{"id":95251,"date":"2015-12-29T11:35:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T18:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=95251"},"modified":"2015-12-29T11:35:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T18:35:10","slug":"todays-the-day-they-give-babies-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2015\/12\/todays-the-day-they-give-babies-away.html","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s the day they give babies away&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u2026with half a pound of butter! (sung to the tune \u201cThis is the Way We Wash our Clothes\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>And with that traditional song of obstetrical heraldry, I am delighted to say that Mrs. Claire Shea, wife of Cow Shea (don\u2019t ask about the \u201cCow\u201d thing, long story) is in labor with their second child. \u00a0Claire can be seen second from the right, looking Quite Far Along in this festal Christmas Eve photo taken scant days ago \u00a0(Cow is behind her and Seraphim the Beauteous is second from left eagerly awaiting baby brother\/sister):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-xpa1\/v\/t1.0-9\/1910595_10153651777770218_7565489588633379041_n.jpg?oh=cdda813f82c798d1ee5516cebfdad1e1&amp;oe=5709A665\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"505\"><\/p>\n<p>All of which is to say, \u201cMerry Christmas! \u00a0Mazeltov! \u00a0And please pray for a safe delivery for Mama and Baby through Christ our Lord.\u201d \u00a0Thanks!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026with half a pound of butter! 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