Meet Daniel
April 30th, 2006 by mhjones
It’s a boy! Meet my son, Daniel Mark. He was born on Saturday night, clocking in at 4.2kg, or 9lb, 5oz, and 53cm long. Mrs J did an incredible job given the task at hand!

Despite what they say about the public hospital system, I’d have to rate Royal North Shore Hospital’s maternity unit a 10. The facilities are excellent and the midwives knew just what to say, and when. Even better, it was a quiet day so we had all the attention we wanted. Oh, and get this: The bloke gets free reign of a nicely stocked fridge.
On matters of the heart, we’re thanking God that Daniel is healthy and (so far) behaving himself. New life is nothing short of a miracle, and we’ve been blessed beyond our imagination.



April 30th, 2006 at 3:28 pm
Congratulations mate, that’s great news.
Good of him to wait till Saturday night too
April 30th, 2006 at 4:52 pm
yeah congrats to you both Mark and Heather. Named after “the other guy” from Savage Garden? If not, your boy is really going to have trouble getting the #1 googlerank for a reverse name lookup. Unless, of course, no-one remembers Savage Garden 20 years from now… what are the chances?
April 30th, 2006 at 6:56 pm
Congratulations to the two of you – or should that be the four of you.
May your lives be filled with happiness!
April 30th, 2006 at 6:59 pm
Congratulations to you and your family mate. Good luck for the exciting life of being a dad ahead.
April 30th, 2006 at 7:31 pm
Congratulations Mark!
Great to hear you’ve been blessed with a healthy son.
So, is he going to be a doctor, astronaut or Greenpeace activist!?!?!?
April 30th, 2006 at 7:39 pm
Thanks for the comments guys! Shane, according to his Grandpa, he’s going to be a pilot. Considering I wanted to be a truck driver when I was a little tacker, I reckon that’s a step up in the right direction.
Cam, actually, I’ve been waiting for the Daniel Johns/Silverchair comments
April 30th, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Congratulations! Really happy to hear your news!
May 1st, 2006 at 12:19 am
Congrats to you and Heather, Mark. Some awards on Friday night, then an even bigger and better one on Saturday. Brilliant.
May 1st, 2006 at 6:24 am
Best wishes to you all. This is the stuff that really matters.
May 1st, 2006 at 7:26 am
Congratulations to you and Heather – wonderful stuff and RNS is a great hospital
May 1st, 2006 at 9:01 am
‘… the stuff that really matters’. Here here. Congrats Mark.
RNS do indeed have a wonderful team.
Cheers,
Scott
May 1st, 2006 at 1:04 pm
Congratulations Mark! It is normally pretty hard to pick with newborns, but he actually looks just like his Dad.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:54 pm
Congratulations Mark and Mrs J.
I guess the only question now is when version 2.0 planning will start now you already have version 1.0 delivered.
May 1st, 2006 at 5:45 pm
congrats!!!!
happy looking fellow too
May 1st, 2006 at 7:58 pm
Congratulations and best wishes to all of the family Mark.
I’m sure whtever the little fella does he will do you all proud
May 1st, 2006 at 8:27 pm
Great news Mark. Congratulations to yourself and Heather. Glad to know he waited just long enough for you to collect the AFR’s gongs on Friday!
May 2nd, 2006 at 10:04 am
So exciting! New life is truly a miracle that we are blessed to be a part of.
Here’s to good fortune, good health, and that #1 Google rank
May 2nd, 2006 at 3:45 pm
Congrats Mark and Heather…great news.
May 2nd, 2006 at 3:57 pm
Here’s to a whole tribe of little typists – hugs all round!
May 2nd, 2006 at 4:54 pm
Good on you Mark, he’s almost good looking enough to pass as a Kiwi!
May 2nd, 2006 at 9:39 pm
great job mate.
June 17th, 2006 at 5:54 am
Belated congrats there, matey.