July 10, 2009

Oh Boy, Oh Henry!

I couldn't be happier to announce that (not-so-)little Henry Seamus Nack–marvel of creation, California King, Little Brother to the Stars, & general delight to behold–sprang into the world at 2:47pm yesterday afternoon.

Mom & baby are doing great after a crazy-fast labor (end-to-end 20 minutes in the hospital!*), and big brother Finn is suitably intrigued** with baby "Goonie" (short for "El Segundo"). The big-little man bested his whopping bro's marks, coming in at 9lb 12oz (what's that, about 4 hectacres in Metric***?) and 21". He and mom are chilling at the hospital while dad squires Finny around and runs sandwich-fetching missions.

Here's a little gallery of the goings-on, and of course we'll be updating the soon-to-be-renamed Finnegan Wakes as we bring our buddy home and learn to niño-juggle. Wish us luck!

I expect to be taking a little break from work-blogging, though I have a bunch of links set to publish on an automated schedule.

* "No epidural for you!"
** "Pop! Egg!" he says, a la Very Hungry Caterpillar
*** Can you tell I'm American?

Posted by John Nack at 11:06 AM on July 10, 2009

Comments

mep — 11:25 AM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congratulations on your healthy (and big) boy! Life with two little boys is grand, I promise. Enjoy!

Eric — 11:32 AM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congrats! Great news. Enjoy what sleep you'll be able to squeeze in! (But then you already knew that, right?)

Kenny McLean — 12:02 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congrats John and Mrs John.
Let the good times roll.

Mel — 12:09 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Ah, now you are blessed with THREE joyous beings in your life!

But HECTACRES? No, no, no. If I am doing the math correctly, 9lb 12oz converts to 7823 furlongs per fortnight... [:-)

Simon Brown — 12:13 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congratulations, John, excellent news. Life's going to be even fuller from now on :-)

Joseph — 12:39 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

I have been reading your blog for some time now and recently started following you on Twitter...Please allow me to congratulate you and your family on the safe arrival of (not-so-) little Henry...Good luck.

Hans Frederiks — 12:49 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congratulations!

Mylenium — 12:53 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congrats to yet another fine product! ;-)

Gayle Clement — 12:56 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Big welcome to Henry Seamus. Congratlations to you all.

Martin — 12:57 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congratulations!
Direct from Austria
Martin

Mark Alan Thomas — 2:12 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congratulations! I'm sorry you didn't hit your 12:34:56 goal (though I still think 11:11:11 would have been just as cool).

I guess you'll have to just keep making babies until you get it right.

Pedro Estarque — 3:54 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congratulations John, to you and your family!

Lavonne — 4:14 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

I was just thinking 'When is John going to have the next baby?'And then I read the blog.
Congratulations to the Nack family! Everyone looks great. I think Henry has your eyes John. Thanks for sharing with us.

sam — 4:17 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

congrats!

Klaus Nordby — 4:48 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Hearty congratulations, John & Margo!!! But no, "9lb 12oz" is 2 parsecs and 7 joules.

Nat Brown — 5:00 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Ah. I can finally look forward again to those sleep deprived blog posts you used to put up at 3 AM after Finn came along.

But excuse me. I almost forgot.

Congratulations!

:-)

Nat.

Mike R — 7:30 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Wow John, You have a beautiful family. You must be extremely proud.
Mike

Marty Cohen — 8:07 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congratulations John...
Henry is a beautiful baby (and that's my professional opinion as a Pediatrician). Have a wonderful time with your wife and your boys. I have enjoyed your blog for a long time.
Marty

Lynn Grillo — 8:09 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Brilliant! Hello, little one!

Adam Pratt — 8:40 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

So his birthday is 7-8-9...how fun. Blessings to you and Margot. If the days ahead are tough, be comforted to know that the transition to #3 is MUCH easier. :-)

Nick Kirkland — 11:19 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congratulations, John

Shangara — 11:37 PM on July 10, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congratulations, Mr and Mrs Nack!

Boy, that is some labour record.

GAMaus — 2:20 AM on July 11, 2009 Reply to this comment

Herzlichen Glueckwunsch! :)

And his weight is about 4.2 Kg
in Metric ;)

Richard Broom — 2:56 AM on July 11, 2009 Reply to this comment

Great effort by Team Nack. Many congratulations.

Ian Weatherburn — 3:47 AM on July 11, 2009 Reply to this comment

Fantastic! Congratulations indeed. All the best to you and family - now take a break and enjoy them!

lior shapira — 4:06 AM on July 11, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congratulations!!! You look like a very happy family from the photos, I wish you all the best!

Mike Skocko — 6:12 AM on July 11, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congrats to the 4 Nacks! (Great pics)

Thomas Jaeger — 6:49 AM on July 11, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congratulations John !
Henry looks great :) .. and all your photos are full of emtions.

All the best, lucky man ! :)

Ratko Asanovic — 8:40 AM on July 11, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congrats John!

I wish you all the best to you and your family!

Besides this the best and the most realistic Photoshop project i saw from you :))

Cheers :)

Steve — 9:12 AM on July 11, 2009 Reply to this comment

Again congratulations.

Trevor Morris — 9:36 AM on July 11, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congratulations to you both!

Benoît — 9:41 AM on July 11, 2009 Reply to this comment

Many, many congratulations to the mother, little Henry, his brother and daddy.

Clay White — 9:44 AM on July 11, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congratulations to all of you. Wow how beautiful! Love the pictures of your wife's hands touching your new life. Best wishes.

dsr — 11:27 AM on July 11, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congrats on the new youngun' John! Wishing all the best (and some sleep) to the entire family!

Elja Trum — 2:01 PM on July 11, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congrats!
Enjoy the coming times..

keith — 5:19 PM on July 11, 2009 Reply to this comment

We'll be getting those early morning blog updates from daddy Nack when he has the time.

Richard de Koeyer — 7:32 AM on July 12, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congratulations on the latest release! (and congratulations on averting any temptations to name your cute little bundle Nick...)

Phil Brown — 5:06 PM on July 12, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congratulations to you and your wife, John :-)

Phil Brown — 5:09 PM on July 12, 2009 Reply to this comment

PS:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units

So don't worry, you're using metric even if you don't realise it ;p

Steve Laskevitch — 7:52 PM on July 12, 2009 Reply to this comment

You know, I should've delayed that trip outta town so my congratulations would be more timely. Nonetheless, warm and happy regards, John!

Steve Johnson — 4:03 PM on July 14, 2009 Reply to this comment

Congrats to the entire Nack family. Best job in the world is to be a PM of your kids...enjoy the time away John.

Ramón G Castañeda — 1:14 AM on July 16, 2009 Reply to this comment

Sincere and heartfelt congratulations to you and Mrs Nack.

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