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Habemus Grandson

Sunday Night Monday Morning Journal — May 24, 2010

Emmitt Samuel Tynes, born at 12:43AM, 7lb 5oz (about 3.3 kilograms). Mother and baby are both fine, or more than fine: mother looked remarkably fresh at 2AM after being in labor for somewhere around twelve hours, and Emmitt is strikingly alert and hungry, and seemingly good-tempered about his new situation. Father delighted, grandmothers beside themselves, grandfather having a celebratory drink of Old Grand-Dad.  

There is some controversy about whether it should be “Emmitt” or “Emmett.” I voted for “Emmett” but was over-ruled.

Maclin Horton

20 responses to “Habemus Grandson”

  1. Craig

    Congratulations!

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  2. antiaphrodite

    Congratulations!!! God bless y’all!!!

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  3. Paul

    Congratulations!

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  4. antiaphrodite

    still jumping up and down

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  5. Janet

    You were right, Maclin. I was thinking that last night–two of each letter–would have been very neat.
    AMDG

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  6. Mac

    I didn’t think about the two of each letter, it’s just that in my mind the correct spelling is “ett” not “itt”. You see it both ways but I guess I’ve seen it more with the “e”.
    Today is also Bob Dylan’s birthday.

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  7. Louise on the iPod

    Huzzah!!!!!

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  8. Janet

    How about you, Louise? How much longer?
    AMDG

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  9. Louise

    Janet, I can’t decide if it’s “too long” or “not long enough.” LOL! But unles the baby wants to come early s/he will arrive in about 2 months from now.
    I think “Emmett” looks right, btw. I’ve never seen it spelt otherwise. I’m sure he is gorgeous, all the same.
    Maclin, do you have other grandchildren?

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  10. Mac

    No, this is the first. Also the first grandchild on the father’s side of the family. Also the first great-grandchild for my mother, in spite of the fact that she has 11 adult grandchildren. This baby is not going to lack attention.

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  11. Craig

    Congrats!!

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  12. Anne-Marie

    Congratulations and blessings all round!

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  13. Louise

    Well, that is just grand, Maclin! Our eldest is the first grandchild on both sides and was the first great-grandchild for 3 out of 4 sets of ancestors.
    Highly doted upon, she was!

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  14. Mac

    Is she spoiled? Are you still trying to convince her the world doesn’t revolve around her? 🙂

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  15. Sally Thomas

    Man, I need to check in more often. Belated congratulations to all!
    (I really do need to check in more often. You’ve been hitting them out of the park lately. I can’t decide which recent post I want to link to first . . . maybe I’ll just link to all of them at once).

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  16. Mac

    Thanks, Sally, on both counts.
    Interesting, I find that I have had a lot of trouble making time to read other people’s blogs lately. I’m not sure why.

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  17. Sally Thomas

    Thanks for the book-post link, too, by the way.
    Yes, I find I just have very limited internet-social energy lately. After being a real-life introvert all my life, I’m finally becoming a cyber-introvert, too. The ugliness of many of the online conversations I follow (in spite of myself) makes me disinclined to participate, and then I find myself shying away even from pleasant ones with good people.
    Oh, and congratulations to Louise on her upcoming baby. I have been out of it!

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  18. Louise

    Maclin, I’ve only just noticed your reply here to my last.
    We convinced her she is not the centre of the universe by inflicting her with a baby brother when she was just 13.5 months old and then giving her more siblings to look after on a tolerably regular basis!

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  19. Rob G

    Somehow I missed this. Congrats and blessings to all, Mac!

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  20. Mac

    Thanks, Rob.

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