Welcome Baby Neko

By Whitney Sunseri

For the past 9 months, we at the EPR offices have watched our resident HR manager’s tummy grow with life. Now it is our pleasure to announce that Michelle is finally mother to a beautiful 6 pound, 12 ounce baby girl named Neko – born on Friday, April 16th at 8:30 p.m. With updates via Neko’s very own Facebook page (social media savvy already!) we have been able to track the new addition’s progress from hospital to home.

While having a mom-to-be in the office had its fair share of cringe-inducing moments (such as getting the 4-1-1 on the entire birthing process after each prep class and constantly anticipating she might go into labor at any moment during her last week before maternity leave), there were also several perks:

1. Frequent trips during lunch to the local cheese steak shop when there was a craving – of course, we all indulged!
2. A baby shower complete with adorable little girl clothes and delicious ice cream cake
3. And last but not least, another opportunity for the staff at EPR to partake in one of our favorite pastimes: a company-wide pool dedicated to guessing the birth date, length, and weight of baby Neko!

Though a little unconventional, thanks to a wonderfully crafted site, BabyPool.com,we were able to organize a company pool and submit our guesses for Neko’s birth stats online. Everyone was limited to five guesses on the date, accompanied by a guess for length and weight if born on that day, and the closest person to the date and time of birth without going over would win (high-fives and bragging rights, that is). The competition was fierce and the and the anticipation built each day that Michelle inched closer to her due date, but lucky for me, Neko was born the exact day she was supposed to, after my guess of 12:00 p.m. which declared me the baby pool winner!

Although the victory was sweet, it feels even sweeter to be able to congratulate Michelle and Bryan on becoming parents to a happy, healthy baby girl. Welcome to the world, baby Neko! We all look forward to your first visit to the office very soon.

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Congratulations, Michelle! And Whitney!