).
The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew
and out in the yard there's a hullabaloo
but I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo.
Look! Aren't her eyes the most wonderful hue?
(lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).
The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
for children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep.
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.
by Ruth Hulburt Hamilton
Tara
Rose: You're NOT keeping the horse!
Doctor Who: I let you keep Mickey, now lets go!
Doctor Who, The Girl in the Fireplace
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Congrats! Mona
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