When will BabyCue arrive and what will BabyCue look like?

If Linda is right, BabyCue comes tomorrow morning at 8:30. (Good thing we packed last night.) But what if Erik is right? Then BabyCue won't come until Friday, March 27. SmileyCue gets to enjoy nearly three more weeks of pregnancy. Awesome! (Says the not pregnant one...)

We learned these predictions at the Avenue BabyCue, a baby shower held last month by two colleagues. Fancying myself a social scientist, I present some findings from the (highly un)scientific survey of guests.

When will BabyCue be born? Everyone chose a date between March 10 and 27. In fact, all responses except Erik's (March 27) were between March 10 and 20. The median date was March 15, the mode was March 14. As far as time of day, both the median and mode are high noon, though the mean time is 11:54 a.m. The time of birth ranged from midnight (Suzanne) to 9:15 p.m. (Erik).

How long will BabyCue be? With a range of six inches, most people think BabyCue will be 19-20 inches long, with a mean of 19.64". (That's 48-51 cm for the rest of the world, with a mean of 49.9 cm.) Chris (not my brother) thought it will be a diminutive 17" (43 cm); at the other extreme, Mollie guessed a GoGoGadget 23" (58 cm). Maggie wisely predicted, "long enough."

How much will BabyCue weigh? With a range of 4 pounds, 5 ounces (nearly 2 kg), MamaCue may be giving birth to anything from a melon to a Thanksgiving turkey. Katie guessed the lightest weight at 6 pounds, 2 ounces (2.77 kg) and Chris (again, not my bro) guessed a scale-breaking 10 pounds, 7 ounces (4.73 kg), nearly twice as heavy as Katie's prediction. Despite the range, the median averages out to just under 7 pounds, 15 ounces (3.60 kg). The median is 8 pounds, 1 ounce (3.66 kg), and the mode is both 8 pounds, 1 ounce (3.66 kg) and 8 pounds, 2 ounces (3.69 kg).

What color of hair will BabyCue have? The overwhelming choice is brown. A few answered blonde. Taking note of our mechanic's looks, Tom chose black. Two others chose bald.

What eye color will BabyCue have? Brown wins, 12-8, over blue. Green received two votes, and the mysterious "hazel" received a vote from Elaine.

We've tallied the results, which are available online through Google Docs.