Congratulations! (nm)

Subject: Congratulations! (nm)
Author: the Irish Samurai
Posted on: 2012-10-20 20:54:00 UTC

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Announcing a new arrival. by Huinesoron & Kaitlyn on 2012-10-15 20:51:00 UTC Reply

"You realise I'm probably going to end up having this baby here, don't you?"

"Oh, yeah, sure," Dafydd snorted, leaning back against the pillows. "We must be, gosh, a whole half-hour's cart ride away from Malijach and the finest university hospital in the world. We won't be able to cover that distance while you're in labour, oh no."

"Hey, they've been getting shorter," Constance pointed out, sipping her glass of water and turning a page in her book. "Remember how long Tanfin took? And Bella was only nine hours or so."

"Yeah, but I don't think it's physically possible to take less time than that," Dafydd countered. "There have to be some limits."

"And what would you know about it, Mr. Illian?" Constance asked, arching an eyebrow. "I don't recall you being the trained medical professional around here."

"So do you think you're going to give birth here?"

"Not a chance. The idea's completely ridiculous."

~

"AAAAAARGH! Oh gods Dafydd I can feel the head!"

"Um, um, okay," Dafydd managed. "Tanfin should be almost back with Doctor Vishort now, it's only five minutes to his house, you can hold-"

"I know where our ---ing neighbours live, Dafydd! He's not going to get here in-- oh gods!"

"Help me, Este!" Dafydd muttered, wishing (insofar as he was thinking coherently at all) he had any confidence the prayer would cross the multiverse and actually be heard by the Valie of Healing. He knelt down in front of his wife. "What do I do?"

"Catch!" Constance screamed, and then there was a gush of fluids that left the bathroom floor sticky and red, and Dafydd holding something pink and wriggly. There was a moment of silence.

"Er," managed Dafydd. "Okay. It's a girl?"

"Daphne," said Constance, looking down at him - and then burst out laughing.

"What?" Dafydd demanded. "What?"

"Four hours!" Constance exclaimed breathlessly. "Not nine - four hours!"

And that was when there came a knock at the door...

And that was pretty much how it went, barring a few minor differences*. So yeah... Huinesoron is now an honorary midwife, and we have a new baby girl in our family.

She is... well, small, pink and squishy, but she does have lovely curly hair (once we washed it) and a very loving big brother - and parents, of course!

hS & Kaitlyn

*hS was not nearly as composed as Dafydd, our conversations were rather less expository/foreshadowing, and we had a very nice ambulance operator on the phone.

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Congrats on the new arrival :3 by Kookija on 2012-10-29 09:49:00 UTC Reply

Here's to raising a beautiful baby girl! *raises glass*
Congratulations! (nm) by the Irish Samurai on 2012-10-20 20:54:00 UTC Reply
YAAAAAAAAAAAY! by Mister Shoebox on 2012-10-19 16:56:00 UTC Reply

HUZZAH BABBIES! \O/!

Huzzah indeed! by Kaitlyn on 2012-10-20 10:42:00 UTC Reply

With confetti and all!

Awwww! by ShatteredSanity on 2012-10-18 14:47:00 UTC Reply

Congratulations! She's so cute!

Thank you! :) (nm) by Kaitlyn on 2012-10-20 10:41:00 UTC Reply

D'aaaw! Congrats! (nm) by OpinionedAngel on 2012-10-17 15:10:00 UTC Reply

Thank you! (nm) by Kaitlyn on 2012-10-20 10:41:00 UTC Reply

Congrats! by Sevenswans on 2012-10-17 03:44:00 UTC Reply

Your little boy is adorable as well. :)

Isn't he? by Kaitlyn on 2012-10-20 10:40:00 UTC Reply

:) Thank you!

Greetings to the new arrival, and congrats to the parents! (nm) by IntelligentAirhead on 2012-10-17 01:04:00 UTC Reply

Thank you very much! (nm) by Kaitlyn on 2012-10-20 10:40:00 UTC Reply

Congratulations! (nm) (nm) by Tomash on 2012-10-17 00:40:00 UTC Reply

Thank you! by Kaitlyn on 2012-10-20 10:40:00 UTC Reply

Ah, celebratory (nm)(nm)s!

