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Ben with Reed Day 1

Pat took this photo of Ben with Reed mid-afternoon on Reed's first day post-partum. What a joy!

Originally uploaded by hirbyfam.

Looking at all the photos of Reed prompted Pat and me to dig out the old slides and prints from Ben's infancy. Here's one from his first week! Does he resemble Reed, or is it just that all fair-skinned, bald babies look alike!

Originally uploaded by hirbyfam.

My day on Sunday started at 4:15 a.m. in Charlotte, NC. My flight arrangements called for travel from Charlotte through Chicago to Green Bay. Pat made the sensible suggestion that we should try to get to Madison to see the new baby.

I was sitting in the Alvarez Union at Davidson College about 9:15 this morning -- the keynote speaker had been introduced and was just getting into the meat of his topic: the heart of IT. My cellphone rang but I silenced it; it was Ben. A few seconds later it rang again and I silenced it again: it was Pat. It didn't take me long to figure out what was on their minds, so I slipped out of the meeting, listened to the message, and called Ben.