Newsdesigner.com | Noah Samuel Friesen

Noah Samuel Friesen

12:11 AM, January 16, 2007

Welcome to the world, buddy. It’s a cruel, crazy, beautiful place, and I have no doubt you’re gonna kick its ass. All 4.8 pounds of you. Excellent work beating that deadline by a good month (you didn’t get that skill from your old man). Now turn down that awful racket you call “music!” (Just practicing!)

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Oh my. Talk about down-sizing. Or is it tabloid? He looks great! Congrats!!!

Posted by: anonymous at January 16, 2007 12:38 AM

Baby's first blog! Congratulations :)

Posted by: Nina Mehta at January 16, 2007 1:17 AM

Awesome, looks like you've got a winner there, Mark. Congrats.

Posted by: Luke Knox at January 16, 2007 2:25 AM

Congratulations! Hope you find the pleasures of parenthood a joy!

Posted by: emma at January 16, 2007 2:29 AM

Congratulations!!

Posted by: aruna at January 16, 2007 2:32 AM

Congrats, Mark! Looks like a great edition, er, addition!

Posted by: Linda Shapley at January 16, 2007 4:49 AM

Congratulations from Spain!!!

Posted by: Diego at January 16, 2007 5:32 AM

Congrats and welcome to the land of no sleep. It's fun here. :)

Posted by: Mike Rice at January 16, 2007 7:27 AM

Ohhhhh!

*tries to make a baby-newspaper pun like others above, but is stunned by cuteness*

Congratulations, Mark, he's gorgeous! :-)

Posted by: Denise Covert at January 16, 2007 8:09 AM

Congratulations from Finland!

Have a wonderful time together, and lots of it!

Posted by: Flip at January 16, 2007 8:22 AM

Wow! So, that's what they look like. I have one due in little under two months. Congrats!

Posted by: Sam Morgan at January 16, 2007 9:41 AM

Congratulations! Hope all goes well. Children are wonderful and scary, often at the same time. :-)

Posted by: Daniel at January 16, 2007 9:46 AM

Being a dad is the most awesomest thing of all time - congrats. Even the times you think might such now turn out to be awesome down the road.

Posted by: Mathieu at January 16, 2007 9:56 AM

Congratulations, Mark!

Posted by: Charles Apple at January 16, 2007 10:02 AM

Ah that's wonderful news! A very beautiful baby...congratulations :-)

Posted by: Dave Lee at January 16, 2007 10:41 AM

I was born a Friesen too. How does it feel?

Posted by: Julie Daiker at January 16, 2007 11:05 AM

He appears to be conceiving a Sunday centerpiece. Congrats!

Posted by: Rich at January 16, 2007 11:30 AM

Congratulations and welcome to parenthood! You've got a heck of a time ahead of you. Appreciate every minute of it.

Posted by: Jonathan Kleinow at January 16, 2007 11:34 AM

look just like you!!
congartulations!!
Tom

Posted by: Tom at January 16, 2007 11:34 AM

Congratulations, Mark. What a beautiful baby!

Posted by: Bill Pliske at January 16, 2007 11:40 AM

add him to your portfolio. =)

congrats!

Posted by: martin gee at January 16, 2007 12:14 PM

Kudos, NewsDesigner: This is beautiful work!

Posted by: Matt Mansfield at January 16, 2007 12:35 PM

Nice Redesign!

I think this one will last.

Posted by: Robb Montgomery - CEO at January 16, 2007 12:50 PM

Congratulations, Mark!

Odd coincidence: I just finished reading a wire story about a New Orleans newborn who was named Noah because, as a frozen embryo, he survived Katrina's Great Flood. First thing I thought when I saw the story: Great name! And it is. Well done.

Posted by: Mark Dodge Medlin at January 16, 2007 1:59 PM

Congratulations and all the best!

Posted by: John at January 16, 2007 3:10 PM

Congratulations, Mark!

Posted by: Bill Bootz at January 16, 2007 3:19 PM

Your baby is so cute...
and your sight is great!

Posted by: Deb at January 16, 2007 3:21 PM

WOW! Congratulations!

Posted by: Billy Kulpa at January 16, 2007 3:56 PM

Congrats Mark.
Here's wishing you some good times for the next 18 years

Posted by: Khushroo at January 16, 2007 4:51 PM

Congrats! What a beautiful child!

Posted by: Newzdezigner at January 16, 2007 6:02 PM

Congrats Mark.

Posted by: Chris Morris at January 16, 2007 7:02 PM

Mark,

Give your wife a big congrats from all of us, too! I'm guessing she had something to do with this centerpiece production as well!
Oh, and does this mean your February schedule is now freed up to do that thing we talked about?
Eh, you'll probably be too busy being the best darn dad in Oregon. Well, there's always next year.

Posted by: Kris Kinkade at January 16, 2007 8:40 PM

Awww! That's a lotta cuteness packed into such a little guy! Well done. Congratulations and best wishes!

Posted by: Bonita Burton at January 16, 2007 9:53 PM

Congrats, Mark!

Posted by: Josh Trudell at January 16, 2007 10:33 PM

Congratulations from India!

Posted by: Ishita at January 16, 2007 10:34 PM

Your life just changed forever -- and all for the better. Congrats and best wishes.

Posted by: damon at January 17, 2007 12:03 AM

Wow! Thanks, everyone! Gosh, y'all are great.

He'll probably be mortified when he Googlezons up this page in 13 years, but that's what parenting's all about.

Posted by: Mark at January 17, 2007 12:11 AM

Dude! Congrats! Outstanding deadline performance!! Get all the rest you can ... you'll need it!!

Posted by: Scott Goldman at January 17, 2007 7:58 AM

Congratulations Mark!

Posted by: Tribble at January 17, 2007 10:55 AM

Congratulations!

Posted by: MV at January 17, 2007 11:51 AM

Congrats guys. Noah is cute 'n' stuf. :)

Posted by: Ernie Smith at January 17, 2007 1:51 PM

Congratulations! He's absolutely precious! He's going to stick around longer than the WSJ's next three redesigns. :)

Posted by: Megan Lavey at January 17, 2007 4:59 PM

Congrats, dude!

Posted by: Kenney Marlatt at January 17, 2007 7:29 PM

Oh Mark, many congratulations!! I didn't realize you were a daddy-to-be. Noah's perfect.

Posted by: Heidi de Laubenfels at January 18, 2007 12:46 PM

Congratulations from London -
he reminds me of our sports editor on a Friday afternoon - can't think why.. but enojy these precious days!

Posted by: chou at January 19, 2007 9:15 AM

And just like that, the world is a better place. Congrats Mark!

Posted by: Geoff Pinnock at January 19, 2007 1:50 PM

congrats teammate. it just goes to show it is indeed the year of the designer baby here at the oregonian. now just be sure to pass along any daddy knowledge my way.

Posted by: steve zimmerman at January 22, 2007 12:21 AM

Congratulations! Something tells me your blogging time will decrease dramatically soon…

Posted by: Eston at January 23, 2007 12:57 AM

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