Behold, the cutest burrito in Niskayuna:
8 lbs, 2 oz, 20 inches long. Do your own metric conversions.
The obligatory mother-and-child picture is below the fold:
Both mother and baby are well, and resting after their ordeal. And, obviously, adorable.
FutureBaby's real name will be Claire Nepveu Orzel ("Nepveu" is a middle name, not the first half of an unhyphenated compound name). In the interests of preserving a tiny bit of privacy in this age of Google, this is the one and only time that her real name will appear on the blog, until she's old enough to decide how she wants to be known.
Henceforth, she will be known (on the blog) as SteelyKid, because it amuses Kate.
And now, food, then bed. Feel free to leave comments exclaiming on the extreme wonderfulness of SteelyKid, but don't go trying to claim that there's a better or cuter baby out there. Them's fighting words.
Comments
# 1 | Rivka | August 7, 2008 8:46 PM
Oh, how absolutely wonderful! What a lovely baby! I am so very pleased for all three of you.
# 2 | Rich | August 7, 2008 8:54 PM
Hooray!
Welcome SteelyKid! Congrats, guys!
# 3 | Trent | August 7, 2008 9:04 PM
Extremely Wonderful!
She rocks! You guys rock (but especially Kate, after the last day of major effort)!
Love SteelyKid's name...
Congratulations, one and all!
# 4 | Evan | August 7, 2008 9:15 PM
You guys must be so happy! SteelyKid is adorable.
For the lazy people amongst us:
8 pounds 2 oz = 3.685 kg,
20 inches = 0.508 m.
I think you need a new category... FutureBaby! is out-dated. (I never noticed the ! before :)
# 5 | Uncle Al | August 7, 2008 9:19 PM
Good work! Great return on investment. Will the obligatory mobile over the crib be orthogonal polynomials, plumbing fittings, or little dancers?
# 6 | KevinQ | August 7, 2008 9:20 PM
Congratulations! That's highly awesome.
Good luck!
K
# 7 | Coturnix | August 7, 2008 9:33 PM
w00t! Congratulations! What a beautiful baby!
# 8 | Alex | August 7, 2008 9:40 PM
Congratulations!
# 9 | onymous | August 7, 2008 9:46 PM
Awwww! Congratulations!
# 10 | Martin Madsen | August 7, 2008 10:08 PM
This is wonderful. Congratulations.
# 11 | OmegaMom | August 7, 2008 10:17 PM
Congratulations to you and Kate, and welcome to the world, SteelyKid!
# 12 | Moshe | August 7, 2008 10:18 PM
Congratulations!
# 13 | Ian Durham | August 7, 2008 10:21 PM
Congratulations!!
# 14 | Rajesh | August 7, 2008 10:26 PM
Congratulations, Kate and Chad! And SteelyKid!
# 15 | Ron | August 7, 2008 10:38 PM
Congratulations!!!
# 16 | mollishka | August 7, 2008 10:39 PM
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
# 17 | Scott W | August 7, 2008 10:44 PM
Congratulations!
# 18 | Mike Hoye | August 7, 2008 10:57 PM
Congratulations, and good luck.
# 19 | Evan | August 7, 2008 10:57 PM
Congratulations, she's beautiful!
And keep the burrito going as long as possible. Keep getting bigger blankets, it's kept me sane with my baby girl.
# 20 | Romeo Vitelli | August 7, 2008 10:58 PM
Congratulations. Since she looks like her mother, I still say that "RepliKate" works as a name.
# 21 | Jeff F | August 7, 2008 10:58 PM
She is definitely beautiful. Congratulations to the both of you!
# 22 | chezjake | August 7, 2008 11:12 PM
Huzzah! Congratulations to the proud parents. Welcome to the world, SteelyKid.
Is Emmy going to have to share the throne of Niskayuna now?
# 23 | dr. dave | August 7, 2008 11:19 PM
K-YUTE!
and this is coming from someone who does NOT think all babies are cute. many are squinchy and blotchy and underdone-looking.
but this one is genuinely cute.
score!
# 24 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden | August 7, 2008 11:39 PM
Hooray!
# 25 | Nathan | August 7, 2008 11:41 PM
Brilliant!
# 26 | cisko | August 8, 2008 12:25 AM
Congrats to all three of you! She's adorable!
# 27 | Bob | August 8, 2008 12:26 AM
w00t!
The next adventurous stage of your (her?) life has begun. Have a blast!
# 28 | Kenneth Cavness | August 8, 2008 12:47 AM
I'm so happy for the two of you! The THREE of you!
# 29 | Lara | August 8, 2008 12:48 AM
Congrats on the SteelySprog!
# 30 | Jennifer Ouellette | August 8, 2008 12:49 AM
"SteelyKid" -- perfect! Congrats to both you and Kate....
