I’m a dad now!

My wife and I had a baby girl on July 9th!

Leyla Rose Gibbon was born in Istanbul on Wednesday afternoon. She weighs 7 lb. 1 oz. and is 