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  1. 01-26-2006, 20:53 #1
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    I'd like to introduce you all to the most amazing, incredible person I've ever had the fortune to meet. Jillian Margaret Harris was born at 5:33PM January 20th, 2006 (3 weeks early). After an incredibly difficult delivery (30 hours, capped with an emergency c-section), the strongest toughest person I've ever seen or heard of, my wife, delivered this truly phenomenal little girl into our lives. Please find attached a couple of photos. For those that are interested, I put some more pictures of Jillian into my wife's blog, which we'll be getting squared away once I get enough time to breathe and look around (almost 1 week and I still haven't had time to call all the family or start visits). I know the nursery looks a little sparse, but I drafted some excellent friends I have and we assembled the furniture, bedding and clothing in an astounding 4 hours Sunday afternoon when Mom & baby were resting. If I'm not around so much anymore, please don't take it personally. A beautiful young lady has stolen my heart away...





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  2. 01-26-2006, 20:55 #2
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    Before anyone says something that might get them in deep doo-doo, no my daughter is not a hermaphrodite. That yellow thing in the first picture is the clip on the umbilical cord.
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    Don, don't take this personally, but you put too much of your life on the internet. I guess I can understand around here, where the atmosphere is friendy, but I still really think you should be careful about this stuff.
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    Congratulations, man!

    Little Jillian Corleone couldn't have got a finer guy for a dad.
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    Congratulations Don!! She's a li'l darlin'.
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    I don't take it personally Zorba. I've thought about what you say before, and at the end of the day, I figure how is announcing her birth online any more or less risky then announcing her birth in the newspaper (which unless I'm mistaken, you don't get much say over). I appreciate the concern.
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    Have I really said that before? I need to lay off the grass...

    Anyway, congratulations.
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    Let's see you get 2 hours of sleep a night for a week and how good your typing skills are. I meant "I hear what you are saying (now) and I have thought of that before". You raise a valid concern, but at the end of the day, if some whack job wants to find you, they will. You can't live your life around what they might do. And I guess you've never seen me post in one of the Backroom 2nd ammendment threads. Let's just say ours wouldn't be the best house to try to break into.

    Thank you Zorba, Louis & Greg.
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    Default Re: The greatest thing I've ever done

    Quote Originally Posted by Zorba
    I need to lay off the grass...

    Anyway, congratulations.

    Really? No way.




    Congrats on your daugther Don. I wish many happy years to your family.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Zorba
    But what is this Zorba, Louis and Greg business? I don't know any Louis or Greg...
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    Ah, congratulations Don. She looks a lot like you as well.
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    Well done Good Sir!
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    She's cute, nice job !
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    Baby Corleone?

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    Zorba, the thread is times and times more meaningful than "What is Saddam doing right now? YES RIGHT NOW!" and the likes. The community here feels like a "community" indeed rather than where a bunch of time wasters gather - at least it seems so to me. So, I see no reason why DC wouldn't share his happiness with us.

    Don, congrats to you, greetings and wishes of quick recovery from such hard hours to Mrs. Corleone, and kisses to the little Bellucci.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone
    I'd like to introduce you all to the most amazing, incredible person I've ever had the fortune to meet. Jillian Margaret Harris was born at 5:33PM January 20th, 2006 (3 weeks early). After an incredibly difficult delivery (30 hours, capped with an emergency c-section), the strongest toughest person I've ever seen or heard of, my wife, delivered this truly phenomenal little girl into our lives. Please find attached a couple of photos. For those that are interested, I put some more pictures of Jillian into my wife's blog, which we'll be getting squared away once I get enough time to breathe and look around (almost 1 week and I still haven't had time to call all the family or start visits). I know the nursery looks a little sparse, but I drafted some excellent friends I have and we assembled the furniture, bedding and clothing in an astounding 4 hours Sunday afternoon when Mom & baby were resting. If I'm not around so much anymore, please don't take it personally. A beautiful young lady has stolen my heart away...





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    Congratulations, ma man! Welcome to the ranks of fatherhood! Take good care of that beautiful young lady (actually, I'm sure there was no need for me to even tell you that). And please give Mrs. Corleone a congratulatory hug from me as well.

    One thing I will point out to you:

    I would hope that Mrs. Corleone does not see the title of this thread, as she may take exception to it. As Mrs. Goofball is so fond of reminding me when discussing the reproduction process, I didn't really do anything all that hard...

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    Congrats on the beutiful baby Don Corleone!
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