Yet Another Baby Picture

[billroper]

And here's a shot from this evening.




Somebody complains whenever we put her back in her bassinet... :)

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[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

So, tell about the name. Had it picked out well in advance? Family names or old favorites?

K. ['cause once you've written a baby name book, you get curious about these things]

[mdlbear]

I know how that works!

After our younger daughter was born we put her in a flat-bottomed stroller (more stable than the bassinet we'd used with her sister) next to Colleen's side of our bed. If I remember correctly it was about a month before she'd sleep long enough for it to be worthwhile leaving her in her crib.

[kestrels-nest.livejournal.com]

And I'm sure being a baby bed is just breaking Gretchen's heart...:)

Joseph wouldn't sleep on a flat surface - bassinet, moses basket, whatever. He would sleep in a punkin seat, quite contentedly.

[billroper]

It was the leading name on the girls list for some time.

Kathleen is after Gretchen's Aunt Kathleen who helped finance the project through an inheritance she left to Gretchen and Jeff.

My mother was Betty. In my generation, this morphed into my sister's middle name of Elizabeth, which we've snagged for the next generation.

Karen was also on the possibles list, although that would have meant naming her after a typhoon. :) Maybe not the best choice...

[celticmom1967.livejournal.com]

They do that some more than others, but Gretchen looks so happy and content. Enjoy the way they demand your hugs and attention now when they are teens, its few and far between.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

There'll be a Typhoon Kathleen one day, perhaps sooner than you think. :-) Karen is due for a revival, I think, although the other names as popular as it in the late fifties and early sixties (Susan and Debbie come to mind) seem not to be ready, just now.

Are you thinking to shorten Kathleen to something like Kathy or Katy, or don't know yet?

Someone we are both acquainted with from Manitoba has gone from Betty to Elizabeth to Liz in the 20-odd years I've known her. I think of her as Betty to this day, although I think I am generally successful in keeping up with the changes when talking to or about her.

K.

[daisy-knotwise.livejournal.com]

At this point I'm shortening it to Katie Beth. I know full well that when she is 14 or so she will insist on being Kay or Kathy or Kaileen or maybe Yolanda, anything but Katie Beth. We'll deal with that then.

GHR

[jennlk]

Heh. Our Katherine was Katy (or Katy Lou) before school, then was Kate in school (to keep her differentiated from Katie, Katherine, Cathleen, and Cat (and that's just in the Scout troop!). Her freshman year, she decided that a dozen girls named Katherine/Kate in the band was just too many, so she's now using Lexi.

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

As Peter David said recently at DragonCon's masquerade before introducing the "young fan" (read: cute widdle kidlets) division: "truly AWWW-inspiring." I can't believe neither Mary nor I even suspected Gretchen was pregnant until two days ago. Glad to hear both mother and child are doing fine. Kudos, mazel tovs and dancing rodents (conga-rats, donchaknow :-) ) to you both. You do *good* work, and not just in music.

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

So if there's a Typhoon Kathleen, do we get to sing that fine old Irish ballad, "I'll Take Your Home Again -- Kathleen"? (evil grin, duck, run VERY fast)

[daddy-guido.livejournal.com]

hell, when they're TWO you sometimes get rejected - just this morning i got "no WANT daddy kisses" from the Ninja.

[daddy-guido.livejournal.com]

that IS, undeniably, YOUR kid, Roper.

it's amazing how they get stamped with the daddy facial features.
thank God (at least im MY case) they grow out of it.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Both names have so many diminutives that she may never run through all the possibilities. OTOH, she might just be Katie Beth from day one right the way through.

My congrats to you on your lovely daughter!

K.

[msminlr.livejournal.com]

If all else fails you can call her "Butch".

My mom was Katherine Venita.
HER mom was another Katherine, so Venita was the default use-name.
When she got to summer camp at some point, there were also attending Nita and Anita. Somebody lined up the three semi-homophones and said "you are now Slug, Butch, and Kelly". Mom was standing in the middle.

Her brothers called her Butch for the rest of her/their lives, and so did my dad and his family.
At work in Texas, she went by Katherine.
But when Sharon was born, she became "Grandma Butch".

See, my husband's mom was another Catherine, and HER granny-name was "Momma-Kay".

[msminlr.livejournal.com]

Actually it was a high-tech birthing.
Roper DNA, host-mother.
They posted about it back around May or June sometime.

[janeg.livejournal.com]

You will be SUCH wonderful parents! I wish Kathleen Elizabeth a long, healthy and happy life full of music and friends.

I guess we can expect some cute baby filks to get written now.

[jhayman.livejournal.com]

My advice as a woman who works with babies, children, parents and schools is: don't. She'll be battling the "little kid" name until she feels forced to move across the country to escape it. the name she gets called at home is the name she'll use at school and then she's doomed to carry it for years. Congressman Katie Beth Roper just doesn't....

Kathleen is a HIGHLY unusual name for these times as it is, despite our all knowing several Kathleens and Kathy's, etc. who are our contemporaries. Katy, these days, is almost always short for Caitlin, however you spell it.

And, in answer to Bill's comment: After being held snug for 40 weeks of COURSE she cries if you put her in the plastic box. "Help! Where's the percussion section!"

[drawshad.livejournal.com]

I love Katie. If Alex had been a girl, that's what her name would have been, but short for Kaitlyn

[scarfman]

qtrhorserider always tells me I missed the best part, showing up after ours were already six and three. I remain skeptical but you get to form your own opinions now.

[quadrivium.livejournal.com]

ooh! Katie Beth is so pretty! Congratulations to you and Gretchen! :-) *hugs*

[artbeco.livejournal.com]

I love the name Katie Beth! We didn't have the problem of the babies crying when we put them in the crib or bassinet, probably because they had each other right there. They snuggled up together in the same crib until they were about 6 or 7 months. We did rock them both to sleep most of the time, and I'm still glad we did that, it's really a special bonding time...

Enjoy your new lives, it really is a new beginning!

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Awww. So cute!

[jennlk]

That's why DB's use-name is Tom, not Tommy. One of Lexi's classmates is still called Timmy, despite the fact that he's over 6'.

What a wonderful day!

[jrittenhouse.livejournal.com]

I recognize that look on Gretchen's face. It is to kvell one's buns off, that look is.

[andpuff.livejournal.com]

Aw! That is one contented looking baby! I love the name Katie Beth and Gretchen's right, since she'll likely change it regardless when she's a teenager, you might as well start with the one you guys like.

[folkmew.livejournal.com]

Oh she's beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sniffle.

Can't wait to see her in person.

[folkmew.livejournal.com]

Heh. Yeah. That's why ours are "George Frederick Rowan" and "Jacob Arthur Corwin" so they have plenty to choose from when they are teens. Course, they'll pick something totally unrelated to go by no doubt. (grin)

Ed's eldest "Rebecca Susan" went through a phase where she was "Rebekah" (oy). :-)
Katie-Beth is lovely.

Big hug btw! many many congrats - she's beautiful!!!!

[purpleranger.livejournal.com]

Think of it this way, Paul -- they were already housebroken by the time you showed up.

[catalana.livejournal.com]

Hey, she likes sleeping on Gretchen's chest, just like Bilbo...

[smoooom.livejournal.com]

ummmm, yeah they tend to do that. You guys are going to hace so much fun!

[mneme]

Looks like you're missing the trailing > in the lj-cut tag.

[billroper]

Duh. I'd noticed there was a problem, but didn't see where it was. Thanks!