RILEY DANIEL KENNEDY: WELCOME TO THE WORLD
Father John with baby Riley
Erin, happy it's over...and that she took the pain meds
Grandma Ann cradling Riley the Wise
Riley Daniel Kennedy
Born 8:45 this morning. Cute as a button. Has all limbs and toes and whatnot. 7 pounds, 13 ounces. 20 3/4 inches long. Cute as a button. Did I say that? Looks very very wise. Fingers are still a little wrinkly, but clearly writerly. Has the toes of an elite marathon runner, the height of a nascent pro basketball player. His head is very large and therefore I surmise he will be a human computer as well. Already thinking up stories to tell him before he becomes too smart for the old bearded guy with the cane and the pipe to fool him. He's cute as a button. (Cute as a cute button?)
Erin is doing fine and both John and Erin seem very happy. Ann and I are very happy, too.
Granpappy Jeff
posted by JeffV @ 10:52 AM
43 comments
43 Comments:
Congratulations!
Congratulations to the whole family (and yay for the pain meds)! That is one cute baby, and (at least if my parents are to be believed) being a grandparent is one of the most fun things in the world. Time to start stocking up on those athletic shoes and computers, as well as toy racing cars, video games (you need to get one now to properly test it's safe to use in a few years' time), children's stories and the lot!
'Writerly and wrinkly' fingers - bodes well. Congratulations. He looks gorgeous.
Super, master granpa'. Congratulations for the young grandparents and, of course, for the parents. Hugs to Ann and all my best wishes from your Ro editor. See (all of you!) soon...
Congratulations, Granpappy Jeff! Mazel tov!
Congratulations and Best Wishes!
best as always,
Mike Korn
Congratulations to all! He's cute as a button's button.
-- Susan D.
Yay for the next Kennedy President! Big hug for you an Ann, and kisses for Erin and John.
Michael & Ona
Awwwww! So cute (as a button)! Congratulations, Granpa Moose, and to the rest of the family as well!
Congratulations!
Wonderful!!! And congratulations, Grandpappy J. Ditto to Erin, Ann and John. Wee Riley's going to do you all proud. Thanks much for sharing.
Hurray! Be well.
Major congrats! I've not been a grandpa yet, but I'm a dad, and it's something special.
Many congratulations!
Way to go, Erin! Congratulations, all.
Dan and Gayle
(who may have fallen off the face of the earth)
Congratulations all round. A Saggitarius to brighten everyone's life. They're party animals - I know lots of them.
Anne S
Congratulations! He might just be cuter than a button.
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear Riley,
Happy birthday to you!
Huzzah!
Thanks, all! And Erin and John say thanks.
The baby is extraordinarily well-behaved and rather mesmerizing. Like, you can sit there all day and just stare at his tiny face.
Much love,
JeffV
Congratulations!
Brendan
Congratulations! Wonderful photos. Lovely to see the bliss and beauty of it all first-hand.
Congratulations! Great pics...he's cute as a button and sweet as pie
Congratulations to you all!
-Neddal
Congratulations to everyone involved. Mesmerizing is right, Jeff. Watching a baby is like sitting in front of a fireplace. You can stare for hours, and it's strangely rejuvenating.
I was hoping Erin would pull the trigger a few days earlier, because I happen to know from personal experience that the fifth of December is a great birthday, but otherwise she seems to have done a great job.
Be prepared. Young Jasper Marlowe Anthony Crossley was born just eighteen months ago, three ounces heavier and a half inch longer, and he's now a thirty-five inch, twenty-six pound human dynamo who jumps off the couch and speaks words in two languages. Blink and you'll miss it.
