18 May 2006 ~ 9 Comments

Baby Bateman 1.0 Enters Alpha

I try pretty hard to keep my blog tech related. I often dont post things that I want to because I am honored to be aggreagated on several tech related site. But this is news I want to share with all my friends.

My wife Carrie and I are proud to annouce that we are expecting a new addition to our family! We had our first appointment yesterday with the doctors and we got to see our new baby and its darling little heartbeat. We will be 10 weeks tomorrow and looking at a December 18 birth.

Carrie has a post with pictures and stuff if you are interested. I’ll not drone on here, but I really wanted to share with all of you my happiness. Many of you know that Carrie and I had been trying and ( ironically enough) in our ninth month we hit the big prize.

9 Responses to “Baby Bateman 1.0 Enters Alpha”

  1. Tom Cornilliac 18 May 2006 at 10:42 am Permalink

    Congratulations Sim! You’re going to love fatherhood, my Wife and I just had our first six months ago and he has totally rocked my world!

  2. Hans Omli 18 May 2006 at 11:00 am Permalink

    Congratulations to you and Carrie! Our first arrives in August. Exciting times!

  3. Damon Gentry 18 May 2006 at 11:26 am Permalink

    Congratulations to you both! I know how excited you both must feel right now. You’re going to here everyone tell you that it will change your life, but you can’t possibly grasp the magnitude of the change. I ‘thought’ I was prepared, but I wasn’t. It’s much more wonderful than I ever could have imagined.

  4. Chris Phillips 18 May 2006 at 1:18 pm Permalink

    Way to go stud!
    Congradulations.

  5. John 18 May 2006 at 1:22 pm Permalink

    Hi Simon,
    Congratulations to both of you. I would like to wish both of you the best of joy with your new addition`-`

    aloha,
    John

  6. Ryan Guill 18 May 2006 at 1:31 pm Permalink

    Congrats Man! Love the title!

  7. Chris Scott 18 May 2006 at 3:34 pm Permalink

    Excellent Simeon! And all the best to your wife! Fatherhood is a great big wonderful pain in the ass, the most rewarding thing in my life, and your gonna love it! And go bald and grey! Congrats again!

  8. Mark Drew 18 May 2006 at 10:27 pm Permalink

    Sim, I am so happy for you and Carrie! Congratulations man! Now comes the biggest most exciting project you will ever get to develop :)

    MD

  9. Jens E 19 May 2006 at 8:06 am Permalink

    Congrats! This is the closest thing to bliss you’ll ever find!

    -Jens, <a href="http://www.myeclipseide.com">MyEclipse</a>


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