Announcing...

julianyap reminds me it is National Put Quotes in Your Blog Month, so, a freebie:

"You don't pay back your parents. You can't. The debt you owe them gets collected by your children, who hand it down in turn. It's a sort of entailment. Or if you don't have children of the body, it's left as a debt to your common humanity. Or to your God, if you possess or are possessed by one." -Bujold, A Civil Campaign

That is to say, Elena [mylastname] [D'slastname] was born 25 January 2010, 9 lb 4 oz (eek!... that was maybe a little too big for me, although resulting in a gorgeous large baby). She is a very good baby, not fussy except when her needs are not being met. (And still we have been super overwhelmed and stressed, and I know saying that is an invitation for her to develop colic in a couple of weeks... but she is a very good baby right now! Not that we always understand what her needs are...) My mom is here and is helping out a lot, and D's mom is coming as well pretty soon.