I just need something here so that this irritating block isn't over anything important.

Random floaty text!!! What am I doing here?

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1. The Road , Cormac McCarthy

2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling

3. Beloved, Toni Morrison

4. The Liars' Club, Mary Karr

5. American Pastoral, Philip Roth

6. Mystic River, Dennis Lehane

7. Maus, Art Spiegelman

8. Selected Stories, Alice Munro

9. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier

10. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami

11. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer

12. Blindness, José Saramago

13. Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

14. Black Water, Joyce Carol Oates

15. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers

16. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood

17. Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez

18. Rabbit at Rest, John Updike

19. On Beauty, Zadie Smith

20. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding

21. On Writing, Stephen King

22. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz

23. The Ghost Road, Pat Barker

24. Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry

25. The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan

26. Neuromancer, William Gibson

27. Possession, A.S. Byatt

28. Naked, David Sedaris

29. Bel Canto, Anne Patchett

30. Case Histories, Kate Atkinson

31. The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien

32. Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch

33. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion

34. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold

35. The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst

36. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt

37. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi

38. Birds of America, Lorrie Moore

39. Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri

40. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman

41. The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros

42. LaBrava, Elmore Leonard

43. Borrowed Time, Paul Monette

44. Praying for Sheetrock, Melissa Fay Greene

45. Eva Luna, Isabel Allende

46. Sandman, Neil Gaiman

47. World's Fair, E.L. Doctorow

48. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver

49. Clockers, Richard Price

50. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen

51. The Journalist and the Murderer, Janet Malcom

52. Waiting to Exhale, Terry McMillan

53. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon

54. Jimmy Corrigan, Chris Ware

55. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls

56. The Night Manager, John le Carré

57. The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe

58. Drop City, TC Boyle

59. Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat

60. Nickel & Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich

61. Money, Martin Amis

62. Last Train To Memphis, Peter Guralnick

63. Pastoralia, George Saunders

64. Underworld, Don DeLillo

65. The Giver, Lois Lowry

66. A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, David Foster Wallace

67. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini

68. Fun Home, Alison Bechdel

69. Secret History, Donna Tartt

70. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell

71. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Ann Fadiman

72. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon

73. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving

74. Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger

75. Cathedral, Raymond Carver

76. A Sight for Sore Eyes, Ruth Rendell

77. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro

78. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert

79. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell

80. Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney

81. Backlash, Susan Faludi

82. Atonement, Ian McEwan

83. The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields

84. Holes, Louis Sachar

85. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson

86. And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts

87. The Ruins, Scott Smith

88. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby

89. Close Range, Annie Proulx

90. Comfort Me With Apples, Ruth Reichl

91. Random Family, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

92. Presumed Innocent, Scott Turow

93. A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley

94. Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser

95. Kaaterskill Falls, Allegra Goodman

96. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown

97. Jesus’ Son, Denis Johnson

98. The Predators' Ball, Connie Bruck

99. Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman

100. America (the Book), Jon Stewart/Daily Show (2004)

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

In which I finally join the new year.

You guys!  Happy 2012!  I am doing amazingly on my New Years Resolutions, and I've already lost 15 lbs!  Although I suppose this particular 6 lbs and 9 oz doesn't really count towards the new year, having been born on Dec 31st.



Ladies and gents, Eleanor Constance Loretta, named for both her grandmas and then for, I don't know, Eleanor Roosevelt, or the smart one from Sense and Sensibility (variant spelling).

Likes include being held by literally anyone, putting up her dukes, and looking snooty about things.

indeed

Dislikes include sitting in her poops for half an hour because her parents are like, Well of the three things that could possibly be wrong with a baby, she's not hungry or sleepy so...*stumped*

For real, though, she's pretty rad.
Posted by raych at 12:41 PM

99 comments:

  1. Holy smokes that's a beautiful baby.

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  2. She is gorgeous, just like her mommy. God love her! Your New Year's Eve will never be the same again!

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  3. Congratulations!!!! She's so beautiful and has a kick-ass name.

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  4. Yay! Congratulations and I love the name Eleanor. So cute.

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  5. That little grin on her face in the first picture is fantastic. And I agree, her name is lovely. Congratulations!

