-Richard

Great post.

Thank you for the kind post. I thought I should write to let you know that there were actually a couple of cool things going on at the time.

First, we had lots of family in the waiting room. They were armed with web-enabled cell phones, and so Twittering was a great, non invasive way of letting them know what was going on, too. We could direct message back and forth Qs&As.

Second, we have family world-wide. Most of which had never heard of Twitter (like my 88 year old Grandmother), but they had Internet access. It was as easy as going to a web page for them to track progress.

Finally, one thing that none of my Twitter friends and family know, is that it really was comforting to both of us, knowing that we had the thoughts, prayers and support of everyone. It was a very special event, and Twitter really did make it *that* much more special.

(Yeah, I sound like a pretty serious pro-technology fanboi, but every so often it really does make life better).

So I am a proud father, and so of course there *are* pics – at http://www.alexhutton.com

Thanks again

Thanks for your kind words! I’m not sure I deserve them but I appreciate them nonetheless.

Congratulations on your inaugural blog post. Keep on writing and I’ll keep checking in!