Infapundit meets fidopundit.
And it all bodes well for the future.

Remember, don't drink and breat feed.

You are under no earthly obligation to write anything while you are celebrating your little miracle. Anything you write is bonus material beyond the pictures.

is that doggy gnawing on that baby?

I don't think there's ever been a dog better built for kids than a Golden Retriever...

If it hasn't happened already, that dog will become so protective of the baby that you won't even be able to frown at the baby without raising the ire of the dog.

The baby pics are wonderful!! And you both look so happy with him. My youngest is 17 so I'm loving the baby pics, write when you want, just keep those delightful pics coming!!

You know, at some point you might want to post a picture of Melissa holding the baby in one arm and no drink in the other. ;)

Really, though, she looks fabulous and fabulously happy.

I still can't get over all that hair (on Preston). Of course, you can expect him to lose some and get that back-to-sleep bald spot that is so popular these days.

Why not drink and breastfeed? Crap, half a Guiness at 2 am is what kept me from giving up on breastfeeding.

Repeat after me: "The dose makes the poison."

wow I have seen 2 pics of melissa and in each one she is holding a baby in one hand and wine in the other. hope this isnt a trend.

Enjoying the baby pics.

And I don't care if Mom is holding the baby AND wine. It took my brother-in-law two nights to figure out that the 'whiskey on the gums' meant HIS gums.

My sister-in-law was a little depressed, and didn't have much appetite after the birth of her baby. Her doctor prescribed wine while she was still in the hospital; and afterwards. It worked wonders......I think we can all safely trust that Stephen and Melissa are wonderful parents; and that little Preston is their top priority.

Oh yeah...could you have a better nanny than a golden?

Wotta bunch of cuties!!!

A little wine for mommy will help everyone sleep better.

Great looking family, you lucky dog, you.

How in the world did you ever manage to land such a lady?!?!? Oh, I get it, you gave her several glasses of that wine and caught her in a moment of weakness? ;)

Enjoy Fatherhood sir. There is nothing in this world more important than that boy right now and forever more. Remember that sentence and you will do no wrong in raising him.

By all means, keep those pictures coming!

Be careful, though. My golden is convinced my baby niece is HER puppy. Only her own mother and I are allowed to pick up that baby without Phoenix (the golden) being inches away. I suspect that if anyone were foolish enough to hurt the baby, my gentle, easy-going dog would rip their throat out.

When my baby sister (twenty-nine yesterday) was a toddler, we had two Bouvier des Flanders. Little Sis loved to pick and poke at them and pull on their ears. The female would get up and run every time Sis came to play, but the male would lie there pliantly and let himself be abused for a while. When he got tired of her ministrations, he would try to lick her to death.

And, yes, both dogs were very protective of her.

Dogs and kids! Ah!

That photo is adorable squared. Or, come to think of it, it's adorable cubed.

I can't believe you're finding the time to blog, too! Looks like things are going well--my best to you all!

Congratulations Stephen and Melissa (Again)! And welcome to the world of unsolicited parenting advice! ;) You're going to LOVE it! And you thought politics could be partisan...

Tomi has it right. I don't even have children, but I find the puritanical, insincerely helpful advice that so many feel the need to bestow on other parents profoundly offensive.

John,

The Ancient Romans used to give new mothers beer to help with the lactating process. This civilized practise has continued today and with a few variations remains a feature of the civilized world.

Awwww. I was actually saying aloud to myself:

Awwwww! De doggie likes de baby and de baby likes de doggie!

It reminds me of a recent encounter I saw between a baby and a kitten at their first Christmas.

O.K. your child is officially excused from my latest post.

And the registration requirement will be lifted soon; registration is the blogger's right to bear arms, so to speak, against raging psychotic quacks, which is what prompted it.

Again, Gorgeous Family :D