Thanks for keeping comments updated in my absence! Here's the Official Announcement, backdated to the appropriate day. It's been a rough week -- details in separate entry -- so Shawn, Hunter and I are going into hiding for a few days.

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Hunter David Heslin
Monday, May 17, 1:56am
6 lbs 14 oz, 20"
Absolutely perfect.

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You've got to wash with the crocodile in the river
You've got to swim with the sharks in the sea.
You have to live with the crooked politician
Trust those things that you can never see.

You've got to trust your lover when you go away
Keep on believing tomorrow brings a better day
Sometime you smile while you're crying inside
And just once, you'll turn away while the truth is shining bright.

It's a cruel, crazy, beautiful world
Every day you wake up, I hope it's under a blue sky
It's a cruel, crazy, beautiful world
One day when you wake up, I will have to say goodbye
Say goodbye
It's your world, so live in it.

Beyond the door, strange, cruel beautiful years are waiting for you.
It kills me to know you won't escape loneliness
Maybe you'll lose hope, too.

It's a cruel, crazy, beautiful world
Every day you wake up, I hope that it's a blue, blue sky
It's a cruel, crazy, beautiful world
One day when you wake up, I will have to say goodbye
Say goodbye
It's your world, so live in it.

When I hold your small body close to mine
I feel weak and strong at the same time
So few years to give you wings to fly
Show you the stars to guide your ship by

It's a cruel, crazy, beautiful world
Every day you wake up, I hope that it's a blue, blue sky
It's a cruel, crazy, beautiful world
One day when you wake up, I will have to say goodbye
Say goodbye
It's your world, so live in it.

It's your world, so live in it.

"Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World," Johnny Clegg
(minus the Zulu interludes)