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A bit of housekeeping:

Susan asked me why I hadn't enabled comments. In fact, I thought I had, but that's only because I'm unfamiliar with the Blogger software, which uses a default setting by which only users with Blogger accounts have commenting privileges. What I needed to do (as I've since learned) was to enable Anonymous commenting, so you don't need credentials to leave a comment. So I just did.

Now, some ground rules. People are free to leave any on-topic comments they like. I will delete any commercial spam (which isn't written by real people anyway, but rather by automated software that goes looking for unmoderated blogs with commenting enabled).

I will also delete any use of last names -- yours, mine, or ours. So please, no last names. If it's possible for me to edit a comment to remove identifiable material in lieu of rejecting the comment, I will, but I can't promise that the software will allow this, so please make my job easier.

Also, please don't feel obligated to leave a comment just because you can. We have already felt very cared for in all of this, and I don't want people to feel like the absence of a shout-out means you've stopped caring, because we know that's not true.

Weight trend (update).

Anna

• 7/31: 3 lbs 8 oz
• 8/10: 3 lbs 11 oz
• 8/20: 4 lbs 10 oz
• 8/25: 4 lbs 13.5 oz
• 8/29: 5 lbs 4 oz
• 9/2: 5 lbs 15 oz
• 9/8: 6 lbs 1 oz
• 9/15: 6 lbs 13 oz (up 12 oz in one week)
  

Evelyn

• 7/31: 4 lbs 4 oz
• 8/10: 4 lbs 5 oz
• 8/20: 5 lbs 5 oz
• 8/29: 6 lbs 3.5 oz
• 9/2: 6 lbs 14 oz
• 9/8: 7 lbs even
• 9/15: 7 lbs 14 oz (up 14 oz in one week)
  

Evelyn has now surpassed both Patrick and Charlie's birth weights at full term, and she's still five days shy of her term. Anna is on a pace to match Patrick's full term birth weight by the time September 20th arrives.