A baby, our baby! Beta is born!

[DesertDog]

@TokyoPlayer

“Would the father like to hold the baby?” naively asks the woman in white . . .

That did it; I’m bawling, now, damn you.

This needs to be translated, caligraphied in kanji, and hung over her crib.

[lizardling]

And now I see there were pix posted, and a post by TokyoPlayer about holding Beta-chan for the first time.

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Beautiful pictures of a beautiful baby. I wish you all much joy in the days to come with little Beta-chan.

[JimOfAllTrades]

Congratulations! Best wishes for you and Mom, and a long and beautiful life for Anya.

[Aspidistra]

That girl is. So. Adorable.

Not that you need me to tell you that!

Congratulations TokyoFamily. It’s so wonderful to see a happy beginnning…

[Hunter_Hawk]

<riffles through a few pages in the Big Book Of Social Skills For The Clueless Bachelor>

Ahem.

“That is the most beautiful baby ever.”

(Seriously, though, that’s a cute kid, and both mom and dad are glowing. Congratulations!)

[Stauderhorse]

YAY! What a cutie she is! I’m so, so happy for all three of you, TokyoPlayer; you, your wife, and the baby girl who will be loved so deeply by her whole family (doper aunts and uncles included).

:):D:)

[gwendee]

Sorry I’m late but…

Yay!!!

[Ruby]

Out-fricken-standing, TokyoPlayer et al.

You are truly blessed.

[jovan]

Congratulations! And welcome!

[Lucky_13]

Congratulations TokyoFamily! Welcome to the world, Anya-chan!

Loved the pictures. Anya is so kawaii! Also, I just realized TokyoMama and I have the same type of eyeglass frames. All of you look so ecstatic!

:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

[This_ll_Do]

Congratulations!

[Cazzle]

So happy for you all. Congratulations!

[Nava]

@Drain_Bead

Yay! She’s absolutely precious! I’m not even upset that I lost the baby pool! Congratulations.

That’s the cool thing about baby pools. So long as the baby arrives and arrives well, they’re unloseable.

And that too is a word!

[lynxie]

Congrats! She is very pretty baby and the joy on your faces is unmistakable.

[missred]

:):) Welcome to the world, Anya! :):)

We’ve been anxiously awaiting your arrival for a long time!

Congratulations, TokyoFamily!

[Ellef]

Warmest congratulations on the new arrival, TokyoPlayer and Mrs. TokyoPlayer!

[Marley23]

Congratulations to the Player family!

[Kalhoun]

Mmmmm…she smells just like a baby!

[Lady_Venom]

@TokyoPlayer

“Would the father like to hold the baby?” naively asks the woman in white. First things first. After the checkup, and all is fine. After the mother is recovered, Anya is here. Just right away, she takes to the breast. Hungry and healthy and healthy and hungry. She drinks! She rests. She sucks again and again, until exhausted with the work, she falls asleep, a few hours into this world.

“Would the father like to hold the baby?” asks the nurse. No, the father does not just want to hold the baby, the father wants to cuddle her forever. Never let her go. Never lose her from his sight. If he holds her hard enough, long enough, she will be real. No, she already is real, here in his arms.

Fingers tingle, and the chest shakes. This is how to love a child. born to live. This is how to hold a child who can be held.

She cries, and I laugh. So sweet to hear your child’s cries. So sweet to hear your child’s sighs.

Ten fingers and ten toes. Healthy lungs and a beautiful nose. She lives! She cries! She kicks and she sleeps. She’s a baby, a healthy living baby. She’ll stay. She’ll be with us.

How many nights did I wait for her cry? How many days did I listen for her laugh?

A girl. My girl. Our girl. The mind spins. She is here. She’s healthy. She’ll live.

“Would the father like to hold the baby?” asks this, a new nurse, but not the second one, who knew us from our last stay. She knows. She knows that this father will never let go.

Congrats on the new arrival. You guys bring me hope! She is just gorgeous!

Make sure you print that post of yours and put it in her baby book.

[dogbutler]

Congrats to TokyoPlayer and TokyoWife!!!

Welcome Anya!!!