Comments on: Meet Sarah Paraskeva! http://squarezero.org/2007/sarah/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:11:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Sunnyday http://squarezero.org/2007/sarah/comment-page-1/#comment-46247 Sunnyday Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:37:54 +0000 http://squarezero.org/2007-0604/meet-sarah-paraskeva/#comment-46247 Sarah is adorable! And as Annie pointed out, she looks quite alert for a newborn. I love her nose =) She is very fortunate to be born into such a welcoming family. It was a great idea to take snapshots of her being held by her siblings too. Congratulations Eric & April! Sunnyday Sarah is adorable! And as Annie pointed out, she looks quite alert for a newborn. I love her nose =)

She is very fortunate to be born into such a welcoming family. It was a great idea to take snapshots of her being held by her siblings too.

Congratulations Eric & April!

Sunnyday

]]> By: Molly http://squarezero.org/2007/sarah/comment-page-1/#comment-36715 Molly Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:34:37 +0000 http://squarezero.org/2007-0604/meet-sarah-paraskeva/#comment-36715 I don't know, Frank. Personally, I'd prefer to be born to a pro-life family... lessens the chance of me getting killed. By the way, Sarah is adorable! :) I don’t know, Frank. Personally, I’d prefer to be born to a pro-life family… lessens the chance of me getting killed.

By the way, Sarah is adorable! :)

]]> By: Frank http://squarezero.org/2007/sarah/comment-page-1/#comment-36712 Frank Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:57:12 +0000 http://squarezero.org/2007-0604/meet-sarah-paraskeva/#comment-36712 Poor thing. Hopefully she and the rest of your children will have the sense to get away from your demented family as soon as they can. Poor thing. Hopefully she and the rest of your children will have the sense to get away from your demented family as soon as they can.

]]> By: Dina Barron http://squarezero.org/2007/sarah/comment-page-1/#comment-26258 Dina Barron Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:39:04 +0000 http://squarezero.org/2007-0604/meet-sarah-paraskeva/#comment-26258 Congrats, Scheidlers, on the arrival of Sarah Paraskeva! Another Scheidler beauty is welcome in the world. (April, what a saga!) Love, Michael, Dina, Michael III, Monica, Thomas, Maria, and Peter Congrats, Scheidlers, on the arrival of Sarah Paraskeva! Another Scheidler beauty is welcome in the world. (April, what a saga!)

Love,
Michael, Dina, Michael III, Monica, Thomas, Maria, and Peter

]]> By: Helen http://squarezero.org/2007/sarah/comment-page-1/#comment-23475 Helen Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:13:17 +0000 http://squarezero.org/2007-0604/meet-sarah-paraskeva/#comment-23475 Eric and April, Welcome to Sarah. Love, Helen Eric and April, Welcome to Sarah. Love, Helen

]]> By: Mike Artigues http://squarezero.org/2007/sarah/comment-page-1/#comment-23469 Mike Artigues Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:51:13 +0000 http://squarezero.org/2007-0604/meet-sarah-paraskeva/#comment-23469 What a beautiful daughter. Sarah is richly blessed to be born into such a family. She has much in common with our only daughter, Annie. They both were beautiful babies...and each has a mouthful of a middle name (Dirblun...had to keep my mother's maiden name alive) :-) May God bless Sarah with many years of joy! What a beautiful daughter. Sarah is richly blessed to be born into such a family. She has much in common with our only daughter, Annie. They both were beautiful babies…and each has a mouthful of a middle name (Dirblun…had to keep my mother’s maiden name alive) :-)

May God bless Sarah with many years of joy!

