Amelia Marie Brisbee
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 29, 2008 12:50 PM PDT
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Wife: Wait, but you picked out the cat's name, and...
Me: Shhhhh. We could argue all day about who named the cat Hitchcock in the middle of his or her movie-nerd phase, but that wouldn't get us anywhere.
I have some ideas for the baby, but they're, like, double names. You know, first and middle name together. I just like the sound. I've narrowed it down to two.
Wife: Mmm-hmm.
Me: First suggestion: Mary.
Wife: Well, that's okay, though...
Me: Middle name: Chelle. Like, an abbreviated Michelle. I just like the sound.
Wife: Mary Chelle Brisbee.
Me: It just pops, doesn't it?
Wife: No. Next suggestion.
Me: That's alright; it was my second choice. My first choice is Lindsey.
Wife: Hmm, I'd be open to...
Me: Middle name: Come.
Wife: Lindsey Come Brisbee?
Me: A little unconventional, sure, but...
Wife: No, don't worry. It's on the short list. It sounds nothing like a porno name, and it's entirely appropriate. Plus, you know that I've been hoping of some awful bastardization of a Giants player's name for the name of our child. Before we knew it was a girl, you suggested "Al Drete" and "Uribetu Thompsontu Clark Brisbee"...
Me: That last one just sounded so worldly...
Wife: You're just a huge help in this name selection process. I can't even begin to describe how much of a help you are.
Me: Thanks!
Wife: Can you go outside and check the mail?
Me: Sure!
goes out front door
sound of deadbolt latching
Regular posting will resume soon. After, say, my second hour of sleep within a 72-hour time frame.
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Also, should have named Neifiette Perez Brisbee…I’m liking the sound of that one.
#1 JUDY STEFFES FAN
My favorite pie is (name of pie flavor)
Bay City Ball
Mazel Tov
"Buy High-Sell Low"--The Brian Sabean Method Of Trading
by Mordy From Monsey on Oct 30, 2008 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Congrats Grant!
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Oct 29, 2008 12:57 PM PDT reply actions
Congratulations!
This still doesn’t mean that my guess wasn’t right. I’m betting you’re still out of ideas, the baby was just an excuse that happened to pop up.
And on a search no porn stars pop up with a Lindsey Come name. I have to say this is probably going to pop up sometime in the near future though.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
I have to say this is probably going to pop up sometime in the near future though.
That’s what she said?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Oct 29, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Woah, wait a second
Was your daughter born yesterday or today? Because if it was yesterday, then she shares my sons birthday.
You know it’s a good sign when one’s child is born during the world series. As for my son, he was born mere hours after the Red Sox won their first world series in decades.
Congratulations. And don’t worry about the sleep. You don’t get any more for another year or so.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
so there's a good chance
that in the distant future, the Giants winning the world series will coincide with her birthday. how sweet it will be for her.
unless, of course, she decides to rebel against you two and becomes a die-hard Dodgers fan.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Oct 29, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Congrats!
We’ll all make sure BLB doesn’t call her Scott.
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
Whoa it's a Baby Brisbee!
Congrats! Also I seriously LOL’ed at ‘Uribetu Thompsontu Clark Brisbee’
Giants! Giants! HELP US GOD!
You could just use UTC as a nickname
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
Congratulations !!
Both mine are in college. Instructions, just in case no one has told you yet
My adopted son Matt Downs. Lost in the wilderness of mediocrity.
This is pretty solid advice.
#1 JUDY STEFFES FAN
My favorite pie is (name of pie flavor)
Bay City Ball
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 29, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
take it easy now
Jeb isn’t THAT dumb…
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Oct 29, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
A nurse once told me that they used to keep a bottle of scotch around to dip the nipple of the bottle for fussy babies that wouldn’t go to sleep.
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
I drink scotch because I don’t trust the water supply.
#1 JUDY STEFFES FAN
My favorite pie is (name of pie flavor)
Bay City Ball
Congratulations!
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.
lol Al Drete
Congratulations, Grant.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 29, 2008 1:08 PM PDT reply actions
Congrats Grant and Mrs. Brisbee
She’s a beautiful little girl.
