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He’s here!
Feb 15 2007
Hey everybody, we had a baby! A tiny, pink baby!
His name is Henry Martin Mason, but you can call him Hank.
I went into labor February 11 at 2 a.m., and he was born around noon that day — 8 lbs. 2 oz., and 21 inches long. I had a really good labor, and as you can see, he’s pretty much the sweetest baby ever.
I’ll tell you more later, after we’re a little less dazed. For now, thanks for all the happy wishes and strong support throughout my pregnancy. I can’t tell you how much I’ve appreciated you guys in the past few months.
Hank is one exceptional baby, and I wish you could snuggle him. He even smells soft.
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The warmest congratulations to all of you. And welcome to the world, Hank! He’s beautiful.
I wanna snuggle! Congrats again, hope the next few months are as easy as possible on you three!
Love,
Amy D.
Congratulations! He’s gorgeous… on no, there go the mommmy hormones again….
Whoot Whoot!! You Go Girl!! A thunderous applause for the Mason Family! Hank is one lucky babity.
Congratulations! So joyfully happy for you : )
He’s so adorable!!!!!
Cherish this time, it’s too fleeting. Congratulations and welcome baby Hank!
Yay! Congratulations! Boys rock - I have two. He IS the sweetest thing and very cute to boot. Welcome, Hank!
He’s gorgeous! I wish I could snuggle him too. I’m sending energetic snuggles to all of you. Yaa!
Hello Mighty Hank! Congratulations.
Congratulations!
He is beautiful, congratulations! February birthdays rock!
could your family be more awesome. Congrats! Welcome Baby Henry aka Hank.
You’ll be pleased to know that Heather’s pictures from your hospital room came up on flikr’s interesting photos of the day on Monday I think. I recognized you immediately and was like “Haaaay. I know her! I read her blog. Awesome!” Congratulations!
Look at him - he was born wise! Welcome Hank - you’re in for a lovely adventure.
Hooray for Hank! (Is it weird that I kind of hope he stays that pink?) Congratulations on your little bunny!
Congratulations to you both (or three!)
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed following your - sometimes comical - pregnancy (non-stalkingly you understand. . . ) through mightygirl and wish you all the very best for the future - enjoy it before he grows up too quickly!
Congratulations Masons! And a very Happy Belated Birthday Hank!
Congratulations!
He is beautiful.
Welcome Henry! Congratulations to both of you!
Warm congrats! There’s nothing, nothing at all, sweeter than a newborn. Enjoy every single second!
Yay! Congratulations and welcome hank!
Congratulations! What a beautiful boy!
Congratulations!!!!!
Now we want ours soon so we can experience such joy too!!!
Congratulations Maggie and Bryan! He’s beautiful.
I’m so confused. The ticker fish says no baby for three more days. Just goes to show how unreliable fish are…
Congratulations, Mighty Family!
Hank!!! Great name! Great baby! Can’t wait for the MightyMommyBlog!
Congratulations! He is gorgeous.
YAY! Congratulations.
Oh, congratulations!
Awesome! Congratulations!
And I must tell you that Henry was our boy name, if Charlotte turned out to be a he instead of a she.
Seeing his adorable little pink new baby-ness brought back memories of Charlotte when she was born, too. She weighed about the same (8 lbs 11 ozs) and was 21 inches, too.
He’s SO cute! He even looks like he smells soft. I’d love to snuggle him! The rewards of parenting are many, and this is the first of them. Congratulations!
Congratulations!
I am so happy for you!! I just saw and heard the heartbeat on our little peanut about an hour ago. We’ve been having some early scares the last couple weeks. Get this - if ours is a boy he will be Henry Merrill the 5th. But grandpa is Hank and daddy is Henry, so I think he might be stuck with Merrill as a nickname.
Your Hank is just perfect!! Thank you for sharing him with us. This is the first day I feel safe being excited about ours. Seeing your little guy makes that so much easier!
Maggie!
