guess the baby’s birthdate, weight, length, and name
November 23rd, 2007 by clunis
This might be fun. Post your guess (as a comment) here of things like: when the baby will be born, how much she’ll weigh, how long she’ll be, whether she’ll really be a girl, and maybe suggest what you think we should name her (or, with a non-zero probability, him).
The person to come closest on some arbitrary set of these features gets a prize of some sort. Example prizes include: a batch of my (much-lauded) chocolate chip cookies or possibly a bronze cast of the baby’s first solid poop. In the event that Jen and I are too bloody exhausted to produce a suitable prize the lucky winner gets to come over and hold the baby.
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:50 am
Kevin and Jen,
Here is my guess:
Birthday: 11/30
Weight: 7lb 4oz
Length: 19 in
Name: Lecia (You two have Je and Ke in your names, so it’s logical to have Le and Lecia means Joy, so I pick it.)
Cheers,
–Tony
November 23rd, 2007 at 8:56 am
Date: 11/24/07
Weight: 6lbs, 9oz.
Length: 20″
Name:Lilly! Don’t know why, it just kinda came to me.
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:01 am
Dear Brother Kev & S-I-L Jen,
Date: Tuesday 11/27/07
Weight: 6lbs. 8ozs.
Length: 18.5″
Name: Amanda Lynn
We’re all winners but you 2 get the Grand Prize!
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:12 am
Date: 11/25/07
Weight: 6lbs, 8.5oz
Length: 18″
Name: Wysiwyg Marie
:-)
November 23rd, 2007 at 11:25 am
name=”Delia Jane” (? first two names to come to my head - the syllable structure seems acceptable, at least)
weight==”6 lbs, 4 oz”
fav.color=”blue”
firstword=”daaa”
firstblogpost=”3mos.”
November 23rd, 2007 at 12:09 pm
okay, I have to reply to Jim’s suggestion. :)
“Amanda Lynn” is a musical instrument — not a person. :)
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:11 pm
birthday = 11/26/07
name = Emily Rose
weight = 7lbs
height = 20 in
fav. sport = cross country
cuteness rating = high
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:57 pm
birthday = 12/1
weight = 6# 10 oz
length = 20″
name = Siobhan Niamh ;)
Katie wants some chocolate cookies even if we don’t win
November 23rd, 2007 at 11:03 pm
I *love* siobhan niamh (niamh siobhan, actually), but those names are highly unlikely given that most americans can neither hope to spell nor pronounce them.
I’m sure some sort of cookie sharing could be arranged. :)
November 23rd, 2007 at 11:35 pm
trial 2:
name = Anna Shay
*please excuse my father’s and my lack of originality (above)…i know, falling off your chair in surprise…
November 24th, 2007 at 10:52 am
122 lbs
5′6″ long
ooooh, you mean at birth.
Hmmm.
7.8lbs
21 inches
Bisquit
Do I win?
November 24th, 2007 at 10:55 am
“Do I win?”
well, I promise the name will not be or rhyme with “biscuit”. And you’re not going to guess a date, Hans? :)
November 24th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Oh - birthdate.
I am going with Monday. Sorry, can’t be more specific than that.
November 24th, 2007 at 11:01 am
Kevin informed me I am still not playing right.
Monday, November 26th, 23:59:59 EST
November 24th, 2007 at 11:05 am
“Kevin informed me I am still not playing right.”
for the record: I did no such thing.
November 24th, 2007 at 11:09 am
Name: Kathleen Sophia
Arrival Date: 11/25 (cuz Sunday births are bestest, I should know ;-) )
Weight: 7 lbs. 2 oz.
Length: 19.6″
(if, on the statistically insignificant chance that Biscuit is a boy, I’d suggest Beau Ronald…hey, it’s better than any variant of Nyckelharpa I can think of)
Zoli the cat would like to suggest that her name would make a lovely little girl human name. Take that for what it’s worth. :-)
November 24th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
I slipped the stork a crisp dollar bill to insure:
Date: 11/28
Weight: 6lbs 9oz
Length: 18″
Name: Bridget, Gibson, Peavey, or Rickenbacker
November 24th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Gretsch(en) Rickenbacker McGowan… you guessed it!!
November 25th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
I forgot to guess a date!
I’ll go for 11/30, because it would annoyingly inconvenience Kevin the most out of any day (possibly).
November 25th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
Oh - Not that having Biscuit is an annoyance!!! You know what I meant…
November 25th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
yeah, I know what you meant, squires. :)
November 27th, 2007 at 1:37 am
Am I too late?
How about later tonight? 11/26 - I didn’t really realize babies had a length, but I guess they do: 17.5 inches (is that a lot?). 8 lbs, 3oz (!), and perhaps the traditional Armenian name ‘Horapig’ (or perhaps not). In any event - best of luck!
November 27th, 2007 at 1:39 am
11/26/07
20.1″
7 pounds, 6 ounces
Girl
Nora
(Okay, fine, I kind of cheated… Congrats!!!)