Confessions of a Six Figure Professional Blogger

The New Risley, Born 2/22

February 23, 2010 | Personal

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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  • Oh how cute is he!

    Congrats David
  • Very cute. Congrats Mate!

    Since your daughter is only two, she will need some time to adjust.
  • That's very good news... Endless Blessings to your family
  • Congrats. He is beautiful!

    Best, Wendy
  • He's sooo cute! Congrats!
  • larryelkins
    Congratulations and best wishes.
  • Yippie! Congratulations, David.

    A boy - and a girl - is so much fun. Your days going forward are going to be anything but dreary.

    Who wants anything else for entertainment when you have two cute little performers right at home? :)

    Cheers to you, Malika, Elyana and Nathan!
  • Leon Noone
    G'day David,

    Congratubloodylations! Press on. Practice makes perfect in child rearing as in most other stuff. Spoil the little buggers as much as you can. You, and they, only get one chance and it's over in no time.
    They'll turn into teenagers before you can sneeze.

    To use an old Aussie expression, "Whacko The Chook!"

    Good Luck

    Leon
  • Hooly
    Happy happy dance! To the pitter patter of little feet and the footprints of new ones.
  • Congrats, David! I hope your children are able to be as close as I was to my older brother and my son and daughter are to each other. Having a girl and a boy is more than twice the fun of one!
  • Congratulations David, and good luck with your upcoming travels. Make sure your wife has a webcam so you can see the little ones while away. That always helps to keep me going.
  • Odilon Correa
    Congratulations David! God bless you all.
  • syukor
    Congratulations man.
    Risley is so adorable!
  • tombabinszki
    Congratulations David, and to the whole family. Tell us how it works with two kids, as we are expecting the second one in May.
  • Congratulations on the new addition to your family.

    I pray that you would find the right timing that works for your family as you do the multiple things that are in your path. Choose rightly and success on all fronts will continue to be yours.

    Take care.
  • Congrats. Life with two is twice as sweet.
  • Dalibor
    congratulations David i wish you the best life with your family(your biggest fan and reader from Bosnia... :)
  • 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! :)
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Congratulations David to you and your family,
    I wish you all well for the future,
    Best wishes,
    Janis

    Latvia
  • Beautiful baby! Congratulations and many blessings!
  • Congratulations David to you and your family,
    I wish you all well for the future,
    Best wishes,
    Adrian
  • You are blessed. Congrats again!
  • 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
  • Congrats! Cute baby. I have three kids and you should, too! (Everyone should have to deal with three if I do). :)
  • patriciaugo
    Congrats David! Don't worry Be happy!
  • Now thats going to keep you busy. Congrats!
  • How awesome and exciting! Congratulations on becoming a daddy all over again.
  • oh david he is beautiful...what a blessing for your family...
  • Congrats, David! Working from home with a toddler and an infant can/will be a challenge, but it can be done.
  • Many congratulations to you and your wife on the new addition, I am sure you will all find your feet soon x
  • 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.
  • Many Blessings to you, Nathan and the whole family. He's a beaut!
  • 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
  • Congratulation David, and welcome Nathan hope you can be a great blogger too someday :)
  • Congratulations. I love the name Nathan.
  • Children make you want to start life over. ~Muhammad Ali

    Congratulations to you and your wife.
  • Congrats Dave.. and best of luck to both of you.
  • Congratulations to you and your family! He's darling!
  • 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.
  • ChelleWrites
    He's beautiful!!

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

    ~Chelle
  • 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!
  • 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
  • jasonpereira
    Congrats, David!

    When's he getting his first laptop? :)
  • 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
  • Congrats! Here's hoping to being able to adjust as quickly as possible to a new (non)sleeping schedule! :)
  • Congratulations David! He is beautiful! Hope your wife is doing well. Enjoy your new miracle. Talk to you later.
    Lori Herren @BajaLori
  • Disappointing. :-)
  • 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.
  • Awww, he's just adorable!! Congratulations!!! (and good luck!)
  • 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
  • The young man's first blog appearance, what a keepsake.
    All the best to you and the family, man.
  • kcha
    Congratulations! Enjoy these precious moments!
  • Congratulation David and Malika. He looks adorable. I can gurantee that 2 kids is more than twice the fun :o)
  • Congratulations! He's so adorable!
  • 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.
  • remarkablogger
    Congrats, David!
  • Well, congrats !!
  • Congrats David!...

    Cheers.. Are
  • Congrats David!
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Congratulations! Good Luck to you all and all the best from Germany
  • Congratulations to you and your family. I love the name Nathan. He's so cute!

    Good luck with you or your wife sleeping again :-)
  • Congratulations David! Wonderful feeling isn't it?

    Enjoy life with 2 kids now. :)
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