A Clear Misunderstanding
We had a clear understanding. There was a scheduled c-section on Monday.
It is apparently the case that not-quite-newborns don’t abide my mutual understandings.
Heading to the hospital…
by Will Truman · October 18, 2012
Will Truman
Will Truman is the Editor-in-Chief of Ordinary Times. He is also on Twitter.
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AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!! Good luck!Report
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! GOOD LUCK! KICK ASS! WATCH OUT FOR THE MUCUS PLUG (my book told me I should watch out for that).Report
Good luck!Report
Good luck. Name him/her Chris.Report
Good luck!Report
WOW! Good luck!Report
Wow, good luck!Report
Very best wishes for mother and baby.Report
Your kid is a prodigy, already breaking curfew. Good luck and congrats.Report
Mazel tov!
(All the COOL kids are going to be named “Burt” in about fifteen years. Even the girls. Saw it in a Freakonomics projection.)Report
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!Report
Good luck! Keep us posted!Report
The League of Ordinary Babies???Report
Ordinary my ass.Report
I’ve taken to the term “Gentlings” for our fab four (one down, three to go). So, League of Ordinary Gentlings will be a subblog about fifteen or twenty years from now.Report
I’m missing one in my count. Who did I leave out, aside from you, Kazzy and me?Report
*raises hand*
I think me. I haven’t written a post about it, because I’ve been super busy lately.Report
WHAT?!? HOW COULD YOU KEEP THIS FROM US?
(Actually, considering how circumspect I was about our adoption before the legal risk period had elapsed, I suppose I can understand exactly why you would keep this from us. But still…)Report
I was going to have the weekend jukebox open thread be Bieber’s “Baby” and Zeppelin’s “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” because I wanted songs where there were stretches of people yelling “BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY” because that is seriously how it feels from the sidelines but I don’t want to hog the weekend jukebox open threads.Report
Oh, no, you don’t, my man. Post it. As many “Baby-baby-baby-baby-baby-baby”s as you can get.Report
Woohoo! Good luck!Report
Good luck!Report
Fantastic.Report
This won’t be the last time the tike messes up your scheduled plans. Might as well start getting used to it.Report
It’s a girl. It didn’t go perfectly, but she’s in good shape now.Report
Yay, girls are best.Report
This.
Congrats!Report
WHEWReport
Mazel tov!Report
Blessings. All first children should be girls, so you can ease into it.Report
Congratulations on the baby girl!
Got your binder ready?Report
Congrats, good sir. All the best to baby, mom, and yourself!Report
I just now read this. I wish you all the best!Report