Since I'm such a sucker for babies, I'll also throw in this birth announcement, originally written by Herman Melville when he first became a father and stolen by me when I did the same:
[The mother] is doing well, also the phenomenon, which weighs I know not how many pennyweights,—I would say, hundred-weights.—We desired much to have him weighed, but it was thought that no hay-scales in town were strong enough. It takes three nurses to dress him; and he is as valiant as Julius Caesar.—He’s a perfect prodigy.—If the worst comes to the worst, I shall let him out by the month to Barnum; and take the tour of Europe with him. I think of calling him Barbarossa—Adolphus—Ferdinand—Otho—Grandissimo Hercules—Sampson—Bonaparte—Lambert.—If you can suggest anything better or more characteristic, pray, inform me of it by the next post.—There was a terrible commotion here at the time of the event.—I had men stationed at all the church bells, 24 hours before hand; & when the Electric Telegraph informed them of the fact—such a ding-donging you never heard.—All the engines came out, thinking the State-House was on fire.
Of course the news was sent on by telegraph to Washington & New Orleans.—When Old Zack heard of it—he is reputed to have said—“Mark me: that boy will be President of the United States before he dies.”—In New Orleans, the excitement was prodigious. Stocks rose & brandy fell.—I have not yet heard from Europe & Pekin. But doubtless, ere this, they must have placed props against the Great Wall.—The harbor here is empty:—all the ships, brigs, schooners & smacks having scattered in all directions with the news for foreign parts.—The crowd has not yet left the streets, gossiping of the event.—The number of calls at 49 Mt. Vernon Street is incalculable. Ten porters suffice not to receive the cards; and Canning the waiter, dropped down dead last night thro’ pure exhaustion.—Who would have thought that the birth of one little man, when ten thousands of other little men, & little horses, & little guinea-pigs & little roosters, & the Lord only knows what, are being born—that the birth of one little phenomenon, should create such a panic thro’ the world:—nay, even in heaven; for last night I dreampt that his good angel had secured a seat for him above; & that the Devel roared terribly bethinking him of the lusty foe to sin born into this sinful world.
Mazel Tov to everyone involved!!!
Congratulations!
Congrats!
Mazel tov to the newly-expanded family. I am happy that everyone is healthy and happy. Erin looks so much like Ann! May Riley be a blessing to his entire family. Our best wishes to Erin, John and Riley.
Michelle, Bob, Elysa, Rachel and Craig Merlin, the Miami Cousins
Congratulations!! He is a cutie!!
Felecia
Congrats to all! Yay for pain meds!
Hi Jeff,
Wow man, you're a granddaddy, cannot believe it! The baby looks sooo sweet! Have fun my friend as the baby changes before your eyes.
Haimdat
Wow! Ann and Jeff are grandparents now! I can't believe it. Looks like everyone is doing well in the pictures and yes Ann, Riley IS cute as a button. Give Erin my best please. --Price Joines
Hello, boys and girls. This is your old pal, Jukkahoo, Marshal of Finncon and Baron of the Kick-Ass. This is a song about a whale. No! A mongoose. No!
This is a song about being happy! Nappy Happy! That's right! It's the Nappy Happy Joy Joy song!
Nappy Happy Joy Joy Nappy Happy Joy Joy
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Nappy Happy Joy Joy Joy!
Nappy Happy Nappy Happy
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Nappy Happy Joy Joy Joy!
Jouys celebratories from a fellow Sagittarius, you wee little /p/u/p/p/pe/t/ man!
And to the rest of you as well, of course :)
What lovely baby pix! Congratulations to all.
Ellen Datlow
Congratulations!
The most wonderful thing about a newborn baby is the potential. It's impossible to imagine everything he can become!
Hello Jeff and Ann! Congratulations to the whole family from me and Gisela! A real cutie, indeed.
Take care. Cheers!
D.
Congratulations! Glad to see all looking well and wonderful!--Eric
Thanks, everyone! This comments thread will be a wonderful addition to Riley's baby book!
JeffV
Beautiful baby.
Ann; I am so happy for you. I have this sense of deja vu'. A beautiful baby for a beautiful girl and a very beautiful grandma. I wish you, Jeff, and the mom and dad, all the happiness in the world.
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