I am a long time reader, first time poster. Henry was born on my son’s first birthday! Yay! A marvelous day!
Congratulations! Such a cute kid
Congratulations! He is so beautiful! Makes me all clucky and gushy.
Welcome, Welcome little Hank!
Many kisses and blessings on your family
Oh, YAY! And also thirty-two soft sighs!
The sweet new baby daze is the best. Congratulations.
Yay! So happy for you guys! Congratulations!!
yay for the new little mason! he’s just beautiful, and i am terribly jealous and happy for you guys! and let me just say, as a lover of yarn, i think hank is an awesome name!
congratulations!!!
congrats! he’s adorable.
You and your husband are radiant! If only you could bottle that kind of joy. Congratulations on a job well done.
Hooray!
Good for you for posting a still-sticky picture. I like earthy pictures of infants better than overly groomed ones.
CONGRATULATIONS to you and B! Welcome Hank! You are precious.
Congratulations to you and your family! What a wonderful Valentine’s Day indeed.
Congratulations, Mighty Girl!
That’s a mighty fine baby there, both the greatest joy and the greatest responsibility in life. I wish you all the best.
Here now, from a much older parent (me), a haiku about the road before you:
Soft is the baby
So warm and loving to hold
Oh no, the teen years
Mazel Tov. Hank is so beautiful.
He looks very serious!
Warmest best wishes to the three of you…
Welcome, Hank! You are a mighty baby!
Best wishes. And that dazed feeling? Well, get used to it because it’s going to be here for a while.
You know, I usually can’t make out this parental resemblance that people are always going on about until the kid is about a year and a half. But this picture has a lot of Bryan. That’s gotta count for something.
Now the fun begins! Congratulations, good to see that everyone is healthy. Hank is beautiful, I love the name, and I wish you all much happiness.
xoxo
Congratulations Masons!
Maggie and Brian,
Congratulations on your lovely little boy. I am an Aussie reader, who loves your writing, photographs, and humour. Hank is just beautiful, I got all teary looking at your photos of him, especially the family shot. Welldone!
Cheers
Berecca
Congratulations!!!!! He looks just so darned adorable.
i love it. congratulations
Congrats! What a lovely little bundle of cuteness.
Happy Day Four On Earth, Hank! And listen to your mama: if her blog is anything to go by, she has lots of good stories to tell you.
YAAAAAAAY!!!!!! Congratulations, Maggie and Bryan!!! What a great addition to your sweet little family.
Congratulations to the Mighty Masons three. He’s gorgeous!
Outstanding. He’s a lovely baby!
Congratulations to the three of you. He’s a real cutie.
People will say sleep when the baby sleeps, but it’s so hard. I often found myself staring at our little girl whenever she would fall asleep in the first weeks she was home - and six months later, I still find myself absolutly mezmorized by her and unable to stop staring. They are the most amazing creatures, these babies, aren’t they? Hank is beautiful. Congratualtions. Now the real fun begins!
He’s so beautiful, Maggie. May he thrive and grow to be as mighty as his mama.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
What a great Valentine!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Happy Birthday Hank!
xoxoxoxoxxoxox
Happy Birth of a Mom Day, Maggie!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Oh, and that bear with the gun? (LOVE that image!)…I think you will find him the least of your adversaries to come. As a mother, you slowly grow a whole NEW set of senses. Once that little piece of your heart is set free to walk about among the big dangerous world, you approach it ALL in a WHOLE NEW WAY.
I became a mother twelve years ago today, in fact. And every year on his birthday I intentionally hold him in my arms, bless his spirit and pray for just one more year of strength to be the best mother I can be. It is a birthday tradition that started the moment he was laid wet and wiggly in my arms, and it continues now that he is almost a HEAD taller than I am(at 12!).
There is NOTHING like a SON to hold you in his big strong arms and love you. Nothing.
CONGRATULATIONS MAGGIE. Welcome to the sisterhood.
What a cutie!! Get some rest!!
