The New Risley, Born 2/22

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After much anticipation (and waiting), my wife and I welcomed Nathan Risley into the world yesterday afternoon. :)

Picture 3Everything went very well. It was a quick labor. He is very healthy and my wife is doing well. As I write this post on my MacBook Pro in our hospital recovery room, we are just a few hours away from heading home. Tonight will be our first night home with him – and our two year old.

Our first night home with my daughter was adventurous. Doing this again with her now being 2 years old is going to make this interesting. Obviously, we want to make our daughter feel as if she is part of the team. It is important for her to help with Nathan and I want to make sure she doesn’t feel left out or jealous. But, it is something all parents deal with with the second child. We’ll figure it out. :)

It’ll also be interesting for me personally as I seek to balance all this out with my business life. I have a couple business trips coming up very soon, plus a business to run. I can’t sit in my office during the day as usual, so I’ll be attempting to do both as well as I can.

So, stage one of our little adventure is over. On to the next stage – life with two kids. :)

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  • http://josephratliff.com JosephRatliff

    Congratulations David! Wonderful feeling isn't it?

    Enjoy life with 2 kids now. :)

  • http://www.ameaningfulexistence.com/ Karen

    Congratulations to you and your family. I love the name Nathan. He's so cute!

    Good luck with you or your wife sleeping again :-)

  • http://www.blog-bloggen.de/ Walter Butz

    Congratulations! Good Luck to you all and all the best from Germany

  • alisonkerr

    From one second-born to another, welcome Nathan. And well done to the mom and dad – they don't call it “labor” for nothing! What fun to have a boy and a girl. Babies are precious and grow so fast. Hang on to those moments.

  • Chris B

    Repeating my Twitter congrats – I'll bet your daughter is really excited and can't wait to see her new brother (at least for now!).

    We'll all raise a glass tonight (tea, coffee, whatever …) at Tres Amici and toast the new family.

  • http://cfagbata.com cfagbata

    Congrats David!

  • http://twtrcoach.com TwtrCoach

    Congrats David!…

    Cheers.. Are

  • http://twitter.com/marsdorian Mars Dorian

    Well, congrats !!

  • remarkablogger

    Congrats, David!

  • http://twitter.com/bluepop13 Eric

    Hey congratulations!

    I hope everything turns out well for your whole family and I'll be praying for you also.

    Bringing a baby into the world is a wonderful experience that I'll also get to be going through with our baby girl coming here very soon. I look forward to it and only wish the very best of luck with you and your new son.

    I like the name Nathan by the way.

  • http://kellygetspretty.blogspot.com/ Kelly

    Congratulations! He's so adorable!

  • http://twitter.com/CaseyCaddell Casey Caddell

    Congratulation David and Malika. He looks adorable. I can gurantee that 2 kids is more than twice the fun :o )

  • kcha

    Congratulations! Enjoy these precious moments!

  • http://jimijones.com/ Jimi Jones

    The young man's first blog appearance, what a keepsake.
    All the best to you and the family, man.

  • Vertimyst

    Congrats, Dave. I hope Elyana gets along well with her new baby bro. :) Should be interesting to see how different a son can be compared to a daughter, too. Gonna train him up to be a professional blogger? :P

  • http://www.sarahintampa.com sarahintampa

    Awww, he's just adorable!! Congratulations!!! (and good luck!)

  • juliusCharles

    Thanks for sharing this great news. I agree that it is a good idea to let our kids help in making our newborn baby as comfortable as possible. It helps them develop an early sense of responsibility. And we only need to ask our kids to do very little things like watching over the baby while we change his or her clothes.

  • http://www.notaproblog.com Jordan Cooper

    Disappointing. :-)

  • http://www.LasVegasNetDaily.com/ Lori Herren

    Congratulations David! He is beautiful! Hope your wife is doing well. Enjoy your new miracle. Talk to you later.
    Lori Herren @BajaLori

  • http://www.aftergraduation.net/ Allison

    Congrats! Here's hoping to being able to adjust as quickly as possible to a new (non)sleeping schedule! :)

  • http://www.theinfopreneur.net/ TheInfoPreneur

    Second one in brother, card is on it's way.

    Pleased to hear everything went well, healthy weight too dude, really very good news and genuinely happy for ya

  • jasonpereira

    Congrats, David!

