Stormy weather

I went home for the memorial day weekend. It was a last minute decision spurred by the fact that Hailey was being christened and I would be the worst auntie in the world if I didn’t pay the 61 dollars round trip for the first Greyhound home.

The ceremony (my first) lasted all of 20 minutes. The actual moment of truth was obscured by the priest standing in my line of sight. The object of all the attention slept through the entire event, apparently un phased by her brush with eternal damnation. That’s my monkey girl.
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And now for something completely different…

well… vacation was lovely. My family rocks… I got back tuesday and the trip was delightfully uneventful.

While I was gone, my co-worker friends were busy. Jordan went and made himself a blog (I knew he couldn’t resist long) and he and Shroud are now my virtual neighbors at 1 and 1 hosting Oh and sedotn moved to a real host.
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Monkey Girl

Hailey Elizabeth, my beautiful lil monkey girlToday at 1:25am (CST) I had the pleasure (mixed with a healthy dose of exhaustion and a slight tinge of nausea) of welcoming my niece into the world.

Her parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles are all fine and relieved since the child has been coming for 2 days (it seems). Stubborn… just like both of her parents. Her name is Hailey Elizabeth (7lbs 14oz and 19inches) and from here on out she will be my little monkey girl… at least until she gets old enough to be self concious. Congratulate me… I’m an auntie. Pictures will appear soon as if by magic…