What percentage of my dissertation research/writing will be done while standing in the kitchen, computer on the sideboard because it's the only thing at the right height to stand and type, baby sleeping in snuglee?  

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See?  There's James Bond.  He's going scubadiving with the lady who is pretty naked.  I don't know why.  This time James Bond is Sean Connery.  If you're gay, maybe someday you can explain Sean Connery's appeal to me.  I just don't get it.  Oh, now he's being chased by sharks.  See the sharks?  They don't look like nice, friendly sharks.  Now he's running away from the sharks.  That's very smart of James.  Would you like to go scuba diving someday? OK, we'll learn together.  Now he trapped the sharks!  I don't know why James Bond is fighting sharks.  I thought he fought international terrorists.  But, today, James Bond is fighting sharks.

(Never Say Never Again)

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Tonight the Knicks are playing the Celtics.  They're playing in Boston.  You can tell because the Knicks are wearing blue.  See?  The home team always wears white, and the away team wears colorful outfits.  You can also tell they're in Boston because the floor is green.  They're like that in Boston.

(Knicks v Celtics, final score 101 Knicks-110 Celtics)

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See Cigarette-Smoking Man?  Why's he going to the basement?  Because he wants to check on his baby who works there!  Who is CSM's baby? Can you guess?  It's Mulder!  Mulder is CSM's baby like you're my baby.  Although I'd like to argue that I'm a substantially better parent already. 

(Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man)

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In other news, Mr. Xander has his own Flickr, so he can stop clogging up mine.  It's here.  There is extreme cuteness therein.  I'm also updating his youtube channel as we speak.

I made Xander a Youtube channel.

Good morning, son
Twenty years from now
Maybe we'll both sit down and have a few beers
And I can tell you
About today
And how I picked you up and everything changed
It was pain, sunny days and rain
I knew you'd feel the same
--Still Fighting It, Ben Folds

Input:

Thirty-six hours of labor after rupture of membranes
One round of Stadol
Twenty hours of Pitocin
One epidural
Three hours of pushing
Three applications of the vacuum extractor
One hour of post-birth suturing
No cesaerian section

Output:

Jonathan Alexander Rapoport-Wills
Born 10/22/2008, 4:42 AM
Six Pounds, Ten Ounces
Nineteen Inches Long



( Photos Beneath Cut )

I'll update with more recent photos soon...just right now, I need to go become unconscious or something.

Um. Baby.

1) Kate was in prodromal (i.e., long protracted headache) labor from Thursday until today.

2) Her water broke at 4:15 PM as she was in the chiropractor's office, just as I arrived to meet her.

3) As of our 5PM midwife check-in, she was 1cm dilated.

4) She's asleep right now.  Her mom's on her way up.  Jesús is home with us.  I just showered and am all clean and squeaky. 

5) They won't let the labor go more than 24 hours past water breaking.  So Xander will be born tomorrow or this evening.


We'll update as soon as we can.