    When's he getting his first laptop? :)

  • http://blogandchange.com/ Mariam

    Hi David,

    Again, Congratulations to you and your family. Good to hear that everything went well. I think the plan of Eliana joining the “team” is great. I can remember how excited I was when I welcomed my brother in this world.

    Congrats from Germany

  • http://www.fuelblue.com Bob Donohue – Fuelblue

    Congratulations David! We had our son when our daughter was 2 yrs old also. They're 6 & 4 now. You'll be surprised how much you are accomplishing, even when you feel like you're not getting anything done. Enjoy!

  • ChelleWrites

    He's beautiful!!

    Best wishes and many, many blessings on your family!!

    ~Chelle

  • http://www.SmackumApp.com/ Mike Browne

    Congratulations! I just finished your course. You made money while having a baby, that is pretty cool. The information was excellent. Your baby has a smart daddy.

  • http://thewordpresschick.com/ Kim Doyal The WordPress Chick

    Congratulations to you and your family! He's darling!

  • http://www.melvinblog.com/ Melvin

    Congrats Dave.. and best of luck to both of you.

  • http://www.technologyofficials.com/ Jeff Hood

    Children make you want to start life over. ~Muhammad Ali

    Congratulations to you and your wife.

  • http://agentdeepak.com/ Agent Deepak

    Congratulations. I love the name Nathan.

  • http://izzataziz.net/blog izzat aziz

    Congratulation David, and welcome Nathan hope you can be a great blogger too someday :)

  • ramonaschaffroth

    David,
    Congrats to you and your new family! How lucky little Nathan is to have such caring parents! What a blessing for you David!

    God Bless!

    Mona

  • rhondahess

    Many Blessings to you, Nathan and the whole family. He's a beaut!

  • http://www.johnpaulaguiar.com John Paul

    Congrats man.. shows you how small and unimportant the blogging thing is when you see what life is really about.

    Family and good health beats money and success every time.

  • http://www.thegreenfamilia.co.uk Brenda Cuby

    Many congratulations to you and your wife on the new addition, I am sure you will all find your feet soon x

  • bedtimeceo

    Congrats, David! Working from home with a toddler and an infant can/will be a challenge, but it can be done.

  • http://artisticallyspeakingmagazine.com/ Rebecca Parsons

    oh david he is beautiful…what a blessing for your family…

  • http://twitter.com/nickelsndimes Becky Grizovic

    How awesome and exciting! Congratulations on becoming a daddy all over again.

  • http://www.quickonlinetips.com/ QOT

    Now thats going to keep you busy. Congrats!

  • patriciaugo

    Congrats David! Don't worry Be happy!

  • http://www.scbankruptcyattorney.com/blog/ Russ DeMott

    Congrats! Cute baby. I have three kids and you should, too! (Everyone should have to deal with three if I do). :)

  • michaelhawkins

    Congratulations! What a special time for you and your family. My wife and I named our first son Nathan. Short form of Nathaniel, Nathan means “Gift of God”. And he sure is (all kids are .. .but you knew that already.)

    Congrats once again! Enjoy these special times.

    –michael

  • http://www.nobrain-noheadache.com/ Erin

    You are blessed. Congrats again!

  • http://www.adrianswinscoe.com/blog/ Adrian Swinscoe

    Congratulations David to you and your family,
    I wish you all well for the future,
    Best wishes,
    Adrian

  • http://CraftingSpirit.com/ Pam Brackett

    Beautiful baby! Congratulations and many blessings!

  • http://www.jpiksens.com/eng Janis

    Congratulations David to you and your family,
    I wish you all well for the future,
    Best wishes,
    Janis

    Latvia

  • Monique Schlosser

    Congratulations David! So glad to hear your all doing well. Parenting can be difficult at times but it also has it's rewards, grandchildren.

  • MarketingWIthRick

    Dave:

    Congratulations! I also have a son and a daughter and I can tell you the fun is just beginning. We are starting the baseball and softball season and me and my wife run the kids around all over the place. It is so hard to have dinner together anymore. But we do it all for the kids and we all love it. What wonderful memories we have created and I know your family will as well.

    Good luck in the “next” stage.

    - Rick

  • http://www.FineResortVacation.com/ Kathy Tremblay

    Congratulations to you David, and your wife! I'm glad to hear that your wife is doing well too! I know you 2 will do great involving your 2-year old – you have the right attitude! Enjoy this very special time! :)

  • Dalibor

    congratulations David i wish you the best life with your family(your biggest fan and reader from Bosnia… :)

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