…and they play the banjo pretty darn good too!
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well done Alex. Lovely to see you all safe and sound!
Comment by Anita — April 27, 2013 @ 12:19 am
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Beautiful. Your hearts must be bursting.
Comment by Grandma Anne — April 27, 2013 @ 1:54 am
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Sisters. Congratulations again to the two of you for the two of them.
Comment by Craig — April 27, 2013 @ 2:00 am
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This is beyond precious! My heart is bursting and eyes tearing.
It is obvious that Page is going to be a great big sister.Comment by GG — April 27, 2013 @ 5:10 am
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So precious. Ah Alex and Brendan you can marvel in the joy. How wonderful. I am very happy for you … and proud …
Comment by Edwin — April 27, 2013 @ 6:57 pm
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Friends for life. Wonderful.
Comment by Ayla — April 27, 2013 @ 11:53 pm
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It’s so precious I’m crying to see Page and Sienna going well together congrats my lil sis and I luv u.
Comment by Anti Carson — April 29, 2013 @ 6:17 am
Introducing Sienna Belle Gibson
April 26th, 2013 by brendan
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- The last photo of a, b, and wee
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- Alex is sometimes impatient
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- 7 pounds, 10 ounces
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Absolutely precious!
Comment by GG — April 26, 2013 @ 12:11 pm
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Welcome little Sienna. How wonderful and exciting to have you with us. You birthday is one day before (and several years after) mine, so that makes us a pair of bulls! And Page, Owl says: “Hoot, hoot, hoot, hoot. Hoot, hoot, hoot”, which means ‘Hold your little sister’s hand and be her friend’! Then please give her a kiss from me. Congratulations to you Alex and Brendan. Come visit us again soon.
Comment by Ayla — April 26, 2013 @ 6:51 pm
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she is beautiful, and you are too, mama! welcome to the world, sienna. you have no idea how lucky you are!
Comment by cheryl — April 27, 2013 @ 4:41 pm
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ABandWe.
Comment by GG — April 26, 2013 @ 10:15 am
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You already have it. Just take off the last “e.” I think the original choice was brilliant.
Comment by GG — April 26, 2013 @ 10:18 am
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I did suggest a b and wee wee but I like the A B and We.
Comment by Grandma Anne — April 26, 2013 @ 2:59 pm
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a, b, wees
a, b, wee and blue
a, b, & psComment by Edwin — April 26, 2013 @ 8:38 pm
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All I can come up with are: A, B we & me or A & B plus 2.
Comment by Ayla — April 27, 2013 @ 11:49 pm
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Is abpandsi too obscure?
Or, how about I get Alex to pop out another one for abandthree?
Comment by brendan — April 28, 2013 @ 5:18 pm
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Hell no
Comment by alex — April 29, 2013 @ 9:11 am
Baby Live Blogging
April 25th, 2013 by brendan
12:17am Sienna is already latching on.
11:43pm Alex is in great spirits.
11:42pm She doesn’t look like Page much. A little dark hair.
11:41pm She is 51cm, 3.45kg (7lbs 10oz, 20 inches)
11:29pm Welcome to the world, Sienna Belle!
11:26pm Alex says “Fuck”
10:55 10/10 centimetres! We are about to deliver. Alex is feeling very shivery. Which is good and normal.
9:45pm This could take a while. The nurse just made me up a bed.
9:20pm Alex’s left foot is colder so the anesthesiologist has given her some medicine which he assures her will work more quicklier.
9:05pm 4cm and getting some more sweet relief from Heinrich the man from Dutch’s protege.
8:12pm A nurse comes in and rests the machine. This is boring.
8:10pm A machine is beeping at us. It’s getting irritating.
7:05pm This man takes pain from a 6 to a 1! I have been replaced.
7:00pm A perfect California evening outside. Fog just starting to sneak over the mountains to the West.
5:30pm Serious Hipster Dads need refueling. There is only one fuel.
6:30pm Water broke , contractions are strong
1:40pm Alex is admitted to Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
Your Live Blogging Correspondent – Hipster Dad
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We are all waiting here.
Comment by Anne Gibson — April 25, 2013 @ 8:25 pm
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Your jeans aren’t skinny enough.
Comment by Peter — April 25, 2013 @ 9:58 pm
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I HAVE A GLASS OF WINE NEXT TO MY BED ( I NEVER IMBIBE) READY TO CELEBRATE WHEN YOU TELL ME IT IS TIME!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED THAT I CAN’T STAND IT. MY BEST THOUGHTS ARE TELECOMMUTING TO ALEX.