]]> By: Grandpa Scheidler (Joe) http://squarezero.org/2007/sarah/comment-page-1/#comment-23352 Grandpa Scheidler (Joe) Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:39:37 +0000 http://squarezero.org/2007-0604/meet-sarah-paraskeva/#comment-23352 Eric & April, As you may know from hearing relatives recount the story, I always thought new babies were pretty universally ugly for the first couple of weeks until their faces unfolded, the wrinkles smoothed out and their heads began to look more like grapefruits than howitzer shells. This always made the mothers, aunts, sisters, grandmothers and in fact all females furious, and they universally gave me hate looks. I don't think I ever heard any men complain about my observation, and I believe I even saw some cautiously nod in agreement. But then Ann and I started having kids and I saw something I had not seen before. My OWN kids were universally BEAUTIFUL! Other kids might still have been somewhat homely, but even they were looking better. And something truly miraculous happened. I began showing everone I encounered those first-second-after-birth photos. I posted them on elevators, forced strangers to look at them, and I insisted that they see what I saw: STARK PERFECTION! -- the Gerber Baby! I remember when one of my uncles who was suffering some crisis or other in his own familly, did not rave enough about a picure of Cathy, and I never felt very friendly toward him after that. So I am a convert to the cult of the baby picture, and I always say they're cute, since all babies are. But there is a drawback to that. When I thought babies were universally ugly at birth, it really meant something special if your kid could elicite a "Wow! That one's REALLY cute!" out of me. Now . . . but Sarah does look a lot like Ada, and Ada's awfully cute, so what more can I say? Congratulations on No. 8! I'm real proud of you both. Love, Dad Eric & April,

As you may know from hearing relatives recount the story, I always thought new babies were pretty universally ugly for the first couple of weeks until their faces unfolded, the wrinkles smoothed out and their heads began to look more like grapefruits than howitzer shells. This always made the mothers, aunts, sisters, grandmothers and in fact all females furious, and they universally gave me hate looks. I don’t think I ever heard any men complain about my observation, and I believe I even saw some cautiously nod in agreement.

But then Ann and I started having kids and I saw something I had not seen before. My OWN kids were universally BEAUTIFUL! Other kids might still have been somewhat homely, but even they were looking better. And something truly miraculous happened. I began showing everone I encounered those first-second-after-birth photos. I posted them on elevators, forced strangers to look at them, and I insisted that they see what I saw: STARK PERFECTION! — the Gerber Baby!

I remember when one of my uncles who was suffering some crisis or other in his own familly, did not rave enough about a picure of Cathy, and I never felt very friendly toward him after that. So I am a convert to the cult of the baby picture, and I always say they’re cute, since all babies are.

But there is a drawback to that. When I thought babies were universally ugly at birth, it really meant something special if your kid could elicite a “Wow! That one’s REALLY cute!” out of me. Now . . . but Sarah does look a lot like Ada, and Ada’s awfully cute, so what more can I say? Congratulations on No. 8! I’m real proud of you both.

Love, Dad

]]> By: Annie http://squarezero.org/2007/sarah/comment-page-1/#comment-23277 Annie Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:40:16 +0000 http://squarezero.org/2007-0604/meet-sarah-paraskeva/#comment-23277 She looks so alert for such a little one! She's beautiful. Congrats you guys. Btw, my hoomebirth experience as you know (but others may not) was wonderful. Nothing to complain about. I hope the second one goes as well. Although I do not wish for a long labor, I do hope it isn't too short or my doctor, who is over an hour away, might not get here! She looks so alert for such a little one! She’s beautiful. Congrats you guys.

Btw, my hoomebirth experience as you know (but others may not) was wonderful. Nothing to complain about. I hope the second one goes as well. Although I do not wish for a long labor, I do hope it isn’t too short or my doctor, who is over an hour away, might not get here!

]]> By: Brian Smith http://squarezero.org/2007/sarah/comment-page-1/#comment-23267 Brian Smith Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:24:17 +0000 http://squarezero.org/2007-0604/meet-sarah-paraskeva/#comment-23267 Eric and April: What a cutie! She looks a little like our just-turned-two Patrick. Any chance of a pre-arranged marriage? Blessings and Best Wishes, Patrick, Peter, Brian and Judy Smith Eric and April:
What a cutie! She looks a little like our just-turned-two Patrick. Any chance of a pre-arranged marriage?

Blessings and Best Wishes,
Patrick, Peter, Brian and Judy Smith

]]> By: Catherine Miller http://squarezero.org/2007/sarah/comment-page-1/#comment-23266 Catherine Miller Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:22:56 +0000 http://squarezero.org/2007-0604/meet-sarah-paraskeva/#comment-23266 So, what am I to make of the fact that Sarah stuck, but Catherine - her eldest aunt - did not?? I do love the name Sarah, though and little Faith was almost named Sarah (my boys actually preferred that). She is beautiful and I cannot wait to hold her. CONGRATULATIONS!!! So, what am I to make of the fact that Sarah stuck, but Catherine - her eldest aunt - did not?? I do love the name Sarah, though and little Faith was almost named Sarah (my boys actually preferred that). She is beautiful and I cannot wait to hold her. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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