Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Jacob Tucker Shiver



Meet my new nephew, Jake.  My sister Melly and her husband Jim welcomed this precious little bundle of angelic joy to the world last Thursday night.  Jake weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces, was 20 inches long, and was born at 7:46pm on my mother's birthday, October 22, in Thomasville, Georgia, a very nice place to be born I think.



When we arrived Jake was wearing this seasonally appropriate hat, which the ladies auxiliary had knit for him.  He looked very festive and it was thus decided that Jake will wear a hat all the days of his baby life, because hats are funny and babies naturally have very little choice but to wear whatever is put on their heads.  Thus decided = decided by me.  

If I had to describe Jake in one word, it would be "Bubba," which is what my father has taken to calling him against his entire family's stern warnings.  If I had to describe Bubba in another word, it would be "sleeeeeeeeeepy."  This baby is la-a-a-zy, which means he is going to fit in super well among the dogs and cats at my parents' house.  I say that because I expect my mother to maybe steal him?  Or at least borrow him A LOT. 


The really good news, besides the miracle of birth and life and all that, is that I'm an aunt now!  Finally, something to spend money on!  You know how you have that awesome aunt or uncle, the cool one, the one you love to visit and on whom model yourself and your life plan?  I don't have one of those, I love and respect all three of my aunts equally, but you can bet your pretty pacifier that AUNT SISSY is going to be that aunt.  Aunt Sissy will go hungry so that Baby Jake can have tiny little gold-button blazers.  Aunt Sissy will take out a second mortgage to finance Baby Jake's study abroad.  Aunt Sissy has always wanted to work nights and weekends at Baby Gap and get a 10% employee discount.  Just kidding.  A little. 

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