Folks:

My wife, Beena, and I, having thumbed our noses at Malthus, added to
the population problem today by adding Daniel Varghese Philip to the
mix. While I use the collective form, I have to admit that Beena took
care of the harder bits. I mostly took care of sourcing unusual
flavors of ice cream at odd hours of the day or night.

Danny looks forward to a long series of hand-me-downs from his elder
brother Ben, who's mildly ticked off that he's not the centre of
attention any more.

My wife tells me that sharing his birth weight is obligatory. It was
3.2 kgs/ 7 lbs. I believe that's above average but too low to get me a
bulk discount.

So far, he mostly seems to be taking after his father:

- He hasn't any hair to speak of
- He hasn't said anything sensible yet
- He promptly goes to sleep when he's fed.

Fortunately his looks take after his mother: cute as a button. Here's
the proof:

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/7051849/1//Danny%27s%20First%20Day?h=4c6662

Mother and Baby are both tired after an exciting first day but are
otherwise doing fine. The father, however, hasn't quite settled back
down to his normal level of lunacy.

-- b

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