Re: Announcing a new arrival. by Antigone68104 on 2012-10-16 13:59:00 UTC Reply

Congratulations!

Thanks very much! (nm) by Kaitlyn on 2012-10-20 10:38:00 UTC Reply

Aaaawwww! by EileenAlphabet on 2012-10-16 12:33:00 UTC Reply

Congratulations!

Thank you! (nm) by Kaitlyn on 2012-10-20 10:35:00 UTC Reply

Congratulations! by Cassie on 2012-10-16 09:31:00 UTC Reply

*laughing madly over the foreshadowy writing piece* You two have a talent for making the awesome and hilarious. :D

Also OHMYVALAR LOOKIT THE BAAAAABYYYYYYY~ *incomprehensible squeeing*

Seriously, she's gorgeous. So happy for all of you. =D And Alex looks like he's totally getting into the big brother lark. :P

He's loving it. by Kaitlyn on 2012-10-20 10:38:00 UTC Reply

Mostly, anyway . . .

Thank you!

Congratulations! by Cyba Zero on 2012-10-16 09:30:00 UTC Reply

That can't have been easy.

Best of luck to you all, and the baby!

No, it wasn't. by Kaitlyn on 2012-10-20 10:35:00 UTC Reply

Or were you talking to hS? :P

Thank you!

Congratulations! by Astral Void on 2012-10-16 08:59:00 UTC Reply

*hugs all of you*

Thank you! by Kaitlyn on 2012-10-20 10:34:00 UTC Reply

Hugs all around!

Congratulations by Crimson Flight on 2012-10-16 08:25:00 UTC Reply

The baby is adorable.

Why thank you. by Kaitlyn on 2012-10-20 10:34:00 UTC Reply

I tend to agree. ;)

Congratulations! by Lilac Lielac on 2012-10-16 06:43:00 UTC Reply

It's a baby! A baby! Yeah that's about the sum total of my vocabulary right now if I think too much about the baby. Also squees. Because baby. I'll be over there squeeing because baaaabyyyyy! Also, the story was awesome. But mostly BABY! And -- and -- the PICTURE!

Okay I am officially incoherent, see the subject line, -squeeeeeee-

Yeah, she gets that a lot. :P by Huinesoron on 2012-10-16 07:07:00 UTC Reply

Thanks!

hS

Congratulations! by SeaTurtle on 2012-10-16 05:16:00 UTC Reply

She's adorable!

...also, nice shirt, sir.

Thank you. by Huinesoron on 2012-10-16 07:08:00 UTC Reply

And thank you again. ;) I love those shirts - I've bought about half a dozen over the years from a tourist shop in Wales, but this one has always been my favourite.

hS

Congrats! by Khroma on 2012-10-16 04:29:00 UTC Reply

It seems she has already mastered the art of dramatic entrances.

Oh, yeah. by Huinesoron on 2012-10-16 07:09:00 UTC Reply

Hopefully she'll give that a rest for a decade or two to give us a chance to recover...

hS

*predicts more unintended foreshadowing* (nm) by VixenMage on 2012-10-16 18:35:00 UTC Reply

Yaay! Congratulations! (nm) by Riese on 2012-10-16 00:20:00 UTC Reply

Thank you! (nm) by Huinesoron on 2012-10-16 07:09:00 UTC Reply

AAAAA CONGA RATS! by Lily Winterwood on 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC Reply

She is so adorable, oh my gosh! Congrats to all three of you, wow... :DDD

(I really think someday, if I get really bored, I may add to your collection of children's books on the PPC. :'D)

You should! by Huinesoron on 2012-10-16 07:06:00 UTC Reply

Since I have... um... one. I'm actually planning another, but you know me and plans...

Thanks!

hS

D'aww. Conga rats to you. (nm) by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-10-15 23:55:00 UTC Reply

So many dancing rodents! Thank you! (nm) by Huinesoron on 2012-10-16 07:09:00 UTC Reply

Awwww! by firemagic on 2012-10-15 23:40:00 UTC Reply

She's adorable. Congratulations!

