BABY UPDATE: Sweet, Squishy...Stay Puft!
A few of you have inquired about my youngest lass, the Bonus Daly -- or Kid TwoTwo, as one of you so brilliantly dubbed her. I'm happy to report that she's doing great. She's now, somehow, six-weeks-old (...Old Man Daly typed as Father Time continued to kick his butt). She's a mellow tot, much calmer than her sis, Kid Lulu, who was no doubt scarred by her first-child-spazzy parents. ("Omigod! Omigod! She's crying! For the love of God, call 911!")
What does Kid TwoTwo look like? Well, with all humor and love intended, the Forever Fiancee and I have taken to a little naming game. Each morning, I'll see a new resemblance in the baby, and the FF (who looks fantastic, by the way -- hot, very hot) will see another. This morning, when the baby got surly for her Similac, she looked exactly like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Seriously, she even made those angry pterodactylian Mr. Stay Puft roars. Her mom, however, said she looked more like Peter Boyle, grouchy, with a ring of hair around her bald dome.
Yesterday, when the babe was in her prison-issue jumper, I thought she looked like Dr. Evil. The FF thought she looked stuffy and proper, like Winston Churchill.
The twist, of course, is that there is one person she resembles more than any other. And that person is me. So yes, she's BEAUTIFUL.
Sean Daly is the pop music critic for the St. Petersburg Times. His CD collection -- from Journey to Dylan, Prince to U2, Public Enemy to Stan Getz -- is much bigger and better than yours.
Just wanted to say congrats to you and your FF! "o)
Posted by: Lisa Gallman | March 14, 2008 at 11:17 AM
If I were in Full-Snark Mode, I might point out that saying she looks like Mr. Stay-Puft and saying she looks like you would be redundant.
Thank goodness I'm feeling more magnanimous.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | March 14, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Kid TwoTwo already had a strike against her, with those Daly genes coursing through her body. I mean, if biology class taught me anything it's that she should be all gangly - like a praying mantis with a Funyon fixation and an unnatural love of 80's pop-culture. I don't know the F.F., but I maintain faith that she balances the Daly out enough to give TwoTwo a fighting chance.
Posted by: NickWithAnAxe | March 14, 2008 at 11:26 AM
These are days, my good man, these are days.
Posted by: r2cents | March 14, 2008 at 01:53 PM
Did you say she's SIX WEEKS old. I'm keeping the rating on G. The commentary on how hot FF is looking was enough *wink*
I'm glad fatherhood has made you so humble ::cough::
I miss the squishy baby days. My 'baby' is 13 and 6'1" weighing in at 205 lbs. Time sure flies.
Posted by: Marissa | March 14, 2008 at 06:19 PM
I remember when Daly weighed 205 ... in 6th grade.
Posted by: Guy | March 15, 2008 at 08:15 PM