Well today is August 31st and I've deleted all posts on this blog. Why? Well, Dan was the only person to read anything, and I've decided to take my ramblings in a new direction.

Yesterday at 8:33am (Aug 30th), my son Ronan Patrick was born. Entered in at 7lbs 15.25oz and 20.5" long (DING*).

From Ronan Patrick Shields

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People always say that the birth of their children is the best day of their lives. This is correct. To see a little person come into the world that you (or your wife) carried for 9 months... who started out as a little gummi-bear and turned into a mini combo of you and your better half... you just become speechless. Fact is I couldn't have written this yesterday.

Well enough cheeseball rhetoric. The new plan here is a place to link photos, videos, and "milestone" events in the world of Ronan and his mom and dad. True there are twitter options and facebook options, but with all the other distraction on facebook, I've decided to delete my account. I'm not a celebrity, so I don't see the need to be on twitter. This blog will be just fine. Now, if someone doesn't care about a first bath, or a cute pic of Ronan in Hawk gear, they won't get bothered.

So stick around. Deal with my spelling and grammar mistakes. Laugh. Cry. Bore yourself to sleep. Doesn't matter. Feel free to comment on anything. Until the next update...


*DP Show Height and Weight Bell