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Baby Information

At 11:49 am on February 17, 2004, the world was blessed (or cursed, depending on your point of view) with the presence of our son, Antonio René Ferro. He measured 19.5 inches long and weighed 5 lbs., 11.5 ozs. (And for anyone wondering, Adina Braun was the person who won the baby pool, tied for the lead with 3 categories guessed correctly and closest to the date of birth.)

Pictures to follow:

Here's the "bean" in its first ultrasound at 7 weeks. Admittedly, you can't see very much, but that's OK - not much has actually formed yet.
Despite much prodding, we've resisted the urge to find out what the baby is, even though we have different preferences, mainly to preserve the surprise. It would appear, though, that the baby wants to preserve the surprise as well. At the originally scheduled second ultrasound at 20 weeks, it refused to cooperate, turning its back to the transducer so we couldn't see any of its features. It took a third ultrasound at 22 weeks to see its face, and even then it kept its legs crossed! It does appear to have my profile, but thankfully has more of Nicole's nose.

So we have gone ahead and started a baby pool. We are accepting guesses in the following categories:

  1. Sex
  2. Arrival Date (the current estimate is March 17)
  3. Birth Weight
  4. Length
  5. Time of Arrival (now you know any child of Nicole's will have to come in the middle of the night to wake everyone!!!)
  6. Length of labor (which, knowing Nicole, will be all drawn out for the sheer drama value)
  7. Any unusual circumstances, i.e., will it want to arrive so quickly that it comes in the car or will Nicole & Ariam even make it to the car to get to the hospital?
  8. Will Nicole actually give in and get an epidural (because right now she's saying absolutely not)

Now, there is usually some form of monetary exchange that goes along with playing. Traditionally, the winner gets the pot at the end and either uses it to purchase a gift for the child or has their own little party. But since we have friends literally across the country, plus family in other countries, this is what we'll do...

We want to give people time for submissions, so we will accept any guesses (or guess changes) until 6 weeks before the due date - January 27, 2004. We'll send updates on the 27th of each month, listing what guesses we've received so far.

So send your choices/decisions/prophecies in the order listed above to us as soon as possible!