Wow, what a whirlwind 24 hours this has been!
First things first, mother and baby are doing fine. There were some very scary moments there, but in the end through the skill of our doctor, and the strength of my wife things turned out okay.
Now I know the question on everyones mind is what did we have, a boy or a girl? Well at 2:10 October 5th (on her due date, w00t!) we had a beautiful, perfect, 7 pound 13 ounce, 20.5 inch bouncing baby boy!
I have no words to express what it feels like to have a child; to hold him in my arms and watch him sleep, stretch and discover his new world. Life will never be the same again, and frankly I don’t want it to be.
From Heather, myself and now little Jakob Michael, thanks for all your prayer, well-wishing and good thoughts. They were very much felt and appreciated.
Heather is still in recovery from her c-section, so I won’t be around the house much. I hope to have pictures up on my flickr account today or tomorrow. I will also write a longer missive that chronicles the roller coaster we went through to get little Jakob here.
See you soon.

Stroll on over and visit knikki2000
March 1, 2007
I just wanted to say congrats! I’m Morydd’s wife and have been following the progress of your new little one through him.
Stroll on over and visit Jon Hicks
March 1, 2007
Congratulations Chris & Heather! I won’t be the one to make the CSS first-child ‘joke’, someone else can have a go…
Stroll on over and visit Shawn Grimes
March 1, 2007
Fanfreakingtastic Chris! Congratulations my friend. A bouncing baby boy! w00t! I know the feeling you and your wife are having and there is nothing greater. Happy Birthday Jakob!
Stroll on over and visit AsceticMonk
March 1, 2007
Welcome to the world Jakob! Congrats Chris, what a wonderful news!
Stroll on over and visit Jennifer
March 1, 2007
Awwwww a baby boy! I love the name Jakob!
Congrats to both of you. I can’t wait to come see my little nephew!! :)
Stroll on over and visit Michael Heilemann
March 1, 2007
Welcome back, and congratulations on your fatherhood! :D — Now please, don’t blog; go do that other thing instead :)
Stroll on over and visit Craig
March 1, 2007
Wow! This is fantastic! I am SO happy for you guys!
All the best to you and your family, Chris.
Stroll on over and visit Jennifer
March 1, 2007
I found Jakob the cuties little outfit today :) Can’t wait for him to try it on!
Stroll on over and visit Ronald
March 1, 2007
Congrats! One the same day I was born once.
Stroll on over and visit Anonymous
March 1, 2007
I remember just holding my firstborn and watching him sleep… nirvana. And everything you’re feeling now just keeps intensifying.
They grow fast, too. One day you’re stepping on mislaid Legos, and the next you’re tripping over shoes the size of small countries.
Welcome to the world, Jakob!
Stroll on over and visit Scrivs
March 1, 2007
Congrats man. That’s awesome, both you and Sagen around the same time.
Stroll on over and visit Michele
March 1, 2007
That’s great Chris. I’m very happy for you.
…and I’ve just seen the picture on Flickr! :)
Stroll on over and visit Jeff Smith
March 1, 2007
Congratulations to you and your new family Chris!
Stroll on over and visit Denis
March 1, 2007
Chris, congrats on the new arrival. Quite frankly, I’m fascinated by the fact that you even managed to sneak in a bit of time to blog, unless you’re sending a Wordpress post from your cell phone or something!!
Congrats again!
Stroll on over and visit Nathan Smith
March 1, 2007
Congrats! Not sure what else to say, other than enjoy fatherhood! :)
Stroll on over and visit Ka-Meng
March 1, 2007
Congrats! Glad to hear Heather and baby Jakob are doing well.
Stroll on over and visit westi
March 1, 2007
Congratulations. Best wishes to Heather, Jakob Michael and yourself.
Stroll on over and visit If Else
March 1, 2007
Congratulations! Though I’m disappointed that you didn’t call him Phu:)
Ahh, the important questions in life…
Stroll on over and visit Joen
March 1, 2007
My congrats to you sir! Looking forward to seeing him on pictures.
Stroll on over and visit skippy
March 1, 2007
Congratulations, Chris and Heather! May your family be blessed with health and happiness.
Stroll on over and visit Andy
March 1, 2007
Congratulations and welcome to the world of sleepless nights!
Hope Heather and Jakob get back home quick.
Stroll on over and visit Firas
March 1, 2007
Congrats!
Stroll on over and visit kartooner
March 1, 2007
Congratulations, now my “soon-to-be-born” son has an Internet playpal :)
Stroll on over and visit Aubrey
March 1, 2007
Congratulations, guys!
Stroll on over and visit Christopher
March 1, 2007
Congratulations to both of you!
Stroll on over and visit Trevor
March 1, 2007
Congrats! Do you think he’ll code in PHP or Ruby? :)
Stroll on over and visit Ara
March 1, 2007
Congratulations!
Stroll on over and visit Bilal
March 1, 2007
Congratulations once again, Chris! :)
Stroll on over and visit morydd
March 1, 2007
I’m glad to hear that Jakob and Heather are well. Of course, we all want details, but you have much, much more important things to do. Treasure these moments. Your first and only obligation right now is to your wife and son. Rejoice in that, because you may never have another chance to blow off everything else in the world to be with the people you love most. Life is too busy to miss these amazing moments.
Congratulations. And welcome to that ridiculously lucky society known as fatherhood.
Stroll on over and visit Other Chris
March 1, 2007
Congratulations.
Also, thank-you for picking a name that doesn’t make people gag. Jakob Michael is perfect.
Now, as Heilemann said, step away from the computer. You’ve sated our curiosity and need to send well wishes. You may now return to explaining things to the new tike. We’ll be here when you get back.
Stroll on over and visit Matt Boothby
March 1, 2007
Good, good. I’m over-joyed to hear that everything is well. Relax over these next few days.
Stroll on over and visit kartooner
March 1, 2007
Oh, and I second the “sleepless nights” comment, even though, I must admit that after 5-6 months it gets better.
My daughter sleeps through the night, unless she’s sick or hungry, but we like to put her to bed with a full belly.
Stroll on over and visit khaled
March 1, 2007
What, you didn’t go for Khaled? I guess Jakob will do just as well :). Congrats buddy.
ps John, you’re SUCH a GEEK :).
Stroll on over and visit danithew
March 1, 2007
CONGRATS! Cute baby and I also think Jakob is a great name.