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Open Thread: Welcome, Baby Mumphrey

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From long-time, variously-elaborated commentor Mumphrey:

Some of the commenters had asked me to send pictures of our new baby, so I’m sending a few. Rose was born at 11:00 on August 7. She was 18 inches long and weighed seven pounds and four ounces. Her big sister Ella, who is five, is thrilled to have a baby sister of her own, and I send one of her next to her new baby.

Adiós, Mumphrey O. Yamm, et al.

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  4. 4.

    Violet

    Aww..adorable! Congratulations! I love that wide-eyed confused look babies get. The world is so new and different to them. They always look like, “Whaaaaa….?”

    Big sister Ella looks like she just couldn’t be happier. You are lucky there. My neighbors are about to have a baby and their first child, a boy is NOT happy about it. He’s throwing tantrums and insisting that his real family is only Mommy, Daddy and him. Hopefully things will improve once the baby arrives.

  7. 7.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Violet:

    They always look like, “Whaaaaa….?” “The FUUUUUUUU…..?”

    C’mon, you know that’s what she’s thinking!

    Rose is adorable. And Ella is a beauty, and so proud to be a big sister! Lovely family, Mumph.

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    Ms. D. Ranged in AZ (formerly IrishGirl)

    Awwww, my baby is running and saying “no” all the time! I have baby lust and his pic is wonderful. Thnk you for sharing your joy with us.

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    Citizen_X

    Hooray hooray, and congrats! Rose looks purty healthy, and sister Ella looks tickled pink about the whole thing.

    that wide-eyed confused look babies get…They always look like, “Whaaaaa….?”

    Some of us still have that feeling. Probably more and more these days.

    Then starts the bawling.

  15. 15.

    PurpleGirl

    Congratulations! Best wishes for a healthy and happy future for the whole family. Both girls are adorable.

  17. 17.

    PurpleGirl

    Years ago there was a cartoon book about a boy baby, close to birth, who made wisecracks and comments about life and what was coming in the future. There was a companion book Eggberta, his sister. Basically what he wanted to was return/stay in the womb where it was warm and comfortable and he didn’t have to anything and he got fed regularly. (My sister had both books when she was pregnant in the mid-1960s.)

  18. 18.

    JPL

    Thank You, Anne for posting these pics.
    Gotta say the pictures are beautiful and I can’t decide whether or not I want to hug Rose or Ella. Maybe both. I guess I should count my blessing cuz I do have a grandpup but….

    @Violet: 3 plus decades ago my eldest was disappointed that we couldn’t bring all the babies home.

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    sharl

    Cute baby; congrats Mumphrey!

    @danah gaz: That video manages to be hilarious and horrible at once, accompanied by a follow-on sad aftertaste. An awesome production; I only wish the people who really need to see it didn’t have such strong mechanisms for denial and cognitive dissonance. I hope young women at least take note of how dangerous the situation is; they’re the best hope at this point, at least where this subject is concerned.

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    Jebediah

    Congratulations! I love how thrilled big sister looks. When my younger sister was on the way I was asked if I wanted a little brother or sister. I am told I asked for a piano instead.

  29. 29.

    Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (formerly Horrendo Slapp, Jimperson Zibb, Duncan Dönitz, Otto Graf von Pfmidtnöchtler-Pízsmőgy, Mumphrey, et al.)

    @Elizabelle:

    Well, Æþelbert the dog and Cecil the cat live with us, too, so counting Abby the dog, we’re only outnumbered 4-3. So it isn’t too bad. Well, other than that Big Sister knows she has me fairly well wrapped around her finger. If Baby S
    Sister ever learns how to do the same thing, I’ll be well and truly fucked.

    And thank you all for the good wishes.

    And now I must go, since Big Sister tells me it’s time for me to go to the “beauty parlor” in the bathroom, where she’ll smear hand soap on my arms and spray water in my face. I told her I draw the line at having her smear hand soap all ovre my face…

  31. 31.

    Lyrebird

    @Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (formerly Horrendo Slapp, Jimperson Zibb, Duncan Dönitz, Otto Graf von Pfmidtnöchtler-Pízsmőgy, Mumphrey, et al.):

    1. CONGRATS SO SO SO MUCH to you and to Mrs. Humphrey-Mumphrey Jinkelheimer Schmidt etc etc.

    2. My honorary nephews luckily got totally into pretend beauty parlor with *pretend* emollients/balms/etc. Much better. (some patting of face and hair, some waving of pretend dryers/curlers around hair, etc., no hand soap.)

    3. See #1, again!

  35. 35.

    satby

    Mumphrey, et al: Congrats on both of your beautiful girls! Now do them and us a favor and tighten up the moniker, your name(s) cover the first lines of every post you make. Seriously dude pick one; or at least stop at three.

  36. 36.

    Larkspur

    Congratulations! Yay, proud sister Ella!

    Dear Rose,

    On your birthday, August 7, way back in 1909, Alice Huyler Ramsey became the first woman to drive across the United States, coast to cost, New York to San Francisco. She had three other women with her (although they didn’t know how to drive). According to Wikipedia :

    …Over the course of the drive, Ramsey changed 11 tires, cleaned the spark plugs, repaired a broken brake pedal and had to sleep in the car when it was stuck in mud….

    Rose, this was back when women couldn’t even legally vote yet. No, I am not kidding. I’m sure a lot of folks assumed that a woman couldn’t drive all that way, either. Alice showed ’em.

    Happy trails to you, Rose!

  37. 37.

    Wally

    As the Grandpa of five, I’m a sucker for the new ones. Welcome to this wonderdful world, Rose. Such a joy and I hope you enjoy a wonderfully progressive future thanks to the foundation that President Obama will lay down during the next four years. And Ella, I have a five year old granddaughter just like you and she still runs out to greet her grandma and me everytime we visit. Don’t ever lose that sparkle in your eye and love in your heart.

  41. 41.

    kay

    I have a Rose, too! She’s grown but she was cute as this brand-new Rose when she was little. Her best friend in kindergarten and first grade’s name was “Rose” too and they spent a lot of time together so we thought we’d call one “Rose” and the other “Rosie” but they both objected and wanted to be Rose. Then they both took to calling each other “Rosie”. Clearly they were screwing with us all :)

    Anyway, welcome Rose! Can’t have too many.

  43. 43.

    Lojasmo

    Sq to the mummahummin eeeeee!

    Spent the evening with my biological father (who I haven’t seen for thirty years, since I saw him once when I was fifteen) and his family for his 70th birthday. Spent the day holding my 7 month old niece.

    Fun times.

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