I can’t decide if I am more in love with his upper lip or his perfect little nose. His eyes are exquisite as well. Good job Hank’s parents, good job.
Congratulations!!! Hank is quite the looker, already! Be sure to put tons of pictures on your Flickr!
Welcome to the world, Master Henry Martin Mason. I wish you a beautiful, joyful long life. What a handsome young man you are! Congratulations to your family.
Have you ever seen a baby so not fussed or disturbed about their entrance into the world. He looks so calm and chill.
Congratualations!! And welcome to the world Hank. You’ve got a good strappin stromg name to carry you through.
Congratulations, Maggie and Bryan! And welcome to the world, Hank!
Congratulations, Hank! You picked great parents!
Here’s hoping the next weeks bring sleep, snuggles, and smiles.
Welcome to the world Hank! Congratulations mom and dad, he’s beautiful.
save all those snuggles for yourself & Bryan: you both deserve much soft-smelling-babyness without having to share!
oh, my ovaries just twitched.
A bit of birthday trivia for you and Hank. He shares his with Simpsons creator Matt Groening! (And my friend’s daughter, which is really the only reason I know when Matt Groening’s birthday is…) So, ya know, he’s got that goin’ for him.
Congratulations. It’s so much work, and so much more fun. You’re gonna melt when he laughs at you for the first time.
Dur. Scratch that. I can read…
But not the congrats part!
New baby smell. Even better than the new car smell. Welcome Hank, you lucky little guy.
Ah Maggie, great, great news - how clever you are!
Congrats to you all, enjoy this fun time
hugs
bb
OMG! He’s so pink!
Congratulations!
Yay! Mighty Boy has arrived!
Congratulations, it really is adorable.
Congratulations to your happy family of three. How lovely! How wonderful, as well, that you had a good labor. Enjoy each moment.
Oh my god, I meant he! I swear I did! :::runs away in shame:::
He’s gorgeous! And so alert. Well done!
Congrats! He is beautiful and perfect. Enjoy his smells and little parts- they grow sooo quick!
Congratulations, you three!
Here’s to a healthy, happy baby and all the joys of parenthood! Congratulations!
Congratulations!
congrants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he is PERFECTION!!!!!!!!!!! SO YUMMY AND CUTE
rest a lot and God Bless you and your family
Congratulations!
He is adorable. His eyes seem knowing, like an old soul. Enjoy every single moment!
There is nothing more magical than a newborn baby. Hank is spectacular.
Congrats! He’s beautiful!
Delurking to say “Congratulations!” He was born a day earlier than our youngest (who turns 2 in a few minutes).
I will share with you the advice that my mom gave me when I was a brand-new mom, dazed and confused and utterly freaked out: “He will teach you everything you need to know.”
Your life is about to be turned upside-down in the most magical, freakish, awesome way. Enjoy.
Congratulations! He already looks like the sweetest, bestest baby ever.
Congratulations on the new baby. He has such a sweet face.
Oh, Maggie and Bryan, I’m SO happy for you!
Curious about the reasons behind “Henry”, but I’m guessing it’s a family thing. (Too many Thomases, perhaps?) Big congrats! He’s gorgeous!!
He’s so cute I’m shooting eggs! Congratulations Mighty family. Best wishes!
He is perfect! Love you
i only just got into ‘mighty girl’ recently and have been hooked on the pregnancy posts! congratulations!
He’s definitely a keeper! What a beautiful, amazing son you have. Take care and many congratulations for a job well done!
Congratulations! And eyes wide open too! Raising boys is a real experience! Keep your running shoes handy! LOL
God bless.
Terri
a sincere congratulations! I love the name Hank! he is just beautiful!
Big big Congratulations to you from a reader in tiny Luxembourg
He’s so cute!!! Love the name by the way!
Congratulations! He’s a beautiful boy!
So sweet! Congrats!
Congratulations!
Congratulations!!!!
just wanted to add to the multitudes who have already said congratulations!