I have to love your methods of announcing that you had a daughter. Because why pass up a good opportunity for writing?
I wonder how she's going to react when she finds this later?

My wife insisted. by Huinesoron on 2012-10-16 07:05:00 UTC Reply

Since she rightly pointed out it's exactly the sort of thing that would happen to Dafydd, too.

Ehm... heh. Probably roughly the same way she'll react when she discovers that one of her middle names is shared with a PPC Agent?

hS

...what is her middle name? (nm) by firemagic on 2012-10-16 13:21:00 UTC Reply

Constance. by Kaitlyn on 2012-10-20 10:33:00 UTC Reply

And let me just say that she is not named after the agent, whatever lies hS may try to tell you. It's just a good name, whether for an agent or a poor helpless innocent baby . . .

Conratulations, you two! by doctorlit on 2012-10-15 23:22:00 UTC Reply

They're both looking adorable!

I know, right? by Huinesoron on 2012-10-16 07:10:00 UTC Reply

Our not-so-baby-boy is fond of giving her kisses and, er, 'guggles'. It's extremely cute.

hS

Congressman! (Congratulations from an idiotic phone) by SpecstacularSC on 2012-10-15 23:12:00 UTC Reply

Huh! Your family had there new kid within almost a year of mine!

But oh good Lord, don't let me take the spotlight off you here. Congratulations!

(And to think: I once believed that nobody on the internet ever had children. AH GAHD MAH CHILDHOOD)

Well congressman to you too, then. by Huinesoron on 2012-10-16 07:04:00 UTC Reply

Oh gosh I know. The internet is supposed to be full of 14-year-olds with heads made of candyfloss; when did this happen?

hS

And... happy voting, I guess? by SpecstacularSC on 2012-10-16 07:14:00 UTC Reply

Right?

"What?! Change?! On MY INTERNET?! Noooooooooooo!"

(in all seriousness, though, congrats on the new kidster.)

Cuteness Proximity goes SQUEE by SingingTheThunder on 2012-10-15 22:18:00 UTC Reply

Congratulations guys.

Thank you very much! (nm) by Huinesoron on 2012-10-16 07:10:00 UTC Reply

Congratulations! by KittyNoodles on 2012-10-15 22:12:00 UTC Reply

Oh, she's so...so...sweet! Look at how little and pink and cute she is! Congratulations, you two!

Thank you! by Huinesoron on 2012-10-16 07:14:00 UTC Reply

And while I'm here, thank you for the postcard, too! It's always fun to have an internet person turn into a real person with handwriting and all...

hS

Welcome! by KittyNoodles on 2012-10-16 07:38:00 UTC Reply

Yesh! Although I remain shocked that my handwriting was so...big. Usually you need a microscope to read it (totally not a habit picked up to disguise personal writing as note-taking)!

Aww... congrats! (nm) by ThatOne on 2012-10-15 22:07:00 UTC Reply

Thanks! (nm) by Huinesoron on 2012-10-16 07:11:00 UTC Reply

Congratulations! by VixenMage on 2012-10-15 21:49:00 UTC Reply

Squee and D'awww! She's beautiful! (And oh dear, her older brother is growing scarily fast. Didn't he used to be tiny?)

He totally did! by Huinesoron on 2012-10-16 07:03:00 UTC Reply

The first time I picked him up after holding his sister, I think he'd roughly doubled in weight. It was so tragic...

Fortunately he still has no brain, so I can still pretend he's my tiny boy.

Thank you!

hS

Re: Announcing a new arrival. by desdendelle on 2012-10-15 21:30:00 UTC Reply

Ooh, so cute... Congrats, hS and Kaitlyn.

Thank you! She is, isn't she? (nm) by Huinesoron on 2012-10-16 07:11:00 UTC Reply

Congratulations! by TheMadHatteress on 2012-10-15 21:06:00 UTC Reply

Aww, she's adorable! Good luck to both of you, and good job Huinesoron!

Thank you. by Huinesoron on 2012-10-16 07:11:00 UTC Reply

Yeah, I'm planning on adding it to my CV... :P

hS