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Emma.

My wife Melissa and I had our first baby on Tuesday, Nov 19 at 2:18 pm. It's a girl, Emma Grace Lokovic. She weighed in at 7lb 12 oz, and is 20in long. 24 hours later, mom and baby were given clean bills of health, and so we're all at home now.

Incredibly, after only one sleepless night in the hospital and one evening at home of semi-inconsolable crying, things have settled down nicely. Now that we all know one another, Emma is amazingly well-mannered. (She knows what she wants, and now we do too, and as long as we go along with it, everyone stays happy.)

I'm taking three weeks off from everything other than the baby (including work). I expect to be incognito for most of that time. Wish us luck!


3 min after birth

1st bath, 1.5 hours later

At home next day

Comments

Posted by Kevin on November 22, 2002 at 06:40 AM

Congratulations - she is beautiful!
This is fantastic. Karie and I wish you, Melissa and Emma the very best.
Lucky dog...

Posted by roberto on November 22, 2002 at 08:29 AM

Imagine if you had a beowulf cluster of those! Oops, wrong site. (There'd be poop everywhere!)


Debra and I wish you guys the very best! Congratulations!

Posted by Mark on November 22, 2002 at 10:42 AM

Congratulations to Tom, Melissa, and little Emma. Glad to hear that you've managed to reverse engineer the communication protocol used by your latest acquisition, and are now able to understand its basic functions. I'm sure many interesting opportunities await you all.

Posted by Noah on November 22, 2002 at 02:18 PM

Congratulations!

Those are great pictures. Was she really that red at the bath, or was the lighting funny?

Posted by tdl on November 22, 2002 at 03:00 PM

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Was she really that red at the bath, or was the lighting funny?


The (sponge) bath was under a heat lamp thingy, and she did get pretty red (though the crappy digital camera may be exaggerating a bit).

Posted by KJB on November 22, 2002 at 03:36 PM

Babies are often very pink after birth. It's something I've noticed with my nieces.

And what a cute kid! Aww. Emma is also a very nice name. Muchmuchmuch better than, like, MikKynzyee or something.

Posted by Carmen on November 22, 2002 at 03:56 PM

Congratulations! She's beautiful! Welcome to the world, little Emma. :)

Posted by tdl on November 22, 2002 at 07:55 PM


D'oh! I typed in the date of her birth as "Tuesday, Nov 18". Not only is that not the right date, it doesn't even exist this year.


She was born on the 19th. Not the 18th. I'm such a bad father.


I blame lack of sleep.

Posted by vkire on November 22, 2002 at 11:36 PM

Congrats Tom and Melissa! It's funny you guys decided
to name her Emma. My sister gave birth to her second
daugher recently and she also named her Emma.

Posted by Greg on December 02, 2002 at 10:05 PM

Congratulations Tom and Melissa!

Posted by Heckx3@aol.com on December 19, 2002 at 11:03 AM

Congratulations all the way from Maryland on the birth of your daughter, Emma! Just wanted to comment on the ear to ear smile your Dad has been wearing at work! It is great to see him so incredibly happy! Best of luck to you and your family. Sincerely, Kim Heck (AFSA employee)

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