Meme

Meme from various people, mostly willworker so far...

"If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want, either good or bad.

When you're finished, post these instructions on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people remember about you."

It's a boy!

It's a boy!

Josh and I have a new nephew! His name is Lachlan, and he was born around 9am this morning. Apparently the labor was really really hard (like harder than my sister's other two, which were themselves pretty hard), but only lasted about 7 hours (4 at the hospital). We got a message about it this evening (we'll actually I think we got the message this morning, but we were at the grocery store).

I called my parents thinking that they would still be up in Seattle with my sister, but they were in the car driving home already. After telling me how hard the labor was, they told me to go ahead and call my sister. I was afraid that she wouldn't appreciate the call and that she would be exhausted and grouchy after the long labor, but I was so wrong. I just got off the phone with her and she sounded so happy and cheerful. I've never heard her sound so cheerful on the telephone. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. The labor is done, the pregnancy is done, and they kind of sucked, but now she finally has that third baby she's wanted for the past 5 years or so. I'm so happy for her.

They say he is the cutest thing in the world. My parents will be sending me some pictures soon. I'm reserving judgement. I've never seen a cute new born before... generally they start out kind of, well... ugly.