yaaaay i was thinking about you guys when i woke up! congrats!! give carl a squeeze for me!
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 18 November 2013 14:42 (ten years ago) link
Good news!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 November 2013 14:43 (ten years ago) link
:)
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 18 November 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
Yay carl, jeff, babby!!!!
― quincie, Monday, 18 November 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
gosh now I am going to spend the entire day wondering about babby's genitals and name
― quincie, Monday, 18 November 2013 14:51 (ten years ago) link
Yay! Thumbs up all the way for the new baby!
― ruth rendell writing as (askance johnson), Monday, 18 November 2013 15:09 (ten years ago) link
Congratulations!
― Jaq, Monday, 18 November 2013 15:11 (ten years ago) link
congrats!
― not a player-hater i just hate a lot (a passing spacecadet), Monday, 18 November 2013 15:12 (ten years ago) link
radical news
― gbx, Monday, 18 November 2013 15:21 (ten years ago) link
congratulations!!!
― smize without a face (c sharp major), Monday, 18 November 2013 15:24 (ten years ago) link
It's a girl, Ivy Elizabeth. She's hanging out in the NICU now getting warm now. Carl is doing good, recovering.
― Jeff, Monday, 18 November 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
!!!!!!
where's jigglepanda when you need him
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 18 November 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link
omg
― ruth rendell writing as (askance johnson), Monday, 18 November 2013 15:29 (ten years ago) link
sup ivy
― gbx, Monday, 18 November 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
Beautiful name.
― how's life, Monday, 18 November 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link
Hello Ivy! Nice job, Carl!
― ljubljana, Monday, 18 November 2013 15:44 (ten years ago) link
Ivy Ivy Ivy! Love it, yay little girl, stay warm and thrive so you can go home to meet Francie!
― quincie, Monday, 18 November 2013 15:51 (ten years ago) link
i like the short first name that is a plant - long queenly middle name - last name that is a thing in which plants grow combo! so lovely.
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 18 November 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
Jeff, I'm glad you were successful in your quest to have a child with a very short name.
― ruth rendell writing as (askance johnson), Monday, 18 November 2013 15:57 (ten years ago) link
Mission accomplished.
― Jeff, Monday, 18 November 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
w000t
It's a girl
where's my $5
― mookieproof, Monday, 18 November 2013 15:59 (ten years ago) link
huzzah!!! congrats to jeff and carl and ivy!
― certified skeleton fucker (reddening), Monday, 18 November 2013 16:54 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4pyiB-kq0
― WilliamC, Monday, 18 November 2013 17:06 (ten years ago) link
A fucking plus congrats guys!
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Monday, 18 November 2013 17:20 (ten years ago) link
aw man we totally missed all the polling opportunities that this exciting occasion presented to us
i was so sure she was going to be called Riker whether she was a girl or a boy
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 November 2013 17:31 (ten years ago) link
Yay congratulations both! Welcome Ivy. Btw Ivy is my favorite name for a girl and what I've always wanted to name a daughter should I ever have one. Good choice! :) Also, well done Carl!!
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 18 November 2013 18:19 (ten years ago) link
Yessss!! Well done!
― kinder, Monday, 18 November 2013 18:25 (ten years ago) link
why isn't ivy posting yet?
― ruth rendell writing as (askance johnson), Monday, 18 November 2013 18:32 (ten years ago) link
Ivy's not allowed to use the internet until she's 21.
Hey! Hi! Thanks! We have a baby!
Ivy's in the NICU for now but doing well. I'm very motivated to make strides towards recovery so I can see her!!!! I did get to send a breast milk-o-gram at least.
FYI having a c-section was the absolute most bizarre thing I have ever experienced in my life, and I have done A LOT of hallucinogenic drugs in the past.
― carl agatha, Monday, 18 November 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
Yay!!!! Aww, I can't wait to see pictures. Did you feel all kinds of crazy pressure and pulling? Did Jeff watch them do it? Also lol at breast milk gram. Oh I am very happy for you both.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 18 November 2013 20:07 (ten years ago) link
When do you think you'll get to see her? Did you know the sex or was it a surprise (sorry if I missed that elsewhere)?
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 18 November 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
― Tip from Tae Kwon Do: (crüt), Monday, 18 November 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
Oh babies are just the best thing.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 18 November 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
yay this is wonderful, congratulations! t I'm so glad you are both doing well. and ivy is a beautiful name.
― estela, Monday, 18 November 2013 20:14 (ten years ago) link
Early on, I mentioned to sunny naming our son Pleasant Plains Baker IV. "We could call him Ivy Baker," I said.
She straight-up shot me down, saying it was a girl's name. Besides, the boy deserved his own name anyway.
So that said, I'm glad there's an Ivy out there that I can now keep up with. Congratulations, you three.
― pplains, Monday, 18 November 2013 20:20 (ten years ago) link
congrats!!!
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 18 November 2013 23:30 (ten years ago) link
i know two babbys that were born today! the other is named finley
― mookieproof, Monday, 18 November 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link
I've said it elsewhere, but it deserves to be repeated: Congrats!!!
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Monday, 18 November 2013 23:54 (ten years ago) link
I just found out about two other babies I knew were due soon being born. November is baby month!
― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 00:55 (ten years ago) link
Did you feel all kinds of crazy pressure and pulling?
God, yes. Jeff did not watch, but cowered behind the drape with me as I shut my eyes and whimpered about how weird it was.
We knew it was a girl, just kept it a secret!
At about 9 tonight they'll let me stand up and take some steps and it I don't puke or fall over, they'll wheel me to see her. She's already off oxygen and out from under the french fry lamp so I feel like we are both trying hard to meet.
My mom took a video of her while Jeff held her and oh my. This kid.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 01:14 (ten years ago) link
you guys were v. good with yr pronouns! last week you said something about 'i was on bed rest for weeks, how can you date this asshole' and i was like a) it's a girl, b) it's a gay boy, or c) you have offhandedly reclaimed asshole for all genders
anyway i am so happy for you + jeff + francie
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 01:29 (ten years ago) link
Here she is:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7417/10935838144_47e740740d.jpg
― Jeff, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 01:51 (ten years ago) link
oh, a sleepy little lady.
― peace on earth and mercy mild (how's life), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 01:53 (ten years ago) link
She looks so comfy and content!
― ljubljana, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 01:54 (ten years ago) link
side-sleeper after my own heart
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 02:00 (ten years ago) link
lil buddy
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 02:18 (ten years ago) link
That pic is melting my cold, icy heart. She is too beautiful.
― ruth rendell writing as (askance johnson), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 02:25 (ten years ago) link
oh my god she is precious. congratulations, jeff and carl! so happy for you guys.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 02:29 (ten years ago) link
goddammit now I'm tearing up with happy tears
you fuckin guys
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 02:41 (ten years ago) link
she's lovely