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The Gift Moves On Regardless
Feb. 9th, 2008 09:44 pmWe are pleased to announce the birth of Jinian Pearl Humphrey, at 2:42 PM on Friday February 8th 2008. Jinian Pearl weighed 8 lbs. and was 20.5 in. in length. Mother and baby came home from the hospital today, and the baby is resting in the baby carrier on the floor beside me right now while mother catches some Z's. Apparently she (Jinian) did not let her mother have much sleep last night; sleep deprivation is always a hazard for the first few days of having a newborn, at least until the colostrum runs out.
She was induced, the same as the last two; at one point we were scheduled to have it done on Wednesday, but the hospital turned out to be overbooked and Nicole's obgyn was convinced that she'd be more ready in another couple of days. Well, Jinian made it down the tube pretty quickly on Friday, but unfortunately Friday was when the -40 wind chill decided to return to Edmonton for the weekend. Brrr. Bad winter, no biscuit.
The boys are excited about the arrival of the new "baby Ewok". At least since we put up a bunk bed in Simon's room and moved Luke in to clear his room for the new nursery (with a ton of help from my mom and stepdad), they've been Ewok-crazy. "Return of The Jedi" is the only Star Wars movie we have; in my opinion, it hasn't aged well, but the boys like it, especially the Ewoks. They've decided they're "baby Ewoks", living in a treehouse (the bunk bed), and so they've been looking forward to the arrival of the new baby Ewok. (Luke, ever contrary, declared last night that Jinian was actually a "little Ewok" since "baby Ewoks" were boys.) Nicole is "Mama Ewok", and I'm "Dada Wookiee" because I refused to be an Ewok.
In related news, having just finished reading Dragonsong and Dragonsinger to Simon, I decided I'd read him Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper, and he's certainly enjoying the Fuzzy scenes so far. I'd say this is one book that could conceivably be made into a good movie one of these days, though it probably won't be. (And speaking of books made into movies--"Jumper"! Woo-hoo! Hope it doesn't suck!)
Still mostly Facebooking, but I thought I'd announce this here for my LJ friends who don't Facebook, and for more details for those who do and have only seen my status-line announcement so far. Since we now have a digital camera, and I have snapped a few photos in the last couple of days, I could be posting some here...but I'm not. I haven't actually gotten around to figuring out how to download pictures from my camera to the computer, though I'm confident it won't be that hard. I'm just that lazy.
Typing one-handed now, as Jinian began to fuss in the carrier and is now snoozing on my chest. For the curious, I got the name from Sheri S. Tepper's _Jinian Footseer_, one of my favourite books for many years, whose titular protagonist is spunky, resourceful, intelligent, witty, and charming. Meseems a girl could have a much worse namesake. Previously I had some reservations about the potential nickname "Jinny", but J.K. Rowling has won me over on that score. Facebook only comes up with with four other Jinians, so it's still quite rare, but with a girl that's easier to get away with. Hopefully she'll like it.
Ooh, Imperial Galaxy is back up. Must dash!
She was induced, the same as the last two; at one point we were scheduled to have it done on Wednesday, but the hospital turned out to be overbooked and Nicole's obgyn was convinced that she'd be more ready in another couple of days. Well, Jinian made it down the tube pretty quickly on Friday, but unfortunately Friday was when the -40 wind chill decided to return to Edmonton for the weekend. Brrr. Bad winter, no biscuit.
The boys are excited about the arrival of the new "baby Ewok". At least since we put up a bunk bed in Simon's room and moved Luke in to clear his room for the new nursery (with a ton of help from my mom and stepdad), they've been Ewok-crazy. "Return of The Jedi" is the only Star Wars movie we have; in my opinion, it hasn't aged well, but the boys like it, especially the Ewoks. They've decided they're "baby Ewoks", living in a treehouse (the bunk bed), and so they've been looking forward to the arrival of the new baby Ewok. (Luke, ever contrary, declared last night that Jinian was actually a "little Ewok" since "baby Ewoks" were boys.) Nicole is "Mama Ewok", and I'm "Dada Wookiee" because I refused to be an Ewok.
In related news, having just finished reading Dragonsong and Dragonsinger to Simon, I decided I'd read him Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper, and he's certainly enjoying the Fuzzy scenes so far. I'd say this is one book that could conceivably be made into a good movie one of these days, though it probably won't be. (And speaking of books made into movies--"Jumper"! Woo-hoo! Hope it doesn't suck!)
Still mostly Facebooking, but I thought I'd announce this here for my LJ friends who don't Facebook, and for more details for those who do and have only seen my status-line announcement so far. Since we now have a digital camera, and I have snapped a few photos in the last couple of days, I could be posting some here...but I'm not. I haven't actually gotten around to figuring out how to download pictures from my camera to the computer, though I'm confident it won't be that hard. I'm just that lazy.
Typing one-handed now, as Jinian began to fuss in the carrier and is now snoozing on my chest. For the curious, I got the name from Sheri S. Tepper's _Jinian Footseer_, one of my favourite books for many years, whose titular protagonist is spunky, resourceful, intelligent, witty, and charming. Meseems a girl could have a much worse namesake. Previously I had some reservations about the potential nickname "Jinny", but J.K. Rowling has won me over on that score. Facebook only comes up with with four other Jinians, so it's still quite rare, but with a girl that's easier to get away with. Hopefully she'll like it.
Ooh, Imperial Galaxy is back up. Must dash!