And hey, for once in all my miserable years posting on this site, I was right about something.
No, my Crazy Crab bobblehead is not for sale.
(Ahem)
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. Rogers Hornsby
I echo the congratulations! I guess you are forgiven for the lack of regular updates. FOR NOW
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 29, 2008 1:19 PM PDT reply actions
Awesome!
Congrats, Grant.
And you score major points for the headgear, even if it is pink and not actually Giants colors. I provide an exemption to the no-pink teamwear rule only for newly born baby girls.
But if she’s still wearing pink Giants gear after, say, 6 weeks, we’ll have to start instituting some significant penalties.
And tell the baby mama she did a great job.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
Agreed.
First thing Mr. Singapore needs to do when he moves back here is get some black and orange on his daugther, not the pink and white. Acceptable for a bit though.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
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CONGRATULATIONS
Girls are so much better than boys!
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. Rogers Hornsby
Yes we are.
"You lost me at carrots, which was the first draft of 'you had me at hello'".
by giantscatcher on Oct 29, 2008 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Congrats, Grant!
When are you uploading the home video of the birth to the site? I can’t wait to see what kind of Gameday Thread .gif can be made out of it.
Check out The Examined Life. Or don't. Whatever.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Oct 29, 2008 1:22 PM PDT reply actions
It can’t be any worse than that GoofusDancing.gif
#1 JUDY STEFFES FAN
My favorite pie is (name of pie flavor)
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Oct 29, 2008 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh god
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I wonder..
What his wife would say.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
She's adorable!
Congrats!
"You lost me at carrots, which was the first draft of 'you had me at hello'".
AT&T Park, sometime in 2014
Jr. Giants Announcer Amelia Brisbee: “NOW BATTING….NUMBER FORTY-EIGHT….PAAAAA-BLO……SANNN…DO-VAL”
No, my Crazy Crab bobblehead is not for sale.
Nahhh..
He’d train her. She’d be well versed in Paul Stanley, Juggernate, and that.
I’d just like to see someone announce “Now batting, the pitcher, Tim the Enchanter!”
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
More Congrats!
And hopefully Pablito will get a better number than 48.
Reminds me too much of Russ Ortiz, and the last thing I remember from 2002.
Tim Lincecum is Baseball's Chuck Norris
Congrats
Amelia Marie sort of sounds like a hybrid of Rich Aurilia and Calvin Murray, so that has to count for something, right?
CONGRATULATIONS, GRANT!
You’ve done good work.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 29, 2008 1:29 PM PDT reply actions
Yep, I'd say his best work.
Well…ok besides Choose Your Own Adventure.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
I think Grant just created his own adventure...
“If you’d like to clean up someone else’s poop, turn to page 42.”
Check out The Examined Life. Or don't. Whatever.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Oct 29, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Congrats Grant,
and Matt Cain still sucks . . . .
/ducks from flying dirty diaper/
NO, we're not trading Matt Cain! What's that you say? We are? Armageddon is upon us!
and this will be
the best day of your life, regardless of what Sabean does from here on out.
NO, we're not trading Matt Cain! What's that you say? We are? Armageddon is upon us!
or worse
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 29, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I had forgotten about that collection of jokes. fun stuff.
Todd Jennings: If he's on the DL, he can't suck as much, right?
by Speedforthewin on Oct 29, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Anagram of "Amelia Marie Brisbee"
I AM A SEEMLIER BARBIE
All my best to the Brisbee clan.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum" = TENSE, CLIMACTIC, TRIUMPHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 29, 2008 1:36 PM PDT reply actions
Congratulations!
One of the best things that can happen
Congratulations, Grant! And don’t worry, you can take all the time you need with the baby, the Giants will still suck when you get back.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Oct 29, 2008 1:38 PM PDT reply actions
Check out The Examined Life. Or don't. Whatever.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Oct 29, 2008 1:42 PM PDT reply actions
ah man
maybe you can get this in as a late-entry “non-gameday image”
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Oct 29, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Beautiful Baby!
Congratulations! Keep telling yourself, “This is not a dream. I am really a dad.” Good job with the hat! Oh, and don’t worry if she makes gurgling noises when she sleeps. Totally normal.
Congratulations!
