A Celebration of Mundanity

8:00 am GMT, 8.3 lbs via c-section (long story to come). She's healthy, perfect and just beautiful!

T plus 13 days. Alright Epsilon, we either load up our packs and make the ascent on our own in the next couple of hours or we are left to take the ski lift.

T plus 12 days. nope. No baby yet. Still holed up at base camp. The grandparents to be have arrived. Their original travel plans would have had them returning home today!

T plus 11 days. There you go Epsilon, it's after midnight, you are going to be a December baby. A Decemberist?

T plus 10 days. After another sherpa visit, we were inching up the mountain, but progress has stalled. Will try setting a baited trap of pierogies to coerce her out. Log addendum: It's still…

T plus 9 days. Seriously Epsilon, what's your plan here? Are you going to be a December baby? Are you going to be three weeks younger than your buddy Finn?!Alternate log entry c/o Mark: "This could…

T plus 8 days. Alright Epsilon, our sherpa tells us we've made a little bit of progress up to the mountain peak, but you still don't seem to want to leave the confines of the comfy accomodations at…

T plus 7 days. We've been climbing this mountain for 41 weeks, Epsilon, and stuck in at the summit base camp for several of them. Our sherpa was helping another climber yesterday, so we wait for her…

T plus 6 days. It's Thanksgiving. Would be nice to have Epsilon join us today. Have a meeting with the Sherpa later today. Will probably talk ascent strategy for the coming week. Baked and already…

T plus 5 days. Provisions for both an easy and full Thanksgiving arrive today, in case Epsilon decides to make an appearance, we'll be ready. The sun is actually out, I lost track of how many dark,…