The adventure continues - I'm a dad!
Alice Evangeline May was born on 27 May 2010 at 9:18am, Paris-time. I'll keep her exact weight secret but, as I'm strangely proud of it, I'll say that it was less than 5kg (but not by much). Costeau, as they say.
Alice and B and both fine. B's recovering incredibly quickly, although I shouldn't be too surprised given her superhero status in our lives. She constantly amazes me and I often use her as a reference point in times of stress.
As for Alice, and at the risk of sounding like an awestruck father, she's seemingly perfect. She often looks a little grumpy (probably missing her previous warm, watery home) but is otherwise healthy and curious.
Who knows when I'll be able to update this again. After finally getting a full-time job after two years of searching (an occasion which slipped by unremarked because I'm clearly an intermittent poster at best), and after an introductory weekend to parenthood that involved more than twice our regular amount of washing and half our regular amount of sleep, it doesn't seem likely I'll be back here anytime soon. But who knows? Writing might become a meditative medium and I could retreat here with headphones and a cup of tea before the week is out.
In the meantime, welcome, Alice, to your very own Wonderland.
