05:53AM : OW.. Goddamn teeth.

Mood: sore

Yesterday they took out 3 of my wisdom teeth.

My mouth hurts. Everything tastes of blood. I'm all swollen up. :(

The two bottom ones were so sideways they couldnt pull them so they widened the sockets (drilled actual bone? Argh) and cut them up in situ.. Fortunately i was under general anesthetic.

Elizabeth is doing fine - ive got a lot of photos to put up soon but ive been a bit short on time.

My end of year presentation went unprecedentedly well. The whole group did their bits well and we all ended up with >70 in each of the 4 modules we were being graded on. Which is pretty crazy really. Going in to year three on the right footing at least.

Now I'll try sleep again. ow.

08:49AM : Guess?

Mood: amused         Music: lullaby - Silent Hill 4

Well, she likes fake heartbeats.. I guess you can trick her into thinking you've not even put her down. .. Tapping the basket that routinely makes my arm dead. This sounds like an opportunity for some sort of bop bop bop contraption, though I have no idea how I'd do that. Someone else probably has. Sounds like good instructables.com material. :)

Aaaannyway, after the last entry didn't really work because Jan's gallery is friends only I've pilfered the pics and stuck them up on mixelmagic.com too. Wooyay. I doubt she'll mind!

Janma, Kat & Ellie*2, Extreeeeme closeup, me, and me.. Looks like a goddamn fishing photo.

01:09AM : Eliza-what?

Mood: okay

Ok, one of the reasons we like Elizabeth as a name so much is the millions of different things we can shorten it to, or she can shorten it to later..

Liz, Lizzie, Lisa, Libby, Ellie, Elle, Beth, Bet, etc. etc etc etc etc..

I like Libby a lot, Liz/lizzie doesn't seem like a child name for some reason, Lisa just reminds me of the Simpsons.. I've already found myself shortening her to Ellie, but I have a CMO character called Ellie, and she kind of got skewered a while ago.. Which isn't really a problem but it's an interesting naming issue. Many of the names I like most I've already used for characters.. It seems a little strange if they end up sharing them!

OK though, if anyone needs a baby photo fix, Jan posted a load on her Flickr page..

This one is pretty epic. I love that camera.

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In other news: ARRRGGGGHHHH I just messed up massive chunks of my online stuff.

01:21PM : Baby stuff day 3..

Mood: happy         Music: Shawn's Got the Shotgun - Robert Prince

Thanks for the baby posts, I will reply to those! First night was a bit hectic, first full day was mostly ok, and I can see how routines might work now. We all slept a bit!

Right now she also sleeps quite a lot in the day and feeds most of the night. Feels a bit weird that all I can do is carry her around and burp her etc. That'll distract her for 30 mins before she's all "BOOBS NOW!" Which I can't really help with..

So, I RTFM'd and apparently it's my job to make a lot of tea, carry things around, fend off too many visitors (lol) and use super geek powers to set up impromptu intercoms. (didn't say that in the book, but I should be able to set up a really good 2 way audio/video chat system using Kat's old ibook..)

The cats have been shut out of the attic completely.. We'd anticipated that, but it was confirmed a good idea after Mushroom had got into the baby basket before I'd even finished setting it up.. Which was less than a 2 minute window. Nice. Had to change the sheet after it had been on for 30 seconds.. Mushroom leaves footprints. Odd that; she only leaves them in the places you want most clean.. Kitchen cabinets, baby stuff etc.

There will be lots and lots more photos but not a constant stream (as in, hrs, minutes.. It'll be day-shifted), seems like living with her and enjoying it is more important than documenting everything. :) More pressing that we don't rush or miss anything than making sure nobody else misses stuff. Saying that I have kept my camera in my pocket the whole time since birth, and anticipate at least one batch of photos uploaded a week. I don't want to spam my main LJ so I'll work on separating her off into her own LJ or something (which both me and batkat could post to.

Oh, and I registered elizabethdawes.com - partly for "her" blog but otherwise just to camp until/in case she needs it later. .. Didn't say anything about that in the book either. I wonder if there are any tech-friendly parenting books.. There's an excellent net-savvy parenting blog & podcast in jumping monkeys at least. Going to have to look into that, I'm sure there are loads of useful sites.

12:26AM : It's a girl!

Mood: ecstatic         Music: Baby Monitor...

Elizabeth was born (after a long labour which I'll probably explain when less tired!) at 9:56am(ish) Tuesday 15th April.. She weighs 7lb 10oz, and is perfectly healthy. She's feeding well already, sleeping lots, and hasn't really cried at all yet.. Which freaked me out. She didn't seem in the slightest bit bothered by being born.

Anyway, here's some photos. :D (i'll tidy these up and post everywhere else asap)

batkat is doing well, there weren't any complications at all (just a long labour) .. Now I think I'm going to go sleep.. Just thought I should keep LJ posted!

Only a couple hrs old.
My brother Owen holding her. Not sure who looks more scared. :) Also, I find it funny that he's now "Uncle Owen" (.. ... ... Umm.. Star Wars.)
Tiny..

Blue Eyes..

Here's the gallery I'll be filling with Elizabeth photos as I take them..

Woo!