So regular posting will resume in 5 weeks?
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
Oh, and in about 5 days you’ll realize you just turned into your father. That’s a scary day.
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
wtf I didn't even know you had a wife
…or had ever even touched a girl
just kidding, congrats
by kingofthacove on Oct 29, 2008 1:59 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Congratulations, Grant!
My wife and I have a two and a half year old son and a daughter due in December. It is indeed exhausting, but totally, totally worth it. Even when you’re taking your son in for his fourth emergency room visit in just two years, and you’ve only had to go to the emergency room twice in your life, and s/he’s just vomited on you and is screaming his/her head off at you for hours on end regardless of what you do. Totally worth it.
(Lest this be interpreted as sarcasm, let me clarify: it’s not!)
What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC
This is true
Kids and emergency rooms often go hand in hand
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Christmas Eve
When my daughter was only a few weeks old, we had our first big scare. See, Kaiser likes to tell you things to scare the living piss out of new parents. One thing they said is, if the baby spits up for than x number of times in a week, you should see a doctor. Our kid spit up more than that x number of times. So we spent Christmas Eve going to the pediatrician on call, freaking out. Turns out, despite what Kaiser nurses tell you, babies apparently are known to spit up with amazing regularity!
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
Kaiser Permanente is the worst
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Oct 30, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
+100000000
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 30, 2008 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
We’ve actually been fairly happy with Kaiser. At least in terms of pediatrics and with our former OBGYN. My wife’s doctor was fantastic, and the pediatricians we’ve had have been pretty good. For me personally, I’ve never visited a doctor I’ve actually liked. So I’ll give a partial +1 to your comment.
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
way to go, bud
no worries if you ignore the site. Natto, Goofus, Baron, & Co. will hold us over in your stead.
(After writing that, I decided you three need to become lawyers. I would definitely hire a firm with that name!)
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
can she play 3b?
(somebody had to say it)
P.S. CONGRAJU-FRICKIN-LATIONS MANG
Brad Hennessey: the next Kevin Correia
Kevin Correia: the next Brad Hennessey
Congrats, Grant
Enjoy every second. One, they grow up really fast. And two, it gets infinitely more difficult when the second child arrives. Double-teaming is a whole lot easier than man-to-man…
Noonan. Nooooonan!
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Oct 29, 2008 2:15 PM PDT reply actions
Hadn't noticed your new avatar..
Awesome man.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
they grow up really fast
Before you know it she’ll be blogging in your basement.
All the best.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
GUEST BLOGGING BABY!
This is what I want now.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 30, 2008 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
That baby creeps me out
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Oct 30, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Well done, Grant. You are clearly multi-talented. Best advice someone gave me after my daughter was born: don’t ever get the idea in your head that you’ve got the kid situation “figured out”; you may have it sussed for the moment, but it’s gonna change big-time in about ten minutes. And that’s…okay.
YOU STOLE A BABY
TO HIDE YOUR HITMAN ACTIVITIES!!
Clever, Grant.
Congrats!
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 29, 2008 2:29 PM PDT reply actions
yes , congratulations.
Enjoy the fun years (0 – 10)
Vic Jr. is thirteen ( myspace ID: waterskizz) and the attitude clause has kicked in HARD , reducing his VORP significantly.
I do believe I may draft again.
"Ain't got a hope in Hell - that's my belief." - Bon Scott
by victor frankenstein on Oct 29, 2008 2:30 PM PDT reply actions
welcome to the world,
… Amelia Marie.
Congratulations, Grant!
Hmmmm...
I still don’t understand this comment:
There probably won’t be any regular updates to this site for a couple of days. It’s a good reason, though, and I’ll explain it all when I get back.
I tried to name my son “John Henry Hitz” but the wife had none of it. We went with “Jackson Monteczuma Hitz”…
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN
Congrats
I look forward to the inevitable comparisons of fatherhood to being a Giants fan.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
Question:
Did you mark her head with a distinguishing mark?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
My wife and I just had our first child (also a daughter) on October 11th. It gets better after a couple weeks when you can left them sleep as long as they want at night, our daughter usually sleeps around 5 hours at night, which means we only have to wake up once with her to feed her.
