# Spudette **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951 "2004-02-13T00:55:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/1 "2004-02-13T00:55:53Z")
I’ve already told folk in our LJs and at [NADS](http://pub75.ezboard.com/bnads), but I wanted to tell the Dopers too.\* **Washte** had her final ante-natal appointment yesterday morning, prior to a planned c-section next wednesday (the 18th). They kinda decided to bring that c-section forward a bit. The baby girl formerly known as Spudette arrived yesterday at 5:52 pm (UK time), weighing in at 7lbs 12oz. Mother and child are both doing fine. Say hello to our daughter, [Erin Faye](http://uk.f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kuneshti/album?.dir=/c62f&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//uk.f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kuneshti/my_photos) \*In other words; I’m in full-on, attention whoring, proud daddy mode and crossposting like a bastard. Rar! ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/2 "2004-02-13T00:57:33Z")
Yesterday being 11th February, of course. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/3 "2004-02-13T01:02:03Z")
she is adorable and Congratulations!! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/4 "2004-02-13T01:06:18Z")
Second cutest kid I ever saw. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/5 "2004-02-13T02:15:47Z")
Mazel tov! Woohoo! When does everyone get to come home from the hospital? ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/6 "2004-02-13T02:30:11Z")
Congratulations! Cute kid - must take after her mother. 😃 I was planning on spending the beginning of next week sending good vibes across the Atlantic that everything would go well on the 18th. Now I can cross that off my “to do” list. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/7 "2004-02-13T12:43:12Z")
Great kid! so, plenty of fun and excitement ahead, Dad! ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/8 "2004-02-13T13:31:59Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/9 "2004-02-13T14:05:42Z")
She’s Beautiful!! Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/10 "2004-02-13T14:12:40Z")
Joni Mitchell wrote a song to a new parent urging her to call her child “Green”. Well this is a post in the same vein urging you to rename Erin to the beautiful girl’s name “Spatula” or I’m never talking to you again. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/11 "2004-02-13T14:17:43Z")
She’s a beautiful baby. You must be one proud papa. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/12 "2004-02-13T14:27:23Z")
Congratulations! She’s beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/13 "2004-02-13T14:46:40Z")
The only baby girls I’ve ever seen that were more beautiful than yours were the ones I gave birth to! She is absolutely gorgeous. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/14 "2004-02-13T20:55:15Z")
What a head of hair on the kiddo! Congrats to all, even if you didn’t use the name I suggested in the “name our baby” thread. 😉 P.S. to Kal: It’s the daddy’s job to do the attention-whoring crossposting. It’s the only reason I let **MrValley** leave the hospital on the day after **LittleMissValley** was born. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/15 "2004-02-14T01:45:04Z")
She is beautiful! What a head of hair! What a lucky little girl she is! Nice tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/16 "2004-02-15T06:29:05Z")
Whoohoo! Way to go, Kal and Washte! God bless you all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/17 "2004-02-19T12:37:28Z")
Just back to the boards after my exams, only just saw this (I was still thinking 18th). What a beautiful daughter, and she’s lucky to have such great parents. Congratulations, Erin is gorgeous! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/18 "2004-02-19T12:51:48Z")
She’s a real beauty! Congrats to you both! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/19 "2004-02-19T13:43:20Z")
Congrats - looks just like Winston Churchill - which is how all beautiful babies should look. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951/20 "2004-02-19T14:26:01Z")
What a beautiful baby. Look at all that hair. Congrats to you both. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spudette/228951.md?page=2)