The Cubs Chronicle

Merry Christmas Cubs fans (and everyone else, too)!

Congratulations to both Derek Smart and reader Tom K, who, like me, just became proud fathers of baby girls! I’m having grand fun with this dad thing.

As you might have guessed (especially those of you with young children), the C&A Chron. isn’t going to be updated nearly as often as it has been over the past year. If you want to know when I have made the occasional post, be sure to either sign up for the notification email list on the left or watch for me (as well as much of the Cubs Blog Army) at the recent Cubs blog entries page at Baseball Blogs.

I have greatly enjoyed writing this blog, and the fact that you read it and post insightful comments has made it even more enjoyable. Given that I have now entered fatherhood, this blog will never be what it once was (except, perhaps, in about 40 years when I retire, not that it was much to begin with). But I will keep posting now and then. And I will of course keep cheering on the Cubs as I always have, and will enjoy teaching my daughter (and all my future children, should God bless me with them) the virtues of being a Cubs fan. Go Cubs.

Say hello to my daughter!

After 9 hours of labor, Hannah was born Thursday afternoon, 4/8, at 4:33pm. At birth, she weighed 6 lb. 11 oz and was 18.5 inches long. The three of us came home early Saturday afternoon.

Both Briana and Hannah are doing super. In fact, everything has been perfect. God has truly blessed us abundantly. As you can tell from the pictures, she is incredibly beautiful (not to mention snuggly).

I thank God for how wonderful Hannah is. I also thank God for my wife – she was amazing throughout the pregnancy and the labor. And she is already so natural with Hannah. I love my wife. And I love my daughter. Praise the Lord for them both.

I’ve mentioned a few times on this site that I had been studying for the Iowa bar exam, and I took it in late July. For those interested in knowing, the results were posted today and I passed. So I have that going for me. Which is nice.