# 31 | Aaron Bergman | August 8, 2008 1:05 AM
Congratulations!
# 32 | Johan G | August 8, 2008 1:21 AM
Congratulations to all of you. That is one cute baby.
# 33 | Michael Nielsen | August 8, 2008 2:40 AM
Congratulations!!!
# 34 | Julianne | August 8, 2008 3:40 AM
Congrats and best wishes!
Unsolicited advice: The first 6-8 weeks are just about survival. Keep expectations really low, and you'll be fine. It gets easier after that.
# 35 | Ray | August 8, 2008 3:58 AM
Congratulations!
Have fun
# 36 | Chaz | August 8, 2008 5:29 AM
Yay SteelyKid! So pleased for you both. Enjoy... (Hah!)
# 37 | Jamie Bowden | August 8, 2008 7:19 AM
I already said this elsewhere, but congrats to you can Kate, Chad.
# 38 | Michael I | August 8, 2008 7:33 AM
Congratulations!
# 39 | Adrienne | August 8, 2008 7:42 AM
Yay for SteelyKid! Congrats! Is she also a new Duchess of Niskayuna?
# 40 | Chad Orzel | August 8, 2008 8:08 AM
Is she also a new Duchess of Niskayuna?
We haven't decided what her title will be, yet, but I doubt very much it will be anything that's outranked by the dog. Much to Emmy's annoyance.
# 41 | Natalie | August 8, 2008 8:27 AM
Hooray! What a beautiful baby and what a beautiful name! Good luck.
# 42 | Aunt Marie & Uncle Joe | August 8, 2008 8:50 AM
Congratulations all around and Sto Lat to baby Claire! We can't wait to meet her! Love and hugs to all.............
# 43 | Scott Raun | August 8, 2008 8:59 AM
Congratulations to all!
# 44 | Peter Erwin | August 8, 2008 9:08 AM
Congratulations!
# 45 | lylebot | August 8, 2008 9:15 AM
Congrats!
# 46 | Clay B | August 8, 2008 9:37 AM
Congratulations! Hope you're getting some sleep.
# 47 | apy | August 8, 2008 9:42 AM
Congratulations!
# 48 | Clifton Park Lukasiks | August 8, 2008 9:59 AM
The first chapter of your trilogy is complete......trilogy, right ? Congratulations to all from the Upstate Luke clan, babysitting available anytime ! Our kids can teach yours all of the WONDERFUL things they know ! Bug eating, nose picking, etc. See you soon !
# 49 | Melissa | August 8, 2008 10:03 AM
Congratulations, SteelyFolks! She really IS a beauty!
# 50 | marciepooh | August 8, 2008 10:14 AM
Good thing she looks like her mom. Sleep! You can eat while she's awake, at least enough to get by. Congrats.
# 51 | Squiddhartha | August 8, 2008 10:27 AM
Congratulations and best wishes! Shame she couldn't have held out one more day so I could've won the betting pool... :)
Remember Rule #1: Never wake a sleeping baby. Rule #2: Sleep when the baby sleeps.
# 52 | Tom | August 8, 2008 10:27 AM
Congrats!
# 53 | Honu-girl | August 8, 2008 10:27 AM
Congratulations! She is beautiful, just like mom! Emmy will love her, even if she gets a bit put out by the new ruler of the house occasionally.
Best advice I got after becoming a parent is what marciepooh told you - sleep when the baby's asleep, esp those first few weeks. Don't worry about the housework, or errands, or cooking dinner, or laundry, or anything else you "need" to do. Sleep is your highest priority. You can get what absolutely needs doing done while SteelyKid is awake.
Good luck to all of you!
# 54 | Abel Pharmboy | August 8, 2008 10:28 AM
Congratulations to the three of you! (and the dog as well)
# 55 | Jeff M | August 8, 2008 10:33 AM
Happy Oth Birthday, SteelyKid! Congrats to you and Kate!
# 56 | Zeynep | August 8, 2008 10:35 AM
Congratulations to all and welcome SteelyKid!
# 57 | GF | August 8, 2008 10:48 AM
Congratulations! Um...let the circus begin!
# 58 | Ginny | August 8, 2008 11:01 AM
yay! congratulations, dad
# 59 | Jake | August 8, 2008 11:20 AM
Congratulations to you and the wife, and to SteelyKid!
# 60 | Electric Landlady | August 8, 2008 11:38 AM
Awwww!
Welcome and congrats to all!
# 61 | Jonathan Vos Post | August 8, 2008 12:09 PM
Congratulations to you for your bundle of joy, whom the Brits would say weighed about 0.580357143 stones. Now your adult life REALLY begins!