Welcome Mightybaby!
HOORAY FOR THE GREAT PINK HANK!
Congratulations to you, and welcome to Mighty Baby Hank!
Congrats on the beautiful boy as well as the relatively short labor so close to your due date. You are charmed.
Congratulations, Maggie and Bryan, and welcome, Hank! Best wishes to you all at this magical time.
Congratulations to all of you.
The mobile update about fighting a bear made me tear up.
What a very handsome, sweet, mighty boy. Congratulations to both of you on the start of something unbelievably beautiful.
oh congrats! What a cutie! Makes me excited to meet our little girl in a few weeks… I’m glad to hear your labor was good as well!
Congrats! He’s darling.
Congratulations and such a sweet darling boy! Great name too!
Congratulations! And yes, as someone who is terrified of going into labor in 5 months, please explain (in detail) how awesome your labor was. And what you think you did to make it that way. :]
Congratulations to you both on the birth of your beautiful son! He shares a birthday with my Mum, who is a fantastic lady. So I am sure he will be a fantastic young man!
Oh my gosh, he is adorable! Congratulations!!!
Not only is he pink and perfect and darling, but you can tell from his features that when he is 45 he is going to be one good looking dude!
And I mean that in a totally non-creepy way.
Welcome Hank!
Congrats from a longtime lurker! Enjoy trying to figure out who’s training whom.
Delurking to offer a hearty congratulations! Welcome, baby Hank. So excited for you both.
He is beautiful! Congratulations!
I’ve been hounding MightyGirl for a couple weeks now waiting for the big day…congratulations! I got choked up seeing Hank’s beautiful shiny pink self. I’m so glad all went well and that the Masons are healthy and happy.
My eyes are tearing up. It must be dusty in here.
Congrats!
Aaawwww look at the babba! He’s very very adorable! Be sure to tell us all later what “a really good labour” entails more precisely…
Blow him a little bellyfart from me.
A tiny, tiny pink baby! Welcome, Hank! (Am I getting ahead of myself by wondering when he’ll have his own website?)
(Okay, yes. That WAS a bit overboard.)
Congratulations. He’s absolutely gorgeous. And I love the name Henry. As the mom to a Sam, I’m a big fan of the old-tymey names.
Have decided I would fight a bear for this child. A bear with a gun.
This made me laugh out loud. On the third night after Sam was born, I was lying in bed and watching him sleep in my arms (FYI, you’ll never spend as much time just staring at another human being as you you will at your children), and I had this sudden crazy hormonal surge of maternal protectiveness that made me feel absolutely ferocious and reduced me to tears at the same time. I still get weepy when I think about it. Such as right now.
P.S. This crazy protectiveness doesn’t go away, but you eventually get a slightly better handle on it. At first, though, you’re all Drew Barrymore from the beginning of Firestarter. But I digress. Mazel tov!
Oh that? Was my ovaries exploding. Sorry. He’s just so cute, I can’t even stand it. Congratulations, Mighty Girl!
Congratulations! Now you can start on your list of reasons that having a baby doesn’t suck.
Congratulations to the Mighty Family!
WoooHooo! Congratulations on your adorable new baby. Can’t wait to hear your new insights.
He is perfection.
What a precious little nugget of joy! Congratulations to you, Maggie, and welcome to our world, little Hank!
Oh, he’s beautiful. He looks Mighty indeed. Congratulations!
He’s gorgeous, and Henry is an excellent name. Congratulations!
Sweet baby. Congratulations.
Congratulations on your beautiful baby!
Congratulations!!! He’s the cutest little baby boy I’ve ever seen that is for sure (I can say that because I don’t have a boy..{;o))
Sleep when baby sleeps…seriously!
“May your moons always be full,
your starts always be bright,
may your home be FILLED with laughter
and your steps always be light!!”
Maggie, I had Nathan on the 11th too!!!! Congrats with Hank.
