Conventional wisdom says that first babies are usually late, and that labor can be twenty hours and up.
Well, no one ever said Kathleen David was conventional.
On the eve of the worst snowstorm to hit Long Island in two years, I took Kathleen--whose contractions were coming every four minutes apart--to the hospital last night at 12:15 AM, and as of 2:54 PM this afternoon, Caroline Helen David was born. Mother and very bewildered daughter (a look I'm become quite used to from my children) are doing fine.
As is Todd Morton, the winner of the pool who nailed gender and DOB, and edged out his closest competitor, Santiago Casares (who also got gender and DOB), with his guess of 7 pounds, 1 oz (actual weight: 6 pounds, 13 ounces) as opposed to Santiago's guess of eight pounds even. But you know what? Santiago did come closer on the time (5:45 PM compared to Todd's 7:45 PM). So I'll give Todd first choice of the two prizes, and Santiago gets the other.
I'm going to sleep now.
PAD
Posted by Peter David at December 5, 2002 10:17 PM | TrackBack | Other blogs commentingAllow me to be the first to congratulate you both! Nice work, Kathleen!!
and curse you, Santiago Casares!
A tremendous congratulations to you both, Peter and Kathleen.
ANOTHER girl? Peter, shouldn't 50% of your children be boys, statistically speaking? Of course, you'll love them the same no matter what, but still....
Congrats, Mr. David!
Oh. Since this is my first time posting anything here, I thought I'd take the time to thank you for something.
Way, way back, when I was around 9 years old, a book you wrote -- "Worf's First Adventure" -- was the first real book that I ever read. I was never into reading books before that, but your book turned me on to literature. I'm very muchly the avid reader these days, and it's partially due to you. So, now, 8 years later, I'd like to thank you for opening up the world of literature to me. Yeah, sounds sappy, but whatdahey.
Oh, and I thought it was the First Evil when I first saw "Lessons," too. ;)
Congratulations to the whole family, and especially Kathleen! I admit, I was wondering earlier when there was still no new post if maybe, just maybe... :)
Congratulations to all of you!
Now sleep, sleep like the wind!!!
Rob
Congratulations to all of you!
Now sleep, sleep like the wind!!!
Rob
Congratulations to all of you!
Now sleep, sleep like the wind!!!
Rob
WTG, you two! And welcome to the world, Caroline Helen!
Congrats, Kathleen and PAD. I'm glad everything went hitchless for you.
That is excellent news. I am glad you and your family are safe and sound. Congratulations. You might want to stock up on that sleep now, because you're going to need it later!
Congratulations to both of yous :)
and good job on the new YJ
Congrats, Peter and Kath, on your blessing!
There's not much else I can say, other than I hope that baby and mother are doing great. I love the baby's name, too.
Anyway, best to the extended David family!!!
Mazel tov!
May your new daughter bring you both joy and pride.
Steven
Congratulations!
And Richard Harrison, you beat me to it. Ain't old memes the best.
When I was a young lad, I came up with a list of possible names for my future wife and Caroline was at the top of the list.
Now I am 26, married to a Becky, and your new daughter is safe from my masculine wiles.
Congrats to all! And Peter, make sure you take care of that wife just as much as the baby for a while, she's earned it.
A Mazel Tov from me as well. Congratulations, and good luck.
Very best wishes.
Stock up on sleep now - It's going to be a prized possesion soon.:)
Congratulations to you and Kathleen, Peter! Can't wait to see pictures of the new Miss David.
Mazel Tov and Congratulations to you all!!
And sleep now while you can!!
Hooper
Who-hoo!
Mazel Tov!
Congrats to you and Kath and the lucky siblings! :)
Happy Birthday to Caroline!!
(Hey, I'm not gonna say "Congratulations" when more than 20 people already said it.)
I am. You can never have too many. (Congratulations, that is... not babies. I'm sure there's an upper limit to that one.)
So...
Congratulations.
Doug
Welcome Caroline Helen David and congratulations to the whole family.
Congratulations to you both! and welcome to the world, Caroline Helen.
To All The Davids:
Glad every thing and the little one turned out all right.
But Peter: in a couple of days, when you can stop and look at things a little more clearly, did Del Rey and Ariel have some inside information we weren't privileged to?
Congratulations to the whole David family!
Also congrats to Santiago Casares, though the real challenge would have been for everyone to use the Jewish calendar for their predictions. ;) (Kislev 30, 5763 for the curious)
Peter,
Congratulations to you and your family.
