Wonderful! Congratulations Snarkshrub family.
Allow me to be the first to eschew the tired old "allow me to be the first . . ." line and simply wish redfox, snarkout, and the snarkyfoxcub all the best.
Given the small person's birthday, one can only assume that they will grow up to be neb's mortal enemy -- hooray!
6: SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
(We mustn't let neb know, lest he work to prevent the said growing up)
Congrats all around!
It's Texas Independence Day, or was until it became Snarky Kit Day.
Who could have predicted that the birth of this strange and wondrous child would cause Texas to once again come under the dominion of Mexico?
12: Thanks. I think. I mean, it sure is going to be different under Mexican rule, but I'm sure it will turn out okay.
Congratulations RFTS and Snarkout! Welcome little baby!
I'm going to have to practice pronouncing Target as tar-het so I won't get in any trouble.
Oh, wonderful!! Best wishes to the whole family.
Welcome, new young person! How wonderful to have you join your parents and all of us in the world.
(Now hurry up and join the Flickr pool.)
Permita que sea el primer para desearles enhorabuena!
So many new babies! Congratulations and best wishes, guys.
21: Um, I think they just had one, apostropher.
Also, I just realized that ogged and I are now compatriots.
Congrats! I know we can count on RedSnark 'rents to teach Baby ShrubOut to think critically.
Woohoo! And a reminder to the new parents that tiny and fragile as the snark-kit may look, they're surprisingly durable and resilient. Don't worry about anything more than suits you.
26, while excellent advice, is probably only helpful to people who are capable of employing reason to override the instinctive emotional response of "OMG, I think I broke it, I'm doing this all wrong, s/he going to hate me and need extensive therapy for the rest of her/his life!"
If you don't worry obsessively and unnecessarily about at least a couple of things, then you are terrible parents. Terrible. And people will judge you.
Congratulations! Great news.
6: Snark-kit should be named nosaj, the polar opposite of a neb.
Remember to keep track of the first day the baby laughs, to see if Aristotle was right that it always happens on Day 40.
If you don't worry obsessively and unnecessarily about at least a couple of things, then you are terrible parents.
Also if you eat the baby. Don't do that.
I'm pretty sure that the birth of a snarkenfox pup was predicted by the book of Revelations.
Newborn babies are basically indestructible. Since they have no moving parts -- just one long fun-filled slide from mouth to diaper -- there's nothing to break.
Given the small person's birthday, one can only assume that they will grow up to be neb's mortal enemy
neb turned perfect today? Frightening. But I've been perfect for thirty-some-odd days now and it isn't all it's cracked up to be.
I'm holding out for 496 being awesome, though.
Has it been revealed whether it's a boy or girl?
Also if you eat the baby. Don't do that.
And take care to keep it away from dingos.
Sir K knows a couple who always described their daughter as "raised by amateurs". They had two basic rules for parenting their newborn:
1) Feed the baby.
2) Don't drop the baby.
That seemed to work.
The Snarkenfox Pup will be going under the handle "Little Schadenfreude", I am told.
39: Oh no! Someone should have told them about the diapers!
39 reminds me of my favorite story about our pediatrician. Friends of ours (and of the doctor) were just about to have their first baby. The mom-to-be is asking all kinds of mom-to-be questions and says to the doctor, "Well, what about feeding her?" Doc nods slowly, contemplatively. "Yes," he says. "Yes, I definitely recommend feeding her." I've probably told this story before.
Hurrah! Congratulations and welcome.
Yay! Congratulations! Babies are a fascinating study, and now you'll have your very own to work with!
Can someone back up my claim in 29? Because I am relying on a Radiolab episode for that information and know nothing about Aristotle.
Aristotle thinks Tailout was ensouled at 40 days post-conception, but what happens 40 days post-birth?
46:
Τὰ δὲ παιδία ὅταν γένωνται, τῶν τετταράκοντα ἡμερῶν ἐγρηγορότα μὲν οὔτε γελᾷ οὔτε δακρύει, νύκτωρ δ' ἐνίοτε ἄμφω·
Backing up!
He says they don't laugh or cry while awake, but they do both at night.
neb turned perfect today?
Yesterday, and I even announced my birth(day) on facebook with an allusion to the perfection of my age.
