Comments | jeek: It's a girl, etc.

jeek

It's a girl, etc.

Jan 23, 2007 10:06

Alexandria Lorelei Eckman
born January 22nd, 2007 at 9:04am, EST
9 lbs 4 oz

pix tomorrow, maybe

Comments 10

18ds January 23 2007, 22:00:51 UTC

congratulations!

pip January 24 2007, 03:59:44 UTC

congratulations, sweetheart! lovelovelove. :)

The Lorelei by Heinrich Heine ap77 January 24 2007, 06:40:17 UTC

when i first heard the name Lorelei, it was in this context:

I cannot explain the sadness
That's fallen on my breast.
An old, old fable haunts me,
And will not let me rest.

The air grows cool in the twilight,
And softly the Rhine flows on;
The peak of a mountain sparkles
Beneath the setting sun.

More lovely than a vision,
A girl sits high up there;
Her golden jewelry glistens,
She combs her golden hair.

With a comb of gold she combs it,
And sings an evensong;
The wonderful melody reaches
A boat, as it sails along.

The boatman hears, with an anguish
More wild than was ever known;
He's blind to the rocks around him;
His eyes are for her alone.

--At last the waves devoured
The boat, and the boatman's cry;
And this did with her singing,
The golden Lorelei.

Translated by Aaron Kramer

p.s. ap77 January 24 2007, 06:42:18 UTC

congratulations...

i hope all will work out for the best.