Welcome, Welcome!
You’ve already heard the good news, if you’ve a sharp ear for the gasping terror and joy that is the sound of a new baby being born into the world. But I’ll make it official, because I like ceremony around here.
Sophia’s arrived. Safe and sound and, by all accounts, swift. Eager to pierce the veil and see what’s to be seen on this baubled earth of ours, which is a trifle muddied by those who came before her but still full of marvels. Marvels enough for a lifetime.
But shhh, don’t wake her. There’ll be time for that later. Right now let’s just enjoy looking at her while she’s sleeping. Sophia. Sweetheart. Whom I wanted to call Sophie, but whose mother, like so many before her, believes an extra syllable or two in a name will lend grace to its owner. Never mind; she’ll be Sophie to me, in quiet moments.
Sophie of wisdom and wonder. Sophie of sense. Sophie of knowledge. Sophie of questions and learning. Sophie of dreams. Sophie who is really Sophia but who could also have been Saffy; Sonja; Zosia.
She’ll carry that soft sigh at the end of her name well, I think. And when I see her I shall say Sophie! Ah… and wish her every good thing in the world.
October 31st, 2006 at 6:43 pm
But… but… but… where’s a picture?? I want to see Asher holding his new baby sister!!
October 31st, 2006 at 6:49 pm
I gots none yet myself!
As for Asher, he has already said “I don’t like she. Leave she in the hospital,” thus marking the beginning of many long years of entertaining sibling rivalry.
November 1st, 2006 at 12:47 am
M, what a beautiful way to welcome her into the world. A wish most of us feel but few of us can articulate as such.
November 1st, 2006 at 7:12 am
Thank you Ben, Koobz, Jenn and Sus.
November 1st, 2006 at 1:35 pm
Hooray! Sophia is a beautiful name! And Sophie is one of my favorite book characters ever, in Howl’s Moving Castle.
Asher, ah, I can relate, man. When my parents brought Susie home from the hospital, I was much more interested in my new red shoes. There is photo documentation of this event. But little sisters aren’t ALL bad.
November 2nd, 2006 at 11:35 am
Out of the mouths of babes indeed. I love incorrect pronouns from kids. I will try to wait patiently for a picture!
November 2nd, 2006 at 6:06 pm
congrats.
the BFG was my favorite book as a child, what a wonderful reference. And Sophie means wisdom in Greek.
November 2nd, 2006 at 8:25 pm
Thank you so much, everyone! I am very excited, possibly more so now than I was the first time because Asher has taught me that the babies my sister and Gabriel produce turn out not only beautiful but genius-smart. :-) So I am expecting a lot from Sophia.
November 3rd, 2006 at 12:23 am
Thank you love.
That was beautiful. Considering I nearly DIED during labour this time, it was lovely to come home and remember all the reasons I had another baby! Will call and tell you bout my near death experience. Puts a new perspective on A LOT of things :)
Sus, Jenn, Sarah…I just sent pix!