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We interrupt this regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you the breaking news of the arrival of Ms. Daphne Camille Gower, who parachuted into the world on November 18, all 3.3 delicious kilograms of her. Her father, a certain breakaway cook, managed to talk the OBGYN into letting him deliver/catch her and place her on the chest of her heroic, epidural-free mother, Ms. Delia van der Plas, to the great delight of everyone present. Ms. Daphne and her parents, who are getting used to the life without the precious commodity known as sleep, are now home, eating all the food prepared weeks before her arrival.
Her father is resisting, often quite mightily, the urge to drizzle a few drops of pomegranate molasses on her mother’s breasts to give her a direct foretaste of what is to come! He is also being kept wildly busier than he imagined, and is still accepting ideas/submissions for guest posts that can run in this space during these next few weeks. Ms. Daphne will likely make semi-regular appearances here; if you have any bubbly around, perhaps the collective CLINK of the glasses will reach her unbearably cute ears. Ms. Daphne gratefully accepts all well-wishers.
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Congrats to you Eric and Delia; gorgeous package……enjoy her; it all goes so quickly; it was only yesterday when our two, one a freshman in college at Cornell, and the other a senior at Cal Arts, were that size……champagne glasses up to you both and to the newborn!
Congrats. A beautiful girl!
Welcome, Daphne Camille, to this delicious breakaway world!
she got cuter since I last saw her! how is that possible? must be those cute genes of her parents.
oh my gosh, how delightful! Amazing, gorgeous, exciting!
She's just perfect.
beautiful.
We can never get tired of seeing and hearing about beautiful Daphne! Congratulations and please continue to keep us updated with Daphne news, Daddy Gower! Oh what a lucky little girl is she is. There's so much of daddy's good cooking waiting for her.
Congratulations!! What a beautiful, healthy looking baby! I can't wait to hear about her gourmet treats!
what a lucky, lovely sweetheart! enjoy each other and grab naps when you can. xoxo
She is a beauty Eric and Delia, a real dish! I have spread the word through the Dutch grapevine. Enjoy!
An intelligent gaze on the lass. Congratulations!
What a beautiful baby girl! She's a very lucky one! My hearty congratulations to you and the family.
She looks like she is dreaming up wonderful food recipes as she lies cradled in your hands. I think she has the twinkle in your eye Eric. Congrats and cheers!
She is gorgeous. And you don't have to sprinkle anything… she'll automatically get a taste of whatever Delia is eating. The beauty of breastfeeding!
Heartfelt congratulations to you and your family.
Many congratulations! My best wishes to you all.
Congratulations! Best wishes to Mom and Dad!
Beautiful, beautiful. Make us all happy with her regular appearance here, Eric. Nante kawaii akachan nandeshou!!
it's a little Breakaway Doodle!
congrats, you guys!
Thank you everyone, it's all very touching! She made her first trip out of the house today, to the pediatrician's, who gave her a double thumbs-up on all counts. "Keep doing whatever you're doing" was his only advice! So we're celebrating with a gigantic king bolete mushroom (aka porcini) sauteed with shallots, herbs, and still-warm eggs given to us by our neighbor — more on that later! One early goal: to give her the widest-ranging palate in the universe! With luck there will be NOTHING she won't eat.
She already has this trouble-making look in her eyes Eric! This is the ultimate breakaway test!
Congratulations Eric. What lovely news. She is beautiful – what character, already.
Very cute. Congratulations, Eric! She is a very lucky baby to grow up eating in your house.
The best thing you've cooked up yet. Congratulations to the both of you.
Congratulations Delia and Eric what a beautiful baby.
Welcome Daphne I wish you a happy and joy-full life together with your man, dad and the cats.
Love from Habibi,Japie and me,
Tatjana.
She's so cute, congratulations! And she looks so happy!
Congratulations. She really knows how to smile in front of the camera. Adorable.
Congratulations on arrival of Daphne Camille! Such a beautiful baby girl!
Love,
Nilay
Goanzan de omedeto gozaimasu!
Dear Delia and Eric,
Congratulations to you.
We have prepared a little gift for daphne camille ready for mailing.
The problem is, we lost your envelop with your mailing adress. Delia can you please email it again.
Best regards Hendrik Barbara and family
Your joking, right?