Small Beer, little baby
Wed 20 May 2009 - Filed under: Not a Journal., Gavin J. Grant, Kelly Link, Ursula | 86 Comments | Posted by: Gavin
Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant are the proud parents of a baby daughter. Ursula Annabel Link Grant, originally due on June 16, showed up three and a half months early. Born on February 23rd, 2009, Ursula weighed 1 lb 9 ounces and has spent the last three months in the neonatal intensive care unit at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass.
We expect to bring Ursula, who is currently well over 4 lbs, home in about two weeks. Right now we’re very thankful for the fabulous NICU nurses and doctors, the Ronald McDonald House in Springfield, the support of our friends and family, and also that we have health insurance.
Small Beer Press’s generous parental leave policies mean that Kelly and Gavin will take some time off in the next year or two. The latest issue of LCRW has been delayed until summer but otherwise everything should remain on schedule. Because premature babies don’t travel well, our travel schedule will be curtailed for the foreseeable future. We will post pictures in a couple of weeks.
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Super huge congratulations to you two. Can’t wait to get a chance to meet her in person one of these days.
Great news; am so pleased for all of you.
Congrats, and best of luck! Ursula has me beat by a bit, but also has thirty-something years of medical advances to benefit from. I was 2lb 2oz, 39 years ago. I was expected to be retarded and infirm, but instead am healthy, and have a PhD in biology. Just some encouragement that Ursula can likewise grow out of her problems.
Awesome news! Very good to hear the wee one is doing well despite the early arrival.
Oh my goodness.
I’m deleriously happy for all three of you!
Congratulations to you two; I’m so glad to hear Ursula is doing well.
OMG!!
That is the best news! Congratulations to you both!
SQUEE!
Hugs all around,
Grá
Oh!
Enormous congratulations, felicitations, and best wishes! Ursula Annabel Link Grant is possibly one of the best names I’ve ever heard.
Please ask Ursula if she would like anything from the Dealer’s Room.
Yay!
Congratulations! And welcome Ursula!
Congratulations. Much love and happiness to all of you.
Wow, congratulations! That’s terrific news!
Hurray and congratulations!
Wow — didn’t know you were dealing with all this in the background. It has got to have been a stressful time. The best of all wishes (even three magic ones, if that would suit) to Ursula and her family for a healthy and happy life from here on!
Wow, congratulations!
Wow — Congratulations!
I know someone who was born prematurely, and she’s so tough and healthy. Best wishes to the new family!
Hugest and warmest congratulations! So happy for all three of you.
Congratulations! Now you have an excuse why you don’t come to KGB anymore.
Awesome. I imagine that you’ve been feeling kind of overwhelmed for months. I’m sure things have been scary and important. I am glad to find that your confidence has advanced past the point of publicity. Now that we are all sharing this with you, now you can be overwhelmed in a better way.
All my love.
Congrats!
Congratulations! What marvellous news!
Thank you for the lovely notes. As you might be able to tell, I am running around and not keeping up online as much as I might once have! And Ursula isn’t even home yet…
Hurray! I’m so happy for all of you!
So glad to hear Ursula is doing well! You guys have been in my thoughts.
Best wishes and many congratulations!
hooray! best wishes to all!
That’s wonderful news! Congratulations to all three of you!
Congratulations to you both! We will anxiously await pictures of the little one! XXX
Congratulations to the three of you. I’ll be sure to raise a glass in your honor at WisCon this weekend.
Congratulations to all concerned, and happy belated birthday to the kiddo!
Congratulations!
Oh, wow. Congratulations on the wonderful news with Ursula about to come home.
What happy news! Many congratulations to the three of you, and happy nesting when she is home!
Christ, adventures already! And what a fierce and bearlike name for such a small person. Joy all around, & congratulations.
Congratulations! Awesome name and obviously a fighter.
That’s fabulous! Congratulations! I hope she continues to do well.
Of course she’ll be known to one and all as Ursula A. L’Grant.
Congratulations! I’m so glad she’s safely home from the hospital. Please give her an extra hug from us!
I’ve been holding my breath, crossing my fingers, for a very long time, trusting in the medical profession of western Mass. I’m very pleased that we may now offer our congratulations on the birth of Ursula. We’ll miss seeing you both at cons, but this is a very special time in Ursula’s life that only comes once.