Despite my initial support for the name "Facility" I hope they didn't go with it, because I didn't realize until after expressing said support that it names not only an abstract quality but concrete places.
The baby is a milk-processing facility, to be sure.
Fontana Facility changed his name to sound more snappy.
55: Deaf jokes are deprecated, Awl.
AT WHAT POINT IN LIFE DOES ARISTOTLE SAY WOMEN BECOME EASY?
Welcome, baby!
Despite my initial support for the name "Facility" I hope they didn't go with it, because I didn't realize until after expressing said support that it names not only an abstract quality but concrete places.
It's appealing either way. Meet my daughters: Paris, America, and Facility. Or meet my daughters: Prudence, Charity, and Facility. I think it's win/win.
You wouldn't want to be said to be a facility, though.
59: But what if they spelled it "Faciliti"? That would be fine, right?
57: The rumor is that women were never easy for old Aristotle, IYKWIM, AITTYD.
But what if they spelled it "Faciliti"?
They could spell it Facility, but pronounce it Felicity. Though I'm still holding out hope for Vajazzle.
Comity.
I mean as a name, not that we've reached agreement.
69: That's a pretty long name for a little baby.
Jacqueline Parker Posey Paisley Passey.
Congrats! Is this the first offspring where both Mom and Dad are regular commentators? If so, interesting social experiment!
Good work on the baby making. They are excellent pillows.
Is this the first offspring where both Mom and Dad are regular commentators?
As far as the dads listed on the birth certificate know, yes.
Kinda early to be reinforcing gender norms, don't you think?
Mazel tov to the whole family, snark.
81: Good point. We'll have to save that for the next baby.
Congrats to the happy family and "Tessa Virtue" is a mandatory girl's name in this Canadian Olympic year.
I think "Texas Independence" has a nice ring to it.
82: Butt out, apo, it's not your kid . . . . oh wait.
Old-fashioned names like Kill-Sin, Fly-Fornication, and Amelia are coming back.
Yay baby! Sleep is overrated anyway!
Also, re those diapers: IT'S MOLE!!!!111!!!
Just don't confuse what's in those diapers with molé.
The lurkers congratulate you in email.
Has it been revealed what her superpower is yet?
Allow me to be the first to suggest that you swap out the baby for two turtles, and, see, you could name one Tor...
Es más: ¡Felicidades!
You know what would be a great baby name?
Allow me to be the first to suggest that you swap out the baby for two turtles, and, see, you could name one Tor...
No, two babies, a boy named "Pro" and a girl named "Geny".
Or, for the more biologically minded, Se and Xoutcome.
97: and Quemada?
I may have missed something along the way.
Congratulations to the snarkfoxes.
Welcome to the kit.
Happy sixth birthday to neb.
101, 102: And maybe one day Pro and Se will meet and fall in love, and they'll refuse to listen to anyone's advice about how it'll never work.
105: They'll first be attracted to each other when they notice that they both detest poetry.
And then LB will get them thrown out.
If I have a daughter I'll name her Jezebel Lilith Artemisia Judith Yael Cockbiter. So don't steal that, please. Thanks.
105: They'll first be attracted to each other when they notice that they both detest poetry.
They were speaking of each other their whole lives!
Happy birth day and birth day anniversaire to members new and old.
Congratulations to the now three of you. As for 109 I always liked the sound of 'Yersinia'.
Clearly the new baby should be named "Matt Weiner". Either that or "Wry Cooter".
Combine them: Wat Weiner-Cooter.
Congratulations, baby! I think if I could do it over again, I'd want to get born to people like RFTS and SO.
Congratulations!
Remember to keep track of the first day the baby laughs, to see if Aristotle was right that it always happens on Day 40.
Also keep track of who makes her laugh the first time because that person then has to throw a party.
Jane is her first name and Cassandra is her middle name, but you can call her Schadenfreude or Facility or MOLE, if you like.
Facility MOLE Shrub.
Not a bad name!
you can call her [...] MOLE
Will the parenting committee also accept 6.02 x 1023?
Jane is her first name and Cassandra is her middle name,
Ooo, this is a wonderful name.
Ooo, this is a wonderful name.
But you don't know what her last name is!