# 62 | Sandra Porter | August 8, 2008 12:21 PM
Congratulations Chad!
# 63 | Dave BAcon | August 8, 2008 12:26 PM
Congrats!
And welcome to the our wonderful universe, SteelyKid.
# 64 | Joe, Maile & family | August 8, 2008 12:27 PM
Congratulations and enjoy your beautiful baby girl!
"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts."
--Albert Einstein
# 65 | capella | August 8, 2008 1:43 PM
She's adorable - congratulations!
# 66 | David Owen-Cruise | August 8, 2008 1:59 PM
Dat's one cute kid. Congratulations to all involved!
Have you considered "Empress of Eastern New York?" That way Emmy maintains authority over the local squirrels and lesser dogs.
# 67 | Doug Natelson | August 8, 2008 2:07 PM
Congratulations! In the future, you may want to switch to SteelyGirl, which would be a good name for either a superhero or a band.
# 68 | razib | August 8, 2008 2:25 PM
congratulations!
# 69 | Feynmaniac | August 8, 2008 4:00 PM
Congratulations
# 70 | Kylinn | August 8, 2008 4:29 PM
Squee! Adorable!
# 71 | oded | August 8, 2008 5:04 PM
Mazeltof!
# 72 | CCPhysicist | August 8, 2008 5:12 PM
Hearty Congratulations! Have you told Emmy yet?
Did you see the story (I think it was on CBS News by the roving reporter who does the last show every Friday) where he explored the "cute baby" question? He made increasingly perverse pictures of his kid (crossed eyes, distorted smile) with PhotoShop and showed them to people on the street. It had to get really bad before they stopped saying the kid was "cute".
Enjoy every minute of your Fall semester off!
# 73 | milkshake | August 8, 2008 5:41 PM
Sure I was the cutest baby - but your daughter is adorable also. Congratulations! I wish you all the love an happiness.
# 74 | The MadPanda | August 8, 2008 5:52 PM
Heartiest and warmest congratulations to you all! She's cute as the proverbial button.
(And deepest sympathies to poor Emmy, who is now to be outranked.)
The MadPanda, FCD
# 75 | Jordan Family | August 8, 2008 10:21 PM
Congratulations Chad and Kate!
We are so happy for you all-She is adorable and we love the name too! It will be so fun to have another little one at the table this Christmas Eve!
Rest up and enjoy all the special moments!
# 76 | Norman Costa | August 8, 2008 10:50 PM
Beautiful! Bless them both. And you too.
# 77 | Ewan | August 9, 2008 1:06 AM
So who won the pool? :)
Congrats, both; and welcome, little one. Guaranteed to be the cutest baby in Albany for at least 3 months!
# 78 | Anna K. | August 9, 2008 10:36 AM
Congratulations to you and Kate! What a lovely baby. And may the baby soon sleep for six consecutive hours a night. :-D
# 79 | Great-Great Aunt Lois & Uncle George | August 9, 2008 9:27 PM
Great job for first-timers! She truly is beautiful. We wonder who will spoil her more, Daddy or Grandparents!!!!
AL&UG
# 80 | John Dupuis | August 9, 2008 9:56 PM
Congratulations!
# 81 | mollishka | August 10, 2008 10:17 AM
Delving into the archives confirms it: I totally came up with SteelyKid the Moniker. I'm way too proud over that.
# 82 | Bob Oldendorf | August 10, 2008 3:23 PM
Congratulations on the beautiful baby!
# 83 | Cherish | August 10, 2008 3:50 PM
Congrats! What a cutey!!!
# 84 | Steinn Sigurdsson | August 11, 2008 1:23 AM
Congratulations.
May you get some sleep for a while.
Hey, who won the pool?
# 85 | Claire Lee | August 11, 2008 5:15 AM
Congratulations! She is beautiful (and has the best name too!)
May she bring you many years of love and happiness :)
# 86 | Josh Rosenau | August 11, 2008 9:18 AM
Congrats to everyone, especially SteelyKid!
# 87 | tommaso dorigo | August 11, 2008 7:16 PM
Hi Chad, congratulations and welcome to steely. Get some rest if you can - the next two years of your life or so will be deprived of any sleep beyond that strictly necessary to ensure your brain functionality is good enough to exchange a diaper.
Cheers,
T.
# 88 | Charles Kuffner | August 12, 2008 3:12 PM
Sorry to get here so late, but congratulations!! Mazel tov to all of you. She's beautiful.
# 89 | themadlolscientist, FCD | August 12, 2008 3:37 PM
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww n00b hy00min is teh QT! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
=kissz= =huggz= ***HED ASPLODE***
Cue music.......... :-)
# 90 | AliceB | August 13, 2008 4:10 PM
Very belated but hearty congratulations. She's a keeper!