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  6. Beautiful! Will you call her Eleanor or Nora?

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  8. Congratulations! Cute baby and Eleanor sounds so sophisticated.

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  9. Aww, yay! She's so very cute. Congrats to all of you.

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  10. at last, and she kindly waited until the very very end of the holidays! What grand bday parties she's going to have.
    congrats!!

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  11. So lovely! And I heartily approve of her first name, since I have a little Eleanor as well! We tell people she's named after both Eleanor Roosevelt and Eleanor of Aquitaine, since both of those ladies were pretty badass and worth naming your daughter after. I am confident that your Eleanor will also be pretty badass. Congratulations!

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  12. Gaaaah, congratulations! She's adorable! I love that picture of her looking snooty. Hilarious!

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  13. Oh Oh Oh! I'm so excited for you all! Congrats! That must have been some kinda New Year's Eve party.

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  14. Congrats, and what a beautiful name too! And baby!

    Happy New Year!

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  15. Congratulations! Such a little girl! Welcome to the world, Eleanor.

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  16. You have already achieved more in 2012 than most people manage in a year. And now you have every right to lock yourself in the house and just gaze in awe at your handiwork.

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  17. Congrats, she's adorable! I love the first photo with that little grin. Lucky you :)

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  18. Congrats! She's lovely, and I love her names :). And I agree with Megs above!

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  19. *flails at Eleanor without injuring her*

    SO EXCITING INDEED

    You need to give her a snooty title for pictures like that.

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  20. AIEEEEEE! I want to snorgle Eleanor. Congratulations to you and your Tall One!

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  21. GAHHHHH I am so happy for you!!! Congratulations times a million!

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  22. Congratulations, she is beautiful!

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  23. Oh my, what a sweet baby!! newborns are kind of amazing. Congratulations!!

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  25. Congrats! The kid looks great! Enjoy this time because (spoiler!) they get big all of a sudden.

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  26. Yaaaaay! She's just lovely.

    And congratulations on still being incredibly funny right after giving birth. (Personally, my brain left for a while after my babies. I'd joke that they reached up and grabbed a little of my brain on their way out of my uterus.)

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  27. Congrats, she's beautiful! :D

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  28. You had a Hogmanay baby- I think that's good luck! Congratulations, she is lovely :)

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  29. Whenever Ethan cried, he was always either hungry, tired, or had a wet diaper. I can't tell you how many times I was like, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!!! And then I'd be all, *smacks forehead* CHUTE! Your diaper's wet. My bad.

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  31. Awwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!

    What a lovely name too. :D

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  33. Beautiful! Best wishes to you all (and congrats on the weight loss :) )

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  35. Congratulations!! That's a great way to finish/start the year!! Welcome to the crazy world of motherhood.

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  36. Congratulations! Welcome to the world, Eleanor :-)

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  37. She's gorgeous! Congratulations!

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  38. Congratulations!! Little Eleanor, welcome to the world of blogging :)

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  39. Aw, the baby!! I guess I don't have to wonder if you had your person yet or not. She has arrived. Beautiful name, btw! Congrats!

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  40. Adorbs! Congratulations. And thank you for fueling my baby-hungry fire.

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  41. ADORABLE!! That looks like a smile I see in the first photo! I am so so so happy for you! And a truly wonderful name. Eleanor was my grandmother's name … I'm glad to see it being used by a younger generation!

    She snuck in during 2011, huh? I was convinced she'd hold out until the new year.

    Congrats again!!

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  42. Congratulations! She's adorable!

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  43. She is absolutely beautiful! Congratulations!

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  44. Oh my goodness, a BABY! So you really were prego. In fairness, you were still pretty darn tiny. :)

    Enjoy, enjoy that sweet baby girl. She's a beauty.

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  46. Welcome to the world, Eleanor! Such a beautiful baby. Congratulations to all!

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  48. What a cute little person! I'm sure with such awesome big people around her she'll grow up all proper-like! Congrats!

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  49. Congratulations!! She's beautiful, and I love that trace of smile in the first picture. =)

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  50. Let me echo everyone else: Congrats! I love her little face. What a wonderful way to welcome in the new year.

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  51. I was starting to wonder if that tiny person was ever going to come out...congrats! Eleanor is adorable (as is her name)!

