Somebody New

[Clocker]

I'm very happy to announce that, as of 12:56AM, my wife Shannon and I are the proud parents of a 6lb. 6oz. 19.5" long baby boy. Mom did a great job and only had to push for about 12 minutes to get the job done! Brendan is his name. Baby and Mom are doing great.

Needless to say, I won't be getting around here much for a while! Life has new meaning....and I Love it!

Need to sleep now.

[Will Rickards]

congrats

[ddrueding]

Dude....awesome. See you in about 18 years ;)

[Bozo]

That is truely great. Welcome to the world Brendan :-D

Bozo :joker:

[Pradeep]

Congrats. Enjoy the sleep while you can.

[jtr1962]

Congratulations! Looks like you'll be doing a lot of :drinka:. Might not see you around here much for maybe another 20 years (especially if you decide to have a few more). ;-)

[mubs]

Congrats, Clocker! You sure are going to be busy from now on!

[Mercutio]

Congratulations.
There is now irrefutable proof that you have had sex. :D

[time]

12 minutes is sure better than 12 hours!

My congratulations to Shannon - hope she ddn't sustain too much damage from such a quick delivery.

Prepare to enter the land of zombies, my friend. It usually eases up in about six months or so, but things willl never, ever be the same. :)

[Howell]

Congrats!

[Chewy509]

Huge Congratulations!

[e_dawg]

Congrats Clocker! Hope you can get enough sleep these days.

[paugie]

Congratulations.

Now, if you happen to be in the Philippines sometime soon, I can get you into some Parenting Seminars...

Kidding. ^_^

[LiamC]

Congratulations. Sleep? What's that? ;)

[Stereodude]

Congrats Clocker :D

[Handruin]

Congratulations buddy! I hope things go well for all three of you. It sounds like your wife was lucky with a short labor. Stop in from time to time to let us know you're still alive. :-D

[Clocker]

Thanks everybody! Everything is going great. We've been making several trips to the hospital for blood bilirubin level tests because Brendan had some jaundice that needed monitoring. He underwent some photo therapy to get his bilirubin levels down and now he's in perfect health. We are home for a while now until the next pediatrician checkup. (10 days).

Being a dad is great!! Getting up every 2-3 hours to help Shan breastfeed or change a poopy diaper is not great. :-) Shan and I laugh because sometimes we talk to each other while we are still dreaming. We are creating some great memories with the arrival of our son.

Below is a link to one of my favorite pics of him. I like it because he looks pissed off. This is a few minutes after his ejection from paradise into this world. I'm trying to think of a good caption to put under it.

[img=http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9298/cimg1435nt9.th.jpg] (http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg1435nt9.jpg)

Shan is doing great. Her words are "it wasn't that bad... it's the contractions before the pushing that actually hurt." Just a few stitches and she is good to go. All I can say is she must have had a good epidural. She is a tough cookie.

I didn't think I'd be able to even watch the delivery let alone cut the cord. But when the time came and his head started poking out, I was so excited and happy that everything that seemed scary and gross just didn't matter anymore. I couldn't NOT do it and I was even helping Shannon through the delivery. Luckily I did miss seeing what the other *stuff* (placenta etc) that came out looked like. What a great moment in life. I now have the scissors I cut the cord with as a momento. It's something I will NEVER forget.

Brendan is sitting right here next to me and says hi.

I'll be around... See Ya All!

Kevin

[Bozo]

What a great picture!

Bozo :joker:

[paugie]

very good photo of your son. am very glad for you and your wife.
reminds me of the photos I took of my grandson. yeah!

[Bozo]

Make sure you put that picture in a safe place. Then when he is about 20, and brings his girlfreind home to meet Mom and Dad, you can dig out and show it to her.


Bozo :joker:

[mubs]

Great pic, Clocker. My kid came a week early, the same day of the last checkup my wife had during which the Ob/Gyn assured us there was at least a week to go. I was working 7x16, and we still hadn't bought a lot of stuff - including infant seat, crib, etc. Neither was a bag packed for the hospital. We had to scramble to get to the hospital, and a camera was the last thing on my mind! Glad you were able to take a pic of the little one in his first moments.

[Clocker]

I have that proud-father thing going today that is forcing me to share pics with you whether you are interested or not. :-)

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/7334/cimg2298di8.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/672/cimg23751600x1067zf0.jpg

[mubs]

Cute, handsome little bugger! Seems to be a happy guy!

[Clocker]

First time putting something on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrkvC4Gv0dY

[Handruin]

That's wicked cute man, it made me laugh. :) I can't believe he's already 5.5 months old.

[Striker]

What a cutie. I'm not sure there's anything cuter than a baby laughing.

[RWIndiana]

Very cute. What would we do without children? This world would be very boring.

[Clocker]

Thanks guys! He is really something special. He makes us smile every day. You're right Handy...time is just flying by! :-) Too fast! :(

[Clocker]

Really exciting...he's starting to babble some now....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LccY_C1PmE

C

[Handruin]

He's cute man. I liked when he stuck his tongue out near the end. :)