Beej, you and the Fella and Bartleby are all adorable.

yay erika! Also, yes, publication details, please.

I am delighted to report that the Halloweenie has a heart, containing four chambers consisting of a pair each of atria and ventricles, along with an aorta that both ascends and descends as it ought and also has an aortic arch that arches properly, and a fully functioning mitral valve that... err... mitres, I guess. Anyhow, no parts are missing and everything seems to be in good working order.

Also, the tech took a picture of the Halloweenie's ass, and he and the doctor have both scrutinized said ass at length and have come to the joint conclusion that it is very likely the ass of a girl.

Wee bairn Halloweenie! With 'rents like hers, she'll have a heart bigger than the great outdoors. No doubt about it.

w00t!!!

(and no longer afraid of spilling wrong things in response to totally unrelated Halloweenie references)

eta, this:

Halloweenie has a heart, containing four chambers consisting of a pair each of atria and ventricles, along with an aorta that both ascends and descends as it ought and also has an aortic arch that arches properly, and a fully functioning mitral valve that... err... mitres, I guess.

aside from being, of course, very excellent news, sounds like it should be song lyrics by either TMBG or the Animaniacs.

Oh Spidra, thank goodness your brother is alright. That's a mercy in a sea of wrong, wrong, wrongness. Bless you both.

eta: I can TOTALLY hear TMBG singing about Halloweenie's noble heart!

Congratulations, Zmayhems!

I was 7 when my bro was born and I remember it being tough to be an only child for so long and then have to share. Hugs to Emmett. He'll be a great big brother!

I was 3 1/2 when my sister was born. I remember noticing that I was getting less attention from everyone since I was no longer the baby of the family. I realized that I'd never get that much attention ever again - it made me sad, but I understood why things had to be like that.

Yay for publishment, erika!

Also, the tech took a picture of the Halloweenie's ass, and he and the doctor have both scrutinized said ass at length and have come to the joint conclusion that it is very likely the ass of a girl.

JZ, I think you should print that entry, include it in Halloweenie's baby book, and be sure to show it to every one of her boyfriends.

Sekrit message to Emmett: Ya know all the annoying things that grown-ups do to you now, like telling you it is time for bed or making you do chores? Big brothers get to do that to little sisters. Plus, if you work it right, you can totally warp her developing personality. Try chanting "Death, Doom, Destruction" over her in a low voice when no one else is around, go on, it'll be fun.

Being an elder sibling is a great puppetmaster opportunity.

By the way, and FTR, I just called dibs on throwing the Zmayhem baby shower, or at least the Buffista one.

I don't think Emmett needs a reason to do stuff like the whitefont. But that is why I think I'd like him so much...I'd enjoy meeting him while I'm town. Maybe, huh? I just want to do everything, though. Yeah, about my stories, depends who bites first. Victor's magazine or Breath&shadow. (Which seemed really exciting when I first thought about it and now seems like what you do when you have no personal life.)