Bryan Cox

Sorry for the long delay in posting more pics. Last night we got back stage passes to the Worms Hate Rain gig at the Hook and Ladder, so we went for a little while. Not really long enough to wet the babies head, but enough to get it slightly damp.

Backstage passes have their pros and cons. There are the backstage groupie chicks, which is good, but if the drummer has a bad case of drummers butt, an afliction similar to plumbers butt, the view is not quite as appealing. I am just glad that Scottie wasn't wearing his trademark red thong. Note the drumstick warmer.

Back on the baby front, Poco now has an official name (maybe)..... There was some last minute lobbying for Marshall, Morgan and others, however in the lack of any serious financial commitment from the suggestors, he is named Eric Douglas Jerome Cox.
Eric is because Kim likes the name and although it is anglicized with the c, it is a tip back to some possible viking roots on my mothers side. It has been suggested that her maiden name Simpson, may have Viking Roots. Years ago Mike christened me with a viking name; Tugreeb, which, for the Dan Brown anagram fans can be re-arranged to Beergut. Douglas is my middle name and Jerome is for Grandpa Jer, who he did not get to meet.

If we didn't come up with a name soon, the government gives him a name after 30 days, so we decided not to risk their choice.

Doing some research on proper Viking practice, The Viking Answer Lady describes the naming ceremony:

Naming was done by a practice called ausa vatni, "to pour water over". The ceremony began with the lifting of the child from the floor (where, presumably, it had been laid for the father's inspection and evaluation of its fitness to be raised) and placed in the father's arms (borit ar foður sinum). This rite was not the same as Christian baptism, which is usually termed skirn or "purification" in Old Norse after the advent of Christianity in the North. Once in the father's arms, a sign recalling the Hammer of the god Þórr was made over the child, probably invoking the protection of the god who was considered Mankind's Warder as well as hallowing the child and the ceremony. Another vital element in the name-giving ceremony was the giving of a gift to the child: children received a name-gift from friends and relatives of the family,

In keeping with the last part of this ceremony, Aunt Donna and Grandma Carol have organized a shower. I have registered Poco and myself at the Fleetwood Arms Pub / Cold Beer and Wine Store, in case you are wondering about a suitable gift.

~~Poco~~ Eric is doing well. Last Thursday at his first Dr.s visit he had surpassed his birth weight. He is an eating-pooping-sleeping machine, so I am no longer questioning his genetic background. His favourite sleeping position is in full phone mode, and he seems to have an aversion to the paparizzi.