Best to you both,
Oz
Hugs to all!
Wowzers. congrats to both of you!
All the best,
sean
Fantastic news! I’m enormously glad for all of you.
Congratulations!
Congratulations! and thanks to both of you for thoughtfully producing a new reader for our children’s books. Hope little Ursula is drawing up her wish list… —Sara and NYRB staff
Congratulations! I’m so glad she’s doing well and is almost ready to come home. And ditto on the health insurance. Tell little Ursula she doesn’t have to be a genius like her parents. She can do her own thing…
My warmest congratulations to all thee of you!
I had no idea! Guess we won’t see you at BookExpo, but what a wonderful reason! Congratulations to you all!
Oh, congratulations! I’ve been hoping everything was going well.
Holy crap, you guys, I had no idea! Big congratulations on the birth of Ursula Annabel, and best wishes for a healthy and happy childhood.
Welcome to the world, Ursula!
Wow, that’s great news! I’ll bet you’re just counting down not only the days but the hours and minutes until Ursula comes home. Congrats!
We’ll see a picture soon, yes?
D
It’s been a long hard journey, but the gates are about to swing wide. There should be music.
Welcome home, Little Bear.
Greer
Oh, how wonderful! Congratulations to you both. And welcome to the world, little Ursula!
–Debbie
Good news! Glad she’ll soon be home where she belongs.
Congratulations! Great news and a happy home-coming. “Little Bear” seems suspiciously close to “Small Beer.”
Congratulations, and praise to modern medicine. My best to all of you.
Congratulations. Wishing you well.
Congratulations to both of you; sending much love your way. If there’s anything I can do to help from here, please let me know. (My niece was born at a little under four pounds; I know how hard it is to find diapers that size!!!)
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Oh my goodness! Supercongratulations to the whole family. Really happy for you guys. I, too, am thankful that you have health insurance! It literally makes all the difference, in every way that matters.
Marvelous news! I can only imagine the nail-biting you two were doing in between times. Lovely, joyful outcome. Welcome, Ursula!
Congratulations! I know you must have been terrified, but that’s a wonderful result. My wife had quadruplets 11 weeks early, and our littlest started out at 1 pound 8 ounces. Now she and her brothers are about to turn 7 years old.
Anyhow, I hope all three of you are well, and I’m thrilled you’re all finally home together!
Resounding congratulations, Gavin and Kelly. I am so deeply elated, and offer my vast blesings and felicitations. Big hugs to you both.
Super congrats and happy homecoming! We’re celebrating our first little one too, born 5/4/09.
Congratulations!
Huge congrats! So glad she’s gonna get to come home with you guys, soon!
Wow! Congratulations! And wishing you three all the best!
Terrific news! Congratulations to the happy family!
Incredible news. I’m so happy for both of you, and I can’t think of two cooler parents.
~Chris
Wow! Congrats!
Congratulations to the three of you!
And a big congratulations to you from me too. All the best, now and for the future.
x
Mazel tov! Welcome home, Ursula!
Congratulations to you both, and welcome Ursula!
Congratulations!!!
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Congratulations! My daughters are now 15 and 9, but I still remember the “new baby girl” days fondly.
Best wishes to the family for continued good health!
- yeff
Welcome to the world and best wishes for a happy life.
best wishes for all of you guys! and congratulations!
Warm congrats, Mom and Dad! Patrick
Warm congrats, Mom and Dad! Patrick
So happy for you two — make that three! Yay! **greatest joy**
Oooo, another interstitial wee one in the area! Congrats!
Baby What’s-His-Name-McNay sends dandelion wishes to little Ursula! (And so do his parents!)
Perhaps once they are both home (he’s a week and a half late so far), they can have steampunk, urban faerie, goblin hunting, parents-brains-for-breakfast play dates at the Botanic Gardens and Pratt and such!
>KC
Oh, how very very cool! I hope you have the time to ENJOY Ursula. Babies are sometimes so much worry and work that you don’t have the time to just sit and enjoy that wonderful new little shiny warm soul. Little, did I say? A soul as big as the universe. Welcome to the world, Ursula. Keep them parents in line!
Congratulations. I am so glad she is doing well.
Siman tov u’mazel tov!
Congratulations! That’s wonderful!
My dog’s name is Annabelle!
My daughter’s dog’s name is Ursula!
Huge congratulations!
Enjoy the love.