On a side note, both my wife and I were opposed to the pink Giants gear. We do have a snazzy Giants track suit that she will be sporting come springtime at the phone booth.
Good Luck.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Oct 29, 2008 3:09 PM PDT reply actions
Good call on the pink stuff.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 29, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I dressed both of my girls in the standard black/cream/orange/white Giants gear (still do). When someone would comment on how cute my “son” was, I’d just say thanks. We even had a boy’s name for the older one that we’d use for her when someone thought she was a boy (for the younger, her name goes either way, so we didn’t need an alternate.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
I have a funny story about mistaken gender
When I was 12 years old I was out shopping with my mother (this was before she lost her mind). I was wearing just regular old jeans and a black T-shirt, plus a Giants cap backwards. I kept my hair really short back then. I went to the ladies’ room while we were out and this snobby-ass woman takes one look at me and says, “this is the women’s restroom.” I took off my cap and shook out my hair before I said to her, “I’m in the right place then.”
Since then I give the finger to people who are stupid about gender.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 29, 2008 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I had a substitute teacher once in the second grade. My hair was long in the back, back then. I forget what we were doing, but it involved picking out all the boys first and then the girls second. After she’d gone through a bunch of people, she took a minute to look carefully around the whole class and said “since we’re done with the boys, then…”
At which point I calmly (I’d like to think) raised my hand.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 30, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
It's just a fact of life..
Longer hair = girl. It’s just something I live with.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Oh, I still get this. It’s fun when you’re on a road trip passing through red states.
by satyricrash on Oct 30, 2008 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey congrats man. You’re getting her started out right.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 29, 2008 3:13 PM PDT reply actions
Congrats
There is a Team with a logo of a hat on a baseball. What a perfectly round little face.
well done sir and congratulations
if you need a lactation consultant let me know, I’ll give you my mom’s number
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
CONGRATS!
I have a 5-year old sister and watching her grow up has been incredible. She already sit in her seat at Giants games without getting up. She’s entrenched into the game. Sadly, her favorite player is Randy Winn (because her first game was Randy Winn bobblehead day) and he probably won’t be around too long.
Good luck with everything and enjoy changing diapers that smell worse that Tyler Walker’s off-speed pitches.
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Oct 29, 2008 3:45 PM PDT reply actions
It puts the lotion on it’s glove…
It puts the lotion on it’s glove…
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 29, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Lol, no, he is gonna be traded soon or let go at the end of the 2009 season.
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Oct 29, 2008 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
way to go
some of us didn’t even know you were pregnant
her eyes should open in 10-14 days
Brian Sabean figures that if he buys enough bottles, one of them is bound to have lightning in it.
Has to be next season's rally baby.
Hector Sanchez: really getting tired of playing baseball in foreign countries...
I cheer only for the Oregon Cheer Squad.
Other than that, I hope the Bears pummel the Ducks. But good luck anyway – hope nobody gets hurt.
Hector Sanchez: really getting tired of playing baseball in foreign countries...
HUZZAH! Better get the LOLbabies out now! Congrats
The bases were drunk, and I painted the black with my best yakker. But blue squeezed me, and I went full. I came back with my heater, but the stick flares one the other way and the chalk flies for two bases. Three earnies! Next thing I know, skipper hooks me and I'm sipping suds with the clubby.
Attaboy Grant!
Attagirl, Grant’s wife!
Attababy Amelia Marie (Chelle)!
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Congrats!
I would’ve gone with “Pablita” or “Tim”…but chacun son lôt, as the Franche say.
Bengie: Like an Aurilia kidney stone, slow-moving and tough to get out.
she's adorable
Congrats, Grant!
It never occurred to me that one man could play with the faith of 50 million.
Hey congrats Grant
Your boys can swim!!
I am Cameron Wood and this is my son and business partner CW Culberson.
It's a Giants fan!
Oh, and a girl.
Congratulations, pop! Best wishes to the whole family!
Scott McClain: Great story, no place on the 2009 Giants.
Oh, and I can't believe nobody's pointed out...
…that she looks like a GAMER!
Scott McClain: Great story, no place on the 2009 Giants.
