Fionn Ivar Knutson

Our son shares a name with a figure from Irish legend. The name (pronounced "fyahn") means "fair-haired", which our Fionn certainly isn't (yet?).

Selected milestones:

Oct. 28, 2005	Due date
Nov. 5, 2005	Birth 7 lb 1 oz, 20.5 inches
Nov. 14, 2005	7 lb 7 oz
Dec. 9, 2005	9 lb 6 oz, 22 inches
Dec. 18, 2005	9 lb 11 oz
Jan. 4, 2006	10 lb 12 oz		mid-March, 2006	grasping objects		Apr. 3, 2006	slept through the night thrice in a row

really tall head post-birth more below	day 2	day 6

Some fine bits of the Fionn mac Cumhail legend, that we learned after picking the name: Thanks to a boyhood accident involving the salmon of knowledge, when Fionn sucked his thumb it gave him knowledge. To fool the dread giant Angus, twice Fionn's size, Fionn dressed up in huge baby clothes pretending to be Fionn's baby. Seeing him, Angus decided that the father must be huge, and fled. Fionn slew the dread monster Aillen!

day 6	in the plaster cast of Sofia's pregnant belly	already raising his head day 7

Fionn's birthday is Guy Fawkes Day; indeed, he was born on the four hundredth anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot.

The girl's name "Fiona", invented in the 18th century, is derived from Fionn. The traditional feminine forms of Fionn are Fionnseach, Fionnait and Fionnacht.

day 8	day 8	Allen & Fionn feet

This head shape only lasted a few days, and his nose is now pointing up (like a baby's ought!).

		hat high and loose day 1	hat low and tight day 8

Selected pregnancy pictures

Fionn with grandparents:

Andrea Knutson	Donald Ivar Knutson	Mehar Akber	Ali Akber

Fionn with some other relatives:

Aunt Miranda	Second cousin Saba

Some pictures of his parents at random ages: