...and the winner is... Dom & Susanne of course!! No-one guessed that Helena Rose Bragge would be born on Aug 11 4:31pm, 8lb 4oz (& a length of 21"). Mother & daughter are doing wonderfully & dad is starting his recovery (well, he got to watch!)
Photo's tomorrow (Mon afternoon). Watch this space :-)
Check out Helena Rose Bragge with her own webpage (already!).
We had our first ultrasound of the little tyke today (9th Jan) and what a spin that is. To see that much moving detail: Head, tail (Tail! What Tail?), rump, heart and limbs (sorta sounds like a tasty beef/fish meal in the shape of a tree!!). I've seen it all before on many a TV show but when it's our own, Oh my God, I was almost speechless :-) Oh yeh, the bun should be cooked by about August 4th
Plenty more to follow I'm sure. See ya 'round like a "Glazed Donut Monster" (Bill Cosby fans know what I'm talking about here).
Subject: Kids Whenever your kids are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to God's kids. After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing He said was: "Don't." "Don't what?" Adam replied. "Don't eat the forbidden fruit," God said. "Forbidden fruit? We got forbidden fruit? Hey, Eve...we got forbidden fruit!" "No way!" "Way!" "Don't eat that fruit!" said God. "Why?" "Because I am your Father and I said so!" said God (wondering why he hadn't stopped after making the elephants). A few minutes later God saw his kids having an apple break and was angry. "Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" God asked. "Uh huh, " Adam replied. "Then why did you?" "I dunno" Eve answered. "She started it!" Adam said. "Did not!" "Did too!" "DID NOT!" Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed. If God had trouble handling children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?
>>> Dom Bragge 07/28/01 07:25am >>>
Susanne and Dominic Bragge are expecting the birth of their first child ANY DAY NOW! Both parents to be are more terrified than most Americans are of "nasties" that crawl around the Outback just waiting to pounce and kill.
Officially due on August5, we have no idea of exactly when, nor the sex, nor weight etc, so, here comes your part...
...and if you're the winner, we'll even consider your suggestions (mum and dad to be are still *discussing* the issue!!).
Punter Date Weight Name
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Ralph Johnson Aug 7 - Skippy
Carmen Johnson Aug 8 7lb 7oz Lucinda (late entry!)
James Bartlett Jul30 6lb 8oz Dominic (II or "Junior") or Dominique as appropriate ;-)
Kevin Vutuan Aug 4 7lb 5oz Amador
SheridanCollins Aug13 7lb 5oz Kate
Cindy Clark Aug 7 8lb 5oz GIRL: Cindy "Bubs" Bragge BOY: Cindy "Bubs" Bragge
Al Braunstein Aug 4 6lb 7oz Theresa (We'll see just how psychotic, err um PSYCHIC, I am =:-o )
Mary C.De Marle Aug 2 - Mary. Mary Catherine's even better !
Rod Duckworth - - If its a boy it must be called Rod no question.
Jose Vazquez Aug 6 4.5kg Arnold
Lorette Mack Aug15 4.2kg <-- the bigger the better they say...
Shane Mack Aug 9 8lb 7oz His name will be Shane of course......
Bianca Kennedy Aug 6 8lb Bethany or James
SuzanneBaumgart Aug 7 6.8lb Matthew
Michael Larkin Aug 8 8lb boy: for names refer -> http://www.flick.com/onomastikon/
Ian Hopkinson Aug 9 8lb 4oz Alexander or Alexa
Kev(&T) Brennan Aug10 8lb 9oz Kevin or Therese
Eric Sexton Aug12 9lb Scott or Michelle
Brian Rusten Aug 2 3.8Kg "Vivian Kerry Kim Jennifer Nancy Anne" for a girl
"Victor Kevin Karl James Norman Arthur" for a boy
Dawn Churchill Aug12 8lb 1oz (Brig suggests "Aaron" )
Louise John Aug 1 7.5lb Well as long as it's not Randy, Chip or Chuck,
I would suggest Thomas to be your pick.
Robyn Nott Anytime! 8lb Some we had left over include Andrew, Timothy, Caroline, Steven
Andrew Ballesty Aug 8 8.5lb Domisuz!!
David Benchoam Aug 9 3.4Kg Aaron and Michael: Natalie and Jessica or Kerry
Andrea Williams Aug14 9lb2oz Dominique or Joseph
MichelleMcClain Aug 7 8lb9oz Jeremy
Darren Haggerty Aug 9 7lb3oz Dazza!
Greg Power - - Adam, Genevieve (a personal favourite) or Louise
Andrew Scott Aug 7 1650kg Felicity, Henry (conceived in the back of a eb falcon?)
Michael Bragge - - NOT Shane or Darren, not Sharon or Narelle.
Hannah Bragge - - Wednesday, Lucy, Harriet, Alexandra, Lauren, Holly
Aaron, James, Tom, Harry, Michael, Daniel.
Peter Crichton Aug 8 3.54kg Jane, Kevin
Ann Stewart - - Lacking in inspiration today...wish you both all the best
Tony Nardi Aug 6 7lb 11oz David/John/Peter, Mary, How about Peter Raymond Bragge or Tony?