More gamerish than Rowand
Section 314 FTW!
by KingofDucks1987 on Oct 29, 2008 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
WOW!
Big congrats, Grant. And welcome to the world of All The Stuff Other Parents Never Told You Because Dammit They Had to Learn It Themselves Too. :)
Kick Ass Grant!
And props to Mrs. Brisbee as well!
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Also, can she play 3b?
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Congrantulations
Nothing like a pun for your newborn.
Angel Villalona: More RBI's, less ribs please.
by AngelintheInfield on Oct 29, 2008 6:53 PM PDT reply actions
Congrats
Maybe your little girl will see the Giants win the World Series in her lifetime….er. probably not.
A McC newcomer but not outstanding.
Cute but...
…can she hit?
(Seriously, congratulations!)
CONGRATULATIONS Mrs. B & Grant!!! Amelia's gorgeous!
It’s the greatest adventure and most damn fun you can have. Before the Heir of Mayor was born (also during the post-season action, as it happens), people said it would be fun, and I kind of thought, “yeah, yeah, yeah, all you duffers are invested in thinking that.” But it is SO MUCH MORE FUN than I could have imagined. And it keeps getting better.
Some unsolicited counsel from a father of a 3-year-old; enough perspective to have something to say but not so long ago that it’s forgotten:
1. There is nothing better than the waltz to calm a fussy baby until about 8 months old. Seriously. You don’t have to be good. Just dip and sway a lot while humming “The Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss. It totally works.
2. As soon as possible, get the baby into her own room to sleep. It’s good for everyone.
3. If her eyes turn a light color, you can get about $15,000 more for her. You know, if it comes to that.
4. Don’t trade Matt Cain.
All the best, my friend. Congratulations. I am delighted for you.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
1. There is nothing better than the waltz to calm a fussy baby until about 8 months old. Seriously. You don’t have to be good. Just dip and sway a lot while humming "The Blue Danube Waltz" by Strauss. It totally works.
I actually used to get mine to sleep by waltzing to Iron Maiden’s “Children of the Damned”
2. As soon as possible, get the baby into her own room to sleep. It’s good for everyone.
Ah, if they are in your room really close then you don’t have to move as much when they wake up. But there’s no wrong answer.
4. Don’t trade HER FOR Matt Cain.
Fixed
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN
Ah, if they are in your room really close then you don’t have to move as much when they wake up.
Saving grace! When the baby sleeps in your room, breast feeding is a father’s best friend. “The baby woke up, honey. Can you feed her? I’m going to roll over and go back to sleep.”
Oh, my best advice for you, Grant, is to take care of your wife.
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
I don't think anyone's mentioned this yet, so I'll be the first to say it:
Congratulations, Grant!
I still remember the first night in the hospital after our baby girl was born (almost two years ago now!). I had to sleep on this crappy little chair that unfolds into a crappy little bed. I woke up every 15 minutes all night, worrying that my kid stopped breathing or something. I was kind of a wreck for the first few days there.
When we got her home from the hospital, I grabbed the Ben Folds Five DVD off the shelf, and played her the song of her namesake: Kate. She looked like she was listening for a minute, and approved. Now, when we play Kate for her, she shouts out her name during the chorus. It’s hilarious!
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
Congratulations!
Couldn’t be happier for you and the Missus, Grant. My wife and I just had our first son about a month ago, so we know how it goes (no sleep + new baby = delirious awesomeness!!!1 Late night movie-fests ftw!).
You have a beautiful and very tastefully dressed daughter!
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Congratulations!!!
What a great thing to happen to the family Bisbee.
Greetings, Marklar! I am Marklar! This is Marklar.
Congrats!
what a cute lil one! what timing too, heres to a championship on her 21st birthday!
by lincypoo i wuv u on Oct 29, 2008 10:36 PM PDT reply actions
Congrats, Grant!
She’s beautiful.
Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.
She is beautiful...
Start a college fund, now. Look into DRIPS
congratulations!
Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.
by theghostofjasonellison on Oct 30, 2008 8:35 AM PDT reply actions
Hmm..
I’ll have to remember Al Drete and Mary Chelle. So far my dream names were just first name Bill last name Mueller or something along those lines. Although I did like first name Will, middle name Nuschler Clark.
