Just a short note on a quick dash home from the hospital to let readers know that ‘Mini-Rowse’ or ‘ProBlogger Junior’ as some are calling him came out of beta in the early hours of this morning.
His name is Xavier and he and V are doing really well.
Here’s a shot of us taken just minutes after he was born.
(He’s 8 pounds and 13 ounces – just a touch over 4kg)
There’s another photo below for those who are clucky.
It was an amazing experience and I could not be prouder of either X or V – both are beautiful beyond belief and I can’t wait to get back to the hospital to spend more time with them.
As a result ProBlogger swings into ‘Paternity Leave Mode’. Here’s how it’ll work:
- Regular ProBlogger columnist, Aaron Brazell, will be writing some guest posts over the coming two weeks
- I’ve advanced posted a series of short ‘one question interviews’ with some bloggers that I admire (see the upcoming post explaining this) – these will run on a once per day basis for two weeks
- There will probably be one or two other guest posts this week from another blogger (or two) who has volunteered to stop by
- I won’t be responding to any emails over the next couple of weeks (unless I see them as urgent)
I hope you enjoy the next couple of weeks – I know I’m looking forward to it! :-)
About Darren Rowse
My name is Darren Rowse and I’m a full time Blogger making a living from blogs like 
He’s gorgeous, and you must be (rightly) very proud. Well done!
Great, congratulations. Its pretty cool that you and Shoemoney are dads, almost at the same time.
Congratulations Darren and V. This is really wonderful.
“Thursdays child has far to go”, so they will be a success in all they do.
Congratulations Darren and Mrs Darren!
Those early days are tough, so take a break and let work slide till you get into a rythm :)
congratulations! enjoy your paternity leave…
Congratulations!
The Problogger dynasty continues…
Congratulations Darren and V! Wishing you all the best.
Congratulations Darren! Looks like he’ll be videoblogging in no time.
Yay, congratulations! And he already has more hair than his dad! ;)
Congratualtions Darren.
Fatherhood is a wonderful experience. Enjoy!
All the best.
Congrats!
And 9 months for coming out of beta is pretty good these days ;)
Congratulations ! Have a great, enjoyable paternity leave ;)
Congrats on the new addition to the Problogger family Darren.
You just HAVE to do a quick video with the little guy soon!
Oh, after looking at the closeup pic again, I noticed he has more hair than you ;-)
Congrats, my friend! Having your first child is one of the most beautiful experiences ever!
Congratulations Darren! I was wondering where you had got to over the past few days, now I know. :)
Congratulations! Absolutely beautiful.
Congratulations Darren and V! Enjoy your Paternity Leave Mode. And don’t try to blog!!
Explains the empty feed this morning but I’m guessing the feed for Problogger Junior isn’t going to be RSS anyway. (Sorry, couldn’t resist!)
Congratulations to you all. What a fantastic moment and experience.
I remember the day when our little….
Congratulations Darren. All the best to all of you. Now you and V become parents, version 0.1a (a=alpha. You don’t get to beta until they leave home)
Wow. He’s beautiful Darren. Thank-you for sharing with us. And hugs to your wife for being so kind on this day.
Congrats Darren.
And I bet the proud grin still hasn’t come off your face Darren :)
Congrats Darren and V you have a beautiful son there.
Toni and Stuart
Woohoo, that’s just great. Correction: that just the best thing that will ever happen to you. Give him all the love in the world. After a few weeks, months, whatever, go and make a blog called: prodaddy or something on how to be the best dad in the world. I know you can do it. :)
Add my congratulations to the list!
congrats, up to the next one :)
congrats mom & dad!
once paternity leave ends, be glad you’ve ben able to build a career that revolves around home. you will be able to be much more involved than those of us who work outside the home.
welcome to the club dad :)
I’d had a feeling it might be on its way when the posting died down.
A tip from a father of two boys: point his “thing” down before you fasten up the diaper.
Congratulations to you all, will be following your Flickr photo stream :O)
Darren’s next post will be “Google AdSense for Your Baby.”
Congrats.
Definitely the best thing that can happy to a guy. Congrats! We’ll keep the light on for you. :)
Many thousand congrats to all 3 of you!
He’s adorable, and I love his name! Oh, and make sure you don’t make him wear any funny little sailor hats or anything – kids hate that stuff when they grow up. ;)
I do, however, think he needs a Cabbage Patch Kid. Afterall, his first name is tattooed on their butts! ;)
Congrats Darren!
Aw…isn’t that sweet. Congratulations!
Congratulations, Darren!!
All I can say is…get any sleep you can. Take catnaps. ;-)
Very many congratulations. When are you introducing junior to the joys of Apple Mac?
Cluck cluck cluck. Definitely makes me feel broody!!!
Have a wonderful, lovely life together ahead!
Congratulations to you and your wife! He looks good. And now the adventure begins!
Well done crew! Hope all enjoy some well deserved ‘family’ time together.
Great stuff!
Scott
Congratulations! Enjoy your leave — and your new family. ; )
Congrats!!!!! I’m so happy for you!!!
Forget every thing and enjoy the baby. Lovely.
Darren,
Wow! Congrats to all. He looks adorable.
As a recent father myself (Tom Raftery 2.0 – I have trade marked it!), I can only hope you operate well on very little sleep!
Being a Dad is the best thing ever. Enjoy.
Now the real fun begins. Congrats Darren!
Congratulations to both you and V, at nearly 9lbs hes a big’un, so to speak.
Congratulations! I have two beautiful girls of my own and some of my proudest moments are from when they were born. Enjoy your time off and let your wife sleep as much as she can.
Congratulations. I think it’s wonderful that you’re taking some time off. Some things are more important than blogging!
Congrats!
Congratulations, well done mate. You’ve talked about exponential traffic growth before – wait till you see how these little ones grow! Enjoy every minute of it.