A few weeks back, I started a betting pool, inviting people to guess the birth date and sex of FutureBaby (now SteelyKid). Looking back over the entries, the winner was Kylinn, who correctly guessed August 7th and female.
Kylinn wins, according to the original wager:
The winner gets bragging rights, plus their choice of something small and tacky from Japan, or the right to dictate one post topic for the blog (that is, you name the topic, I'll write about it, while sleep-deprived from having a new baby in the house. Fun for the whole family!).
If you're Kylinn, email me with your choice. If you're not Kylinn, here's a lovely parting gift, because everybody's a winner in Chateau Steelypips:
Kate and SteelyKid are coming home today, hooray!
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Awwwwwwwwww. So cute!
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@ Tara #2 -- check 2 posts down, the first SteelyKid! post.
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Well done, Kylinn!
@Tara: Unless I miss my guess, there will be spreadsheets and graphs tracking height/weight. I just hope we get to see 'em. :)
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Dang, i was so close.
...course, I got that pesky gender thing wrong . . ..
Congrats to all and best wishes.
...tom...
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