Hail to the king

Whassup?

No blog activity for a few days, but with good reason. My wife woke me up at 4:00 a.m. on December 28 and said her water broke. She wasn't due until January 19. So this was 3 weeks early...and totally unexpected.

We have a 1 1/2 year old and a 3 1/2 year old, and so I had to be Mr. Mom, while she took a taxi (!) to Ochsner. We were going to see if we could get into Touro, the only working labor/delivery unit in Orleans Parish, but we were going to do that this week...oops.

So I then get a phone call from da wife at 8:30 telling me to dress the kids and get there asap, as she was going to have the baby within an hour. I haul ass to old Jeff, and about 5 minutes after I check the kids into the Kids Klub, here he came.

Think about this, an 8 lb. 1 oz. preemie. Our 2nd kid was 9 lbs 11 oz, so this guy was expecting to weigh in at well over 10 pounds.

His name?

Well, we weighed my personal favorites, but they were found to be wanting. Horace Boris Morris just wouldn't fly, Louis Louis Morris was a bit too much, and my wife figured out it was less a Louis Armstrong tribute than a Kingsmen tribute. Morris Maurice Morris was vetoed as well, although I thought it would have been a great hockey name.

The front runner for the longest time was John Lee, after Mr. Hooker. However, when K happened, we felt we had to do something...we thought our home was gone, so we came up with a way to pay tribute to the greatest city in the world.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, Rey d'Orleans Morris.

And if the kid complains about it, I'll tell him that he could have been Hinton Ashley Morris Jr.. Yeah, it could have been much worse, Rey.

He was in NICU for a while, and his lungs weren't working quite as well as they should have, but now, he's fine, and he made it home in time for Silvestr. The Perrier Jouet was flowing, and all is now well.

Comments

[da po' boy]

Congrats on the kid and the name and on your successful efforts to repopulate the city.

[humidhaney]

I will now blog his name and bring him into the memesphere.

[Michael]

Congratulations--and good to hear your new child and wife are both doing fine.

Good name too.

[oyster]

Belated Congratulations! And I like the name as well. "D'Orleans"... that's a bold move!

(Good end of the year "timing" for the tax deduction, too.)

[Tim]

Wow! Congrats to you, the wife, Rey and the siblings. What a great story, two unexpected water emergencies in 2005! But this later one has a much, much happier ending.

Peace,

Tim

[dillyberto]

Congratulations! Thanks for letting us blog types in on your joy as well as your pains! I can't imagine how big Carnival will be for your family this year! You've got a Rey already!

[Ray]

Rey is a great name! And just in time for tax season, too. Congrats to you and the wife.

Ahd yeah, HAM Jr. could have been really bad.

[Mr. Clio]

Wow! Wonderful news! I've already got four, so I won't take Oystah's advice to "emulate Ashley."

My only advice to you (not that you need it) would be to keep the young man away from the FYYFF post until he's at least 6.

Peace!

[Carrie Guevara]

Congrats on the new babe!!!!! Oh how I love that name. He'll surely be a hit with the ladies. Give my best to mom and keep your eye on the mail. ;)

[tim]

Okay, I've added a link to your blog on mine, and I even wrote some nice things about you and Rey.

So remember me if you're ever stupid enough to buy a lottery ticket and lucky enough to win.

Peace,

Tim

[Meliador]

Have another son.

Name him Hinton Ashley Morris Jr. then the two of them can be called HAM and Rey :-).

Ha Ha

[schroeder]

Great name Ashley! Pardon the belated recognition, but my heartfelt congratulations to you and your wife. Hail Rey D'Orleans!

Does this mean we can replace the mayor now?