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"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Can she play CF?
Congratulations, Gran.t
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Very cool!! and Crongats man.
And as an added bonus you get to have sleep deprivation visions. Without taking any thing. Your a lucky man!
Ivan Ochoa - Heir to the legacy of Rob Andrews & Rikkert Faneyte!
Let's see spread Chaos, Confusion and Anarchy here? Check. My work is complete. I’ll be moving on now.
Congratulations Grant!
And let me just be the first to say that it was a beautiful birthing.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
He sent you the video?
Come on Grant, if it’s up on YouTube link it!
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Sent me the… what?
Don’t be silly, WalrusMan. Grant doesn’t have my address.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 30, 2008 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Congratulations Grant!
Adopted Giant: Aaron King
Wearing the crown by 2011. Or at least the LOOGY hat
Wow ... she's beautiful
So many best wishes to all three of you.
Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.
On the goofy names kick:
I had a friend in high school, Beth Reed, who married my ex-boyfriend, Peter Woods (now that’s a porn name right there).
Both were wind players in band. When they had their first kid, they named her Claire.
Claire Annette Reed-Woods.
No kidding.
Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.
Nice. My last name is Gunn. We’re planning on naming our daughter Anita.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
No, it’s Lookout Igotta.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
I meant for your kid, dude.
It’s not nearly as cute for an adult.
Scott McClain: Great story, no place on the 2009 Giants.
And for a boy...
…may I suggest Lookout Igotta.
Scott McClain: Great story, no place on the 2009 Giants.
by EliminateMe on Oct 30, 2008 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Hold it-- you mean the woodwinds section of the band are NERDS????
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Oct 30, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Sarah McCain Palin Brisbee?
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Bay City Ball
Wait, what?
So, like, I was the only one who thought the fake wife was actually fake?
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
Fake how?
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 30, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Congrats but...
She clearly lacks veteran savvy. Something my 8-month old has in spades.
Seriously though, congrats Grant (and Mrs Grant).
Once I adopted Tim Flannery. I've since left him outside a fire station.
Contrats!
Congratulations. What a cutey.
I’ll never forget that my dad always told me that I was born on a beautiful Saturday — and the Giants won.
Now you will be able to tell your new daughter that she was born on a beautiful day — and the Giants won the World Series just four years later, perhaps to the day!
I had to wait six year myself for the Giants to win the Series, and I wasn’t even a Giants fan yet. So by my count, I’ve waited 54 more years and have only four more to wait.
Since our kids rotation through the batting order of life year by year, that means your daughter will be batting cleanup. (As opposed to you and your wife, who will be cleaning up for the foreseeable future.)
Again, I couldn’t be more excited for you. I would trade place with you in a minute. There is absolutely NOTHING like kids!
wow
I had never thought to see if the Giants won on the day I was born…
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
Jack Clark homered on the day I was born too. Giants won in extra innings.
Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.
on the day I was born. No “Get Off My Lawn Jokes” please :-)
My adopted son Matt Downs. Lost in the wilderness of mediocrity.
The Giants didn’t lose on the day I was born! I am clearly better than either of you.
Of course, I was born before opening day, but I still stand by my statement.
What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC
There was also no real baseball being played on the day I was born.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 30, 2008 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
ZING!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 30, 2008 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Sadly, I was still drunk from my high school graduation on that day (that lasted until my early 20’s), but sensibly there were no games in late October in 1966.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 30, 2008 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I was born in December
:(
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
A few minutes ago I followed the link, input the year, and….. oh February. FAIL. I’m so embarssed.
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. Rogers Hornsby
November for me
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.
Dammit
I was born on an “off” day.
That explains sooooo much.
(But the won the day before and the day after).
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
Bastards
They didn’t even play on the day I was born. That must be why the team is never at home on my birthday.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 30, 2008 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Congratulations!
Excellent addition to the Earth’s population… for her, I think some precious resources can be freed up.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 30, 2008 4:25 PM PDT reply actions
She can have all the barrels of oil she wants.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 30, 2008 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Congrats!
Sorry to be so late on the congrats thread. Hope you’re getting good sleep by now. :)
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