Comment by GG — April 25, 2013 @ 11:35 pm
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Congratulations. Welcome to Sienna Belle. After a cuddle, some photos please
Comment by Anne Gibson — April 25, 2013 @ 11:39 pm
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CONGRATULATIONS YOU TWO!
WELCOME SIENNA BELLE. I LOVE YOU ALREADY.
Comment by GG — April 25, 2013 @ 11:44 pm
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Congratulations!!!!!
Comment by Peter — April 25, 2013 @ 11:46 pm
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Congratulations. Welcome to Sienna Belle. After a cuddle, some photos please. Little ANZAC
Comment by Anne Gibson — April 25, 2013 @ 11:46 pm
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Congratulations. Wonderful news on the birth of Sienna
Comment by Craig — April 26, 2013 @ 12:06 am
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The baby is sooooooo small. Alex looks lovely.
Comment by GG — April 26, 2013 @ 12:27 am
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Good night you guys. Job well done. It is 4 in the a.m. here and I am going to sleep knowing all is well and beautiful Sienna decided to grace out world.
Comment by GG — April 26, 2013 @ 12:47 am
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This was a lovely story to follow. Thank you for sharing it with us. I am so happy for you.. We are celebrating now. Have a good rest as Page will be eager to meet her new sister in the morning
Comment by Anne Gibson — April 26, 2013 @ 1:34 am
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Welcome Sienna Belle! So excited
Comment by Uncle Cris — April 26, 2013 @ 9:01 am
39 week bump
April 21st, 2013 by brendan
The day before Alex gave birth to Page, I dragged her off the couch for a hike on the Toyon Trail in the Portola Valley hills. One of my favourite photos is from that hike with Alex grinning as she crosses one of the trail’s bridges.
http://instagram.com/p/YZIL_oxqNS
Today, after Alex picked up her delinquent husband from the airport we hiked to the same bridge to see whether we could get the baby moving.
Will the full moon dictate our new birth date? Or will it be the Toyon trail hike? Don’t run away!
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Poor baby!
If that walk doesn’t do it, nothing will.Comment by GG — April 22, 2013 @ 9:21 am
Full moon babies?
April 20th, 2013 by alex
Page decided to be born on a full moon, Aug. 23, 2010, 3:07am.
The next full moon will be April 25th, 9:57pm. Who thinks Baby S will make her appearance then?
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Thinking the 27th Australian EST for baby S
Comment by Craig — April 21, 2013 @ 4:57 am
Passing the time…
April 19th, 2013 by alex
We have one week left! I hope. I am done, dunzo, finished. Never again, right?! I am feeling pretty worn out, it feels like it is going to happen soon…
I have been trying to cherish the moments I have when its just me and Page. I feel bad as she has so much energy and all I can do is waddle behind her. I am looking forward to running, biking, and dancing again with her soon. I miss being active!
In the meantime we have been busy playing in the park, getting pedicures, going to the dentist, window shopping, painting pottery and eating Fro-yo!
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So many different thoughts. Not long now. Thinking of you.
Comment by Craig — April 20, 2013 @ 2:27 am
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You have a girly girl there. So fun!
Comment by GG — April 20, 2013 @ 11:17 am
Imagination
April 12th, 2013 by alex
Every chalk line tells a story, today was a very big story.
“Shake your body, shake your body!”
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I hope it doesn’t rain on your birthday
Comment by Anne Gibson — April 15, 2013 @ 2:15 am
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I can’t hear the sound!
Comment by GG — April 15, 2013 @ 8:15 am
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I remember her daddy and lake shower bath at a similar age. Beautiful imagination.
Comment by Edwin — April 24, 2013 @ 8:44 pm
Happy Easter!
March 31st, 2013 by alex
We took Page to the Roaring Fork Valley for a ride on a steam train and an Easter egg hunt. She was very excited to see the Easter Bunny Rabbit and search for eggs and chocolate. She was very sweet and saved some candy for her baby sister (or maybe she didn’t like the type of candy). She went without a nap today and this has been by far one of the easiest nights to get her down. Maybe that is the secret…
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Hope you all had a lovely Easter. We caught up with all the family on Sunday but thought of you – the missing ones.. Glad Page enjoyed the Easter hunt.
Comment by Anne Gibson — April 1, 2013 @ 1:44 am
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She holds her basket on her arm the same way you used to hold Grandma’s purse!
Comment by GG — April 3, 2013 @ 1:42 pm
Too funny! Did you get the flowers I sent?
Does the baby have a dimple in her chin?
Comment by GG — April 27, 2013 @ 3:03 pm