Congrats Biju/Beena! Ben seems to be such a responsible older brother, at least for the fraction of the second required to take that photograph!
I have a question that is a valid one for an Indian household.... how did Danny escape being the 4th B? Usually, once an initial has happened to be a common one for parents, it sorts of perpetuates itself across the generations....! Does anyone else on this list have a grandchild, or its plural? Or am I the only one? I've not been a typical letter of the Greek alphabet (gamma), as I've been the primary caregiver for one-year-old Kavya Mohan Shaffer (who, as someone remarked, is not yet on this mailing list...but would an Abou ben Adhem if the list description was "unintelligible conversation".) but for various reasons (not the usual ones, because I *can't* give the baby back to the parents whenver she cries!)....a grandchild is even more delightful than one's own child. But meanwhile...enjoy the replication of your genes, and let the little delights that each day brings, carry you through the bottles and the nappies and the burps and the sleepless nights Biju! Cheers, Deepa. On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Biju Chacko <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