I’m a daily lurker on your site (I started visiting a while ago when I saw you mentioned on Heather[dooce]’s site), and just wanted to wish you a huge “Congratulations!!” Being a momma ROCKS! Have fun!
Congrats! He is indeed very pink.
If little Hank could sing, I bet he’d sing this:
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/mp3/I’m a Mason Now.mp3
Much happiness to you and your new family Maggie, and THANK YOU for sharing this experience with all of us.
Congratulations to you and Bryan, Maggie! He is indeed beautiful and I wish you and your new family the greatest happiness.
Best wishes!
Congratulations to all three of you! Pink delicious baby!!
Congratulations, Mason family! I’m single, not even dating, and Henry Martin is the name I have picked out for my own future little man. Henry just because I love the name, and Martin for my grandpa. Glad to see the names work together someplace other than in my own head. He’s beautiful, Maggie. Best wishes to all of you.
stopped by for the first time (though i’ve heard of you often) and saw the picture of your baby, thought the ‘henry…originally uploaded by maggie’ was a clever pun about how you ‘uploaded’ him into the world. kept perusing your posts, found other pictures with similar labels that blew my pun theory out of the water. found other things to laugh at here that didn’t make me question that last martini (or 3).
Congratulations Maggie and Bryan. Hank is a doll. I’m very happy for you both.
Congrats to the both of you! What an adorable little guy! ::sighs:: Aren’t baby toes just the cutest things on the planet? They are like puppies wrapped in giggles with baby ducks on top.
Congratulations M & B! He is just beautiful! Welcome to this world Hank we’ve been waiting for you!
Whow, what a beautiful boy! Congratulations!
What??!!?!! It’s a good thing I just happened to go on your blog or I might NEVER have found out! I thought I was on your “call list”! He is absolutely gorgeous! Can’t wait to meet little Hank! Much love to the three of you!
A belated congratulations! Glad to hear your L&D went smoothly. Good luck with breastfeeding, sleeping, adjusting, and all of that good stuff. Let the fun begin.
I think you’ll find that exploring The City with baby (then toddler) in tow will introduce you to all kinds of things you never before knew existed. e.g., The new Westfield mall has a great family room for breastfeeding and/or relaxing with a whole row of changing tables and dads are okay to be in there, too. Just a tip!
Have fun!
I don’t think I’ve ever commented, but I have read your site for awhile. Just wanted to say congratulations on Henry. He’s very cute!
Congrats!
Love your blog and sites, wanted to send my congrats on Henrys arrivial. hes just ADORABLE! May he sleep soundly for you tonight;)
congratulations!
A pink baby, a good labor, that’s great news. Congratulations from a complete stranger.
He looks beautiful. Congrats to all of you.
I have been lurking for awhile on your site (came over from Mighty Goods). I wanted to say congratulations to you and your husband on your beautiful baby boy. You definitely made pregnancy seem less frightening (I don’t have any kids yet). Thanks!
De-lurking here. Congratulations on your beautiful child! Ahh, I can’t stand it I want another one! Hank. LOVE IT! Exclamation points galore from the east coast!
Spontaneous smiling verging on tears over here; who knows why, but I feel very happy for your family
He’s adorable! Congrats on the birth of Mighty Baby!
Look at how precious! Congratulations Mommy!
Mazel Tov!!! and welcome Henry!
So where do I send my baby gift?! I’ve looked everywhere for your email address to ask!
He’s beautiful. And how wonderful to hear you had a good labor! Many blessings to you and your new little family.
Congratulations! He is so new! A photo to treasure forever. He looks so healthy!
He’s so cute~~~~~
Welcome to world, Hank!!!!!
-from South Korea-
BEST original upload ever! Good job Maggie! Congrats to you both, and welcome Hank.
well done!
he’s adorable and precious, congratulations!
Congratulations - since I’ve been reading you for years it feel like I know your whole family! Huge hug! Beautiful!!
What a beautiful baby you have! Congratulations!
Welcome, Hank. It’s nice to meet you.