Bobby
Wait a second. This whole early pregnancy thing sounds fishy to me. I bet you made up Todd Morton and Santiago Casares just so you didn't have to give out the prize packages. I demand a recount ... by hand, of course. This whole voting process was too confusing anyway ... I meant to punch the hole for the correct gender and date. I was robbed.
Oh wait ... that only works for presidential elections. Nevermind.
In all seriousness, congratulations, Peter and Kathleen, on the wonderful addition to your family. May your first child be a masculine one. (Aww, man, not even the Godfather quotes are working here ... I'm cutting my losses and getting out of here.)
Congratulations Peter! Muchas felicidades por la niña :)
You really are the king of your house with so many girls around you (You are a lucky guy!)
Hope everything goes well for you, your wife and your daughters.
P.S: Isn't it ironic that YJ just got cancelled (a book you said you wrote for "your son") and you got another girl? Somethings are not meant to be :)
Many congratulaitons to both you, Kathleen, and the family, Peter!
Congrats, Mr. and Mrs. D. Enjoy. Please give Mr. Casares his choice of the books (time was actually the tougher guess) and save the others for Caroline. She's got a lot of reading to catch up on.
Congratulations, Mr. David. Please send them along to Mrs. David and wish Caroline Helen a happy birthday as well.
Bill
Congratulations Peter and Kath and welcome to the world Caroline.
Rats, off by two days. Ah, well.
Numerous felicitations, congratulations, insert synonym heres, to you and the whole clan. Litle Caroline is probably the cutest baby in all of Long Island (as opposed to all of those ugly babies), but she will probably rue that she was born in the midst of a holiday. Now she will probably get Hannukah/Birthday gifts rather than one of each. Unless you folks celibrate Christmas, the poor tyke will be gyped.
Hope everyone is happy and healthy,
Ben Hunt
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And welcome to the world, Caroline. You're in for quite a ride. *grin*
---KRAD
MAZEL TOV!!!!!!
(Oh, and while your latest creation makes all others from you besides her sisters pale in comparison, I absolutely loved this week's Captain Marvel!)
Mazel tov to you and the missus, Peter. My wife wants to know if your daughter minds sharing her birthday, though (g).
Congratulations you guys! I wish you both the Best of luck! Mazel Tov!
Congratulations, guys! The question now is how she's going to fit into the Shore Leave sketch next year. *cheeky grin*
Seriously, mazel tov, guys. Mazel tov. :)
Congratulations! May this little girl bring you all the joy and good times that you have brought to your readers over the years and in the future!
Best wishes and congratulations to the Davids!
Rob R.
Mazel Tov!
And since no one has said this yet: I'm glad CHaD didn't leave you hanging! :)
Marc
Welcome to this crazy world Caroline!!! :)
...And congratulations to you both, Kathleen and Peter!!!! :)
Welcome to Earth, Caroline! It has it's problems, but we're working on them. Having a sense of humor helps - and your dad makes that part easier for a lot of us!
Congratulations.
Nothing but good thoughts for Mom, Baby, and the Old Man.
Peace...
Dan
This is wonderful news! Congratulations to Kathleen and Peter and welcome to Caroline! :-)
Mazel Tov!
Welcome to the world Caroline Helen David.
Now, start driving your parents crazy!
-Joe
May the joy of seeing your new child's face be but the first of a constant stream of happinesses she grants you and Kath.
(And may the tradition of the father of the bride paying for the wedding be dead and buried by the time you start marrying off your daughterclan.)
Congratulations Kathleen and Peter!
And to Caroline Helen, just let me tell you: "happy birthday girl!".
Because you can never hear it too many times:
Congratulations, Peter and Kathleen.
And, of course, a big "Welcome to the world, baby girl" to Caroline.
May your 2 a.m. feedings be short and few.
Let me add my voice to the chorus: congratulations to the David family on its newest addition!
Congratulations Peter & Kathleen!!
Remember Peter, you are not cursed but blessed with another girl. You obviously have a very special caring nature about you that God brings another girl into your life. Either that or you really messed up when you were younger and this is your penance! LOL
Welcome Caroline! Enjoy your family and have fun with your sisters!
I've been lurking here for a while, and I'm delighted that my first message here is one of congratulations to Mr. David and his family, over such a happy moment in their lives.
