2003-03-01»
ten fingers, ten toesยป
I thought I’d have the perfect excuse not to blog for a few days. No such luck. That’s Quinn, left, blogging this two hours and twenty minutes after giving birth to Ada.
Me, I can still barely type. I had a hundred things to write here; I have them all scribbled down around me. I have a thousand emails to reply to (thank you everyone who wrote before, during and after). I have a million things to learn. I guess I should just put down the bare facts, because otherwise I’ll float out on a tide of lovey-dovey father-hormones, and I can still remember enough to know how unneccesary that is. So, your questions answered:
- Ada
- Yes indeed, named after Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers. Seth wrote the best tagline to commemorate: Every moment one is born.
- “T.”
- Not sure what it stands for yet. But still, it stands!
- Timing
- Still unsure. Probably the 27th, even though the 26th has fine precedents. I’m going to check the timing on my camera with atomic time and work out the precise moment from that (I believe Gilbert swearing marks the actual point). Useful for when Ada rebels against her scientific family and gets into astrology big time.
- Dyson the cat
- Freaked for twelve hours, currently conducting a cuteness arms war with the new arrival. General impression: too arrogant to be jealous.
- Midwife
- Veronica Wagner and her assistant Gretchen. Fantastic. Down to earth, practical, solicitous, experienced, and calming.
- Future Plans
- Answer hazy, try again later. But we’re modelling our family values on this.