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  52. i am in love with that little face. she's gorgeous. congratulations!

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  53. muchos congratulations! she's a delight! xxx

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  54. Eleanor, gee I think you're swell!

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  55. Congratulations! She's absolutely adorable. What a wonderful way to end the year.

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  56. Good job, love the name! :)Happy New Year!

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  57. Jonathan in LondonJan 4, 2012 02:18 AM

    Hi, little Eleanor!! Welcome to the world. You are absolutely beautiful! We love your mum, and therefore, by the commutative property of the internet, we love you too. You're going to have a wonderful life, kiddo.

    Yours always, the Intertubelets.

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  58. D'awwww :D Welcome to the world, Eleanor Constance Loretta <3

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  59. She is absolutely beautiful with that big smile and that cute little round face. COngratulations so much. I have been feeling very low today because I just want to meet my little one but waiting another 8 weeks seems like an eternity.

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  60. Congratulations to you both. She is beautiful!

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  61. awwww OMG YOU HAD THE BABY!

    *hugs* congratualtions!! and also: Eleanor Constance Loretta is quite possibly the best name ever?

    *hugs*

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  62. Wonderful! Congratulations to everyone! She is lovely.

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  63. She's is beautiful! And good job. I'm always in awe. All the best to you and your family and Happy New Year! -Philo

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  64. Congrats! She's adorable!

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  65. Oh, beautiful. Congrats to all three of you! Have fun -- it really, really is. :)

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  66. That is one cute baby. Congratulations!

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  67. Yay! What a sweetheart! Welcome Eleanor and congrats to Mom and Dad (Mom especially for Growing a Person). :)

    Now you have a baby neck all your own *grin*

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  68. Long time blog stalker, first time congratulator(?) so... congratumalations! Your baby is purty. (^_^)

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  69. Congratulations! She is just beautiful!!

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  70. Let me add my congrats as well! Enjoy!

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  71. Seriously. You make cute babies. I want to meet the little munchkin!

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  72. Oh, congratulations! She's beautiful!

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  73. Congratulations Raych! She's adorable, and I love the name choice. :)

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  74. Congratulations and welcome to mommy-hood! It's the best club ever. =)

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  76. Congratulations! She's beautiful, and Eleanor is such a lovely name!

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  77. Congrats! What a fun way to start the new year!!

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  78. Adorable! Congratulations!

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  79. SO CUTE! Congratulations! I think that baby-friendly audiobooks are probably in order...

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  80. OMG! You're a mom! Congratulations! I love the name Eleanor! Take care of yourself!

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  81. AWWWWW!Congrats! Give your baby a pinch on the cheeks for me! So adorable!

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  82. Congrats! Lovely baby, lovely name!

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  83. Congrats! She is so sweet! And shares a birthday with my youngest nephew who is 15 now!

    Love the lil Raych-let!

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  84. Wonderful news. Though a bit lacking in the hideous labour stories, which are half the fun of blogging about babies, surely? Please don't tell me she just slipped out.

    Anyway, she's a beauty, and clearly a deep thinker. May she bring you much joy. And vice versa.

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  85. Congratulations! Such an elegant name for a beautiful baby.

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  86. Congratulations! She looks health, happy, and errr...an h word that means too freaking adorable.

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  87. Oh my gosh she has such an awesome smug face! So cute.

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  88. She's just beautiful, congratulations! Happy new year to you!

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  89. So so many congrats, she's a beauty and gorgeous name!

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  90. Wonderful pictures, lovely names. Make the most of 2012 - it will be one of the best in your life.
    PS. Start reading to Eleanor now!

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  91. Congrats on the arrival of your daughter. I am sure she'll be smart and funny, just like her mom.

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  92. Congratulations. She's beautiful.

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  93. Congratulations! She's gorgeous! I think you are in for a wonderful year :)

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  94. Congratulations!! What a wonderful way to start the year. She is simply beautiful!

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  96. Woo hoo! She's lovely! Congratulations.

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  97. Congratulations! I just had a little on Dec. 13th :)

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  98. Ooooh baby!!!!! She's precious. Soak it all up-even the poopy diaper moments. Love her name--Eleanor is one of my favorites.

    SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE

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  99. Congratulations -- she's lovely!

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