{"id":1948,"date":"2011-10-23T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T07:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/?p=1948"},"modified":"2011-10-23T11:56:38","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T10:56:38","slug":"23-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/2011\/10\/23\/23-october-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"23 October 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning to you all. Let\u2019s see what\u2019s happened this week? Hmmm. I\u2019m trying to remember. I\u2019m sure there was something which happened this week that I was going to tell you all about but for some reason I\u2019m struggling to remember what it was.<\/p>\n

Oh well, perhaps it will come back to me.<\/p>\n

\"AnnabelleOh, that\u2019s right \u2013 now I remember! Annabelle Katrina Stragnell arrived on Tuesday about 4.30 in the morning and, I\u2019m afraid to say, there has never been a more beautiful baby. As you would suspect, she is absolutely gorgeous with a wonderful temperament and also, obviously, extraordinarily intelligent. Within a matter of moments she had learned that a brief squawk and wail will solicit attention and probably some food.<\/p>\n

As most of you will know, Annabelle was a bit tardy in arriving \u2013 she had been due on 3 October but, as we\u2019ve said before, it\u2019s a woman\u2019s prerogative to be late. So, on Monday Lucy was admitted to Warwick Hospital to be \u201cinduced\u201d to give birth and the result was Miss Annabelle\u2019s arrival early on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

Interesting word.<\/p>\n

INDUCE \u2013 to move by persuasion or influence; to call forth or bring about by influence or stimulation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, I don\u2019t think Lucy needed any persuasion to produce this child but I guess perhaps Annabelle needed persuading that it was safe to come out? At any rate, they are all well and back at home settling into their new routine.<\/p>\n

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And, for those of you who do not have access to Nick and Lucy’s Facebook pages, a gallery of some photos they posted yesterday. Click an image for a larger version.<\/p>\n