Serenity Now!!!

It's a first for the Ballad... a nickname has been lost, a wee human has been gained:

Fresh off the stunning The-Future-is-Now internet, that's a pic of Malcolm Courchesne, new edition to the Christophe/Sarah home. Congratulations guys!!! Pertinent stats:

Born: May 16, 2007
At 10:48 pm
7 lbs 3 oz
21.5 inches
.368 BA, 43 HR, 147 RBIs

Poor... Sarah?... We're having trouble in the moniker department, as her bump-mound is no more. Maybe we'll go with Almond Joy (since there's no Mounds there). ANd then we can call them Almond and Bundle of. That's pretty weak. But, hey, short notice. Anyways, Poor AJoy had a crazy long approx. 36 hour long labor. That's intense, and I'm guessing there was nary a sarcastic quip to be heard. But all is well! Congrats Sarah, and here's to getting back to pre-pregnancy hemoglobin levels.

Lots of impact on the Nyetverse, of course - one, we now get to hear Sarah's graduation speech on Sunday, which will surely start off "I just walked over from the hospital, and boy is my uterus tired." Two, I am no longer on stand next to the stage with a mop detail at said graduation - dios mio, that was close. Three, we now get to (hopefully?) add a count of three to the wedding attendance list, since hopefully a baby in tow will be an easier operation than a baby in belly. (We of course understand either way, but it would be awesome if the Saviour/Joy could now make it).

As a side note, this little dude is always going to be referred to as "Mal" by me. Not mal as in "bad," Mal as in AWESOME. Grrr....Argh!