Chris Colman Aug 4 ?lb "Error" Christopher, Joshua, James or Michael - Catherine
Phil Watson Aug10 2.5kgs Alex
Helen Watson Aug 3 7lb 10oz Matilda (Aussies-in-Exile)
Faye Darack Aug10 7lb 9oz Amanda, since she is being born in America
Maree Milross Aug 2 7lb 8oz Joseph Dominic Bragge
Stephen Rose Aug 3 8lb 4oz Chistopher James Bragg
Features: - Lots of Hair (including bum fluff and a small
amount of stubble) - no date specified
- pale skin
- Huge peeni (aren't they all!)
- Good solid laugh (we think the cry might emerge before
the laugh takes over)
- Potential for birth to be rather painful due to presence
of large radio antenna, a "My first circuit board" - by
Matel and a Ford Falcon owners manual for beginners.
David Stofberg Aug 2 4.5 KG Nicola if it's a girl; Martin if it's a boy
Joal Taylor Aug 1 3.8654kg Melinda; Christopher: Good luck with the American health system
Peter Miller - - Hey, this is America...Dominic II or Susanne II !
Karen Navas Aug10 3.25kg Dominic or Susanne (Jnr) - hey you're in the states!
Morris (after Morris Plains!) or Sarah (no relation to anything)
CharlieRodriguez Aug 6 6lb 12oz James, Susanne
Moira Kearney Aug 7 7lb 7oz Jemima Jane
John Kearney Aug 7 7lb 9oz girl: Orla Elisabeth (boy:Jolyon James)
Charles Thomas Aug 8 8lb 3oz Whippany (girl) Holmdel (boy)
Tom Craft Aug 4 8lb 13oz Gabriel Bragge
Claude Guay Aug10 9lb 2oz Bridget
Richard Murnane Aug 7 6lb 4oz Donminta (girl), or Shuden (boy) so
the kid will have a reason to hate
you long before s/he reaches its
teenage years :-)
Late entry (6Aug) with "Stella"
Timothy Shadie Aug 7 8lb 2oz Nicholas (my middle name of course!!) ;-)
Tim Jensen Aug 8 14.287decagrams Girl = Hermes, Boy = Mercury (Messenger
of the gods, associated with radio
since the early times!)
David Flannery Aug 2 - David or Sean!
Dale Wegener - 9lb 6oz I haven't met a Claire I didn't like.
A boy, name him Beauregarde Tyrone
(Bow Tie for short:-)) or try Aden.
Scott Calder Aug 5 7lb 10oz Dom Jr. Otherwise, my favorite is Fred. For a girl set a trend
Susanne Jr., or Anya.
Sarah(&T)Webster - - Alex, Bethany, Justin or Jennifer.
Marque Crozman - - if boy, VK2BOY; and if girl, VK2GRL
Angela&Greg Spencer Aug 15 8lb 12oz Desiree or Lachlan
(Lesley James & Oskar)
Peter Coventry Aug 8 7lb 10oz Alyssa
Sue&Rob Lee Aug 8 7lb 5oz Nicholas George, James: Ellen or Amelia(don't call her Selma!)
Victoria Lee Georgina, Alexandra shortened to Lexie
Katrina Lee Samuel or Matilda (Tilly)
Peter Gyenes Aug 7 3700g Tim! What terrifies you more, the birth or what comes after?
Wendy Saunders Aug 2 8lb 4oz Sarah
John Saunders Aug 8 7lb 10oz Mary
Kim Harrison Aug 3 8lb 2oz Josephine
ClaytonHarrison Aug 4 8lb 6oz Daniel
Rosemary - 9lbs Henrietta or Marmaduke
Marlene Lambie - 7lb 8oz
& Dave
Justine Burke - - I thing you should call her Rocky!
Mark Bonwick Aug 8 3.8 Kg the project is late and you won't get
& Jane & Jack your bonus.
Mark Gailey - 9lb 7oz Cyril or Cedric, Elizabeth, 'cause
then we can all call her what we
like (Eliza, Liz, Lizzy, Beth, ...
or even Elizabeth). Lizzy would be
very Australian.
Mannie Martinez Aug10 7lb 3oz Joseph (Jose) or Rachel (Raquel)
(Late Entry!)
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A special mention to Mike Larkin who is heading way-over-the-top here with
his extra suggestions of...
With an American flavour:
Ninastoko (native American - Blackfoot) means Mountain Chief
Nocona (native American - Comanche) means wanderer
Pinquana (native American - Shoshoni) means sweet smelling
Waunake (native American - Algonquin) means he has peace
Mamakiaeh (native American - Cheyanne) means curly hair
Waylahskise (native American - Shawnee) means graceful
Itza-chu (native American - Apache) means great hawk
Dowanhowee (native American - Sioux) means singing voice
And if you are looking for something a bit more exotic, try these:
Shivini - the Sun God of the Urartu people, who lived around 700BC in modern
day Armenia
Chishpish - ruler of Persia, c678-39BC
Astarte - ancient Phoenician maiden warrior goddess
Vie kenatea - wife of Makemake, the Rapa Nui (Easter Island) creator/
birdman god
Mafdet - ancient Egyptian anti-snakebite goddess (I kid you not !)
Anuket - ancient Egyptian hunting goddess
Lakshmi - ancient Hindu goddess of fortune, prosperity & success
Ayus - ancient Hindu minor deity - king of frogs (yep, that's right, king of
frogs !)
Nazira - Arabic, means bright faced, fresh
Zulaikh - Arabic, means wondrously beautiful
That's enough to be going on with, don't you think ?
Mike
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