Don't care that it isn't technical ....

... But my lovely wife gave birth to my first son (and first child) Benjamin, weighing in at 6lbs 15oz.

He took his first breath at 10:46am UK time on Februrary 5th.

There goes my VCP (or not VCIX) - for a while anyway ...

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DevilWAH

congratulations!!!!!!!!!! get rady for the good times

Our little one is 4 now, and despite some lack of sleep in the early days its been the best 4 years of my life.

Wishing the 3 of you well and keep us updated

coffeeluvr

Congratulations! What a joy! Be prepared for some sleepless nights, but well worth it

anoeljr

Congratulations man!

ssnyderu2

Congrats on the new addition to your family. Raising children is hard work, but no better reward can be had.

Slowhand

Congratulations on the new addition.

fuz1on

The best certification of all - 'Certified Dad'! Congrats and great health to you, your wife and your new son, Benjamin!!!

hiddenknight821

Oh congratulations! This is pretty exciting despite the loss of sleeps in the coming months. I'll be joining the 'Certified Dad' club soon enough in April.

PJ_Sneakers

Congrats! Now your real life begins!

snadam

Congrats! I always saw it as the PERFECT reason to continue my career/studies.

Enjoy!

the_Grinch

Congrats! Get him programming asap!

f16jetman

Man, that is great. Congrats. My first will be here in August!

Congrats!

Congratulations!

Congratulations....

Congrats! Welcome to the nights of restless sleep club

ninjaturtle

EngRob wrote: »

Congrats! Welcome to the nights of restless sleep club

Isn't that just the truth! But in the end so worth it! You barely get any sleep during the night, but when they wake up and they look up at you and smile. The slate is wiped clean!

Congrats jibbajabba!!!

JoJoCal19

Congrats jibbajabba! And as others have said, welcome to the Certified Dads club!

Kinet1c

Congrats and welcome to the club! It's an amazing feeling. You'll get the feeling that time is moving both really fast and really slow over the next while, just enjoy it all. We're 4.5 months in and while it's been tough, he's a great little kid and keeps us on our toes and entertained 24/7.

A couple of things we did:

Bought a few newspapers from the day he was born.
I bought .com domain for his name. At the moment I have it's A record pointing towards tumblr. My wife and I will take photos/videos and upload them via the tumblr app which is really easy. We've given the URL to family so grandparents can see how he's doing even though they live quite close. When he's older and if anyway interested in tech, I'll give him access to the domain and just keep the photos on tumblr for ourselves.

JoJoCal19

Kinet1c wrote: »

A couple of things we did:

Bought a few newspapers from the day he was born.

Ugh! Why didn't I think to do that too! Great idea Kinet1c.

Kinet1c

JoJoCal19 wrote: »

Ugh! Why didn't I think to do that too! Great idea Kinet1c.

You'll probably find you still can, call up the newspaper and ask for a back issue. I had to do it many years ago for another reason and while you pay slightly more, it's well worth having!

JoJoCal19

Thanks! I'll definitely do that.

dave330i

Congrats.

gc8dc95

Congrats. One of the most challenging and rewarding parts of life.

Congrats!

Congrats!!

Congrats!

Congrats! My two little ones are 6 and 9 already. Time flies. Have my 9 year old programming in VB already

E Double U

Congratulations and welcome to the club. My sons are three and one. Time is going by so fast.

Essendon

Congrats mate!! I am sure it must be a great feeling!

EngRob

Kinet1c wrote: »

Bought a few newspapers from the day he was born.
I bought .com domain for his name....

I did the newspaper thing but never thought about the domain. What a great idea!