Hope your wife's recovery from labour is quick and easy, and that you have many wonderful moments with your newborn.
Parabéns,
James.
Congratulations on the new arrival (and get your sleep while you can)!
Nice timing with the snow, folks. Congrats to everybody and get some sleep.
Congratulations on your special delivery!
Delurking to add my congratulations! The grand parenthood adventure continues, begins anew! All best!
Congratulations, Mazel Tov, and K'Plah to the entire David clan on the completion of another successful "project."
Congratulations Peter and Kath!
May Caroline bring you as much joy as Peter's work has brought to his many fans.
Well, I still have a strong preference for a December 7th birthday for some reason, but congratulations nevertheless. :-)
And, for Ariel, I quote what my older niece, then age 5, told her mother just before her sister was born; "I will love my little sister and do everything to help with her. Except that I will *not* change any poopy diapers!"
Congratulations, Peter. May this not impede your bowling progress. ;-)
And snowstorm babies are the best! (I was one, too. =)
Does this mean that there will be years where people will combine Hannukah and her birthday into one holiday? ;-)
-Augie
Mazel Tov! May she grow strong and tall, confident and worldly!
To add my voice to the chorus, congratulations on the new arrival - glad it all went smoothly. (And I'm not going to ask what happened to the placenta...)
Just wanted to add my Best Wishes and Congrats on your new arrival!
Congratulations to the whole David Clan!
The good news here is that as long as Peter has kids, he will have bills. As long as he has bills, he will have to have a job to pay them. Therefore, we are going to be entertained by Mr. David for quite some time!
Congrats again.
Mark B.
Congratulations! May she bring nothing but joy and cupcakes into your life!
Wow- what a day to stumble on this site! Congratulations to you both!
Congratulations to Peter, Kathleen and daughter! Welcome to the world, Caroline.
This better not be some trick to distact our attention from the state of the economy, dummy.
Good for you and yours.
Congratulations to Ariel, Gwen!, and Shana on their new sister!
Whooo HOOO!! A new little Hulkster, a really Young Justice, Private Marvel, and of course a Supergirl!
Congrats to Mom, Dad, and sisters!
Welcome to Caroline Helen David!
I wish you health and thoughtfulness (and also for the baby later on)... which you'll need for those first few months in abundance.
Peace.
-Rachel
Congratulations and best wishes to you all. Welcome, Caroline!
Belated congrats to Kathleen and Peter for this wonderful event.
My best wishes for a happy and healthy life for young Caroline.
Steve Chaput (one-time PAD impersonator)
Congrats Mr. David, as well as to Kathleen and to Caroline's siblings.
(I remember a birth announcement in a DC comic years ago in which the baby was announced as an honorary Legionnaire. Maybe Caroline should be considered an honorary member of Young Justice. Then again, maybe not.)
Congratulations! I'm not the least bit bitter about using the pool either.
Aw, rats. I was hoping for a litter of jackals...
Anyway, congragulations to Mister and Mrs. David and their brand new angel of steel. Caroline is a beautiful name; she'll have a lot to live up to, though.
And she was born on Hannukah, during a snowstorm. A sick sense of humor DOES run in the family.
Congratulations! A blessing on you and your family! Your daughter should live a long, healthy, happy life, and every day should be better than the previous for her.
And the same for your other children, of course.
What a Hannukah gift! Again, congratulations and the very best to you and yours in this holiday season!
Eric L. Sofer
The Silver Age Fogey
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Congratulations! December 5th is a great day for a birthday. It being my birthday as well, of course!
Welcome to the little Sagittarius!
Congratulations PAD and Kathleen, and welcome Caroline!
As a long-time reader, fan, and admirer, I'd just like to say "Congratulations." :) May all of you be blessed with fantastic health. :)
Thank you all for your kind wishes.
Kathleen
I think it was wrong for John Byrne to not congratulate you. Karma, dude.
What goes around comes around.
Congratulatons to you both!
Glad to hear both Mother and child are doing well!
Darrell
Well, this will teach me to take a week or two vacation and not keep on whats up with PAD.
Many congrats, Peter, and to Kathleen, too. My wife got to come up to the podium to see the ultrasounds in San Diego, and we've been waiting for the event ever since.
(If it's any apology for not being here to congratulate you sooner, I did take my wife on a surprise date to the Adventurers Club whilst in Orlando last week, on the strength of your recommendation and experiences, and had an absolute blast.)