Friday, June 6, 2008

I'm In!

Ok, we have a proposition on the table. This may seem redundant to those that know me but I’m in. We weighed her just a moment ago to establish a baseline. This weigh in will be official. The scale, by proxy has been certified by the department of weights and measures. I should elaborate, the visiting nurse weighed her with a scale that had been calibrated that very day (it’s done yearly, it just happened to be on Wednesday.) Our scale corresponded precisely to their number and thus the designation. We weighed her naked this time. She weighed 5 lbs this afternoon so use that number when calculating your guess. I’ll be dusting off the old regression analysis from grad school to determine my guess. I want that bottle. Rest assured, I won’t be gaming the wager by altering her formula. You may enter your guesses in the comment section of this post. I don’t know if there is a limitation on the number of comments on a single post. If you are unable, simply comment on a subsequent post.

Here are a few pics of her nursery. Unfortunately the limitations of the space make capturing the room in all of it’s splendor an impossibility. I happen to think that the room, although not very photogenic, is magazine-worthy.





3pm Edit: A few things, I'm going to add a ground rule to break ties. If two people share the winning guess, the first person to post their guess wins the bottle; some incentive to post early. Perhaps we'll put together a second prize in that instance; say a nice box of blush or a bottle of Mad Dog 20/20?

Also, to avoid controversy, I will present my guess right now. Dara's educated guess==> 6 lbs! She will gain one pound in the next 12 days. Mark it down in pen.

One guess per contestant. No purchase necessary.

18 comments:

Unknown said...

The nursery looks adorable! The Anne Geddes flower babies are perfect over the crib. And I love how you put the painting of the angel tucking in the reddish-haired baby over the now-famous rocking chair!

As to prize for guessing the weight of our little "porker" in Bill's sweepstakes ... for all the non-wine-lovers, I checked the internet and prices on this bottle go all the way up to over $250, so I think it makes a nice little GrowMikailaGrow souvenir!

Tomorrow I'll look into my crystal ball and put in my own guess! Of course my eyes aren't what they used to be ...

Charlene said...

that was not from Bill ...
It was from Charlene!!!

John Cococcia said...

This is Dara's friend John Cococcia - I can't pass up a chance to guess (especially as a loyal reader) - 6lbs 2oz.

Mike B. sr said...

My guess, after much consideration is 5 lbs 14.5 oz. I've already made a deal to trade the wine for two 30 pks of Bush beer with Dara. (I don't drink wine) Probably not the best deal I could make but when he's rich he's going to buy me a "SMART CAR". I believe in long term planning. I just hope it's not too long as I'm very old.

Unknown said...

Thank you so much for the adorable nursery pics!...nice job guys.....my guess is 5.5 1/2 lbs.
good luck to me :)

Unknown said...

i.e 5 lbs 5 1/2 oz.

Mike B. sr said...

Kelly says 6 lbs 1 1/2 oz
Davia says 5 lbs 15 oz
Kim says 6 lbs 1 oz

Kathie said...

ok, made a spreadsheet, ran some formulas and then just guessed... in 12 days she will weigh 5 lb 9 oz. and I LOVE wine! (the only one of the "original" Boyle siblings who doesn't drink beer... well, except for Rory)

Mrs. H said...

5 lbs 7.2 oz.

Mike B. sr said...

and MINDY says 5 lbs 10 oz
but what does she know....she only does this stuff for a living.

Charlene said...

Woke up with the sun this morning as usual and looked into my crystal ball. (I must say, there's a lot of fog here in Maine right now) but I blinked and saw that the Oracle indicated about an ounce a day was the ticket. So I'm going with 5 lbs 11 oz. (Eleven is my lucky number...)
My rationale though, is that the older Mikaila gets the tougher it becomes to double her weight ...I mean I haven't doubled mine in years...
AND if either Bill or myself wins this competition, since we've already enjoyed the other 11 (!!!)bottles over the past several years, this one has to leave the cellar ... so I think it'll be my turn to come up with another Mikaila Sweepstakes! And while I'm speaking of elevens ...this is the 11th comment.

Unknown said...

Based on the number of reposnses to date in the Mikaila Sweepstakes, the total is likely to break my antique 16 bit machine. (Where did/will all these folks come from?) Will finally bite the bullet and upgrade to a 64 bit machine & hope it arrives by 6/18.

The Kemmets said...

The nursery looks absolutely amazing!! Not that I am surprised!! My guess is 5 lbs 12.5oz. She is so adorable be sure to give her kisses from all the Kemmets ("specially me" says Kaitlyn as she sits with me writing this comment). She loves the nursery too, particularly the Koalas "they are super cool!!"

Unknown said...

Since I'm a statistician and mathematician (wannabe!!) I will go with 5.89 lbs.

PS. the nursery looks adorable, wish there was a picture of Mikaila in her little crib.

Hugs to all three of you.

Wendy's mom said...

Can't resist joining in. My guess is 5 lbs. 15 oz. This should be interesting.

Wendy's mom said...

Sorry Davia missed the list with your quess. I will change mine to 5 lbs. and 14 oz. Good luck to all.

Unknown said...

i will take 5lb. 13oz.
my favorite number is 5-18 but you see the obvious problem with that.
Breida

Unknown said...

OK OK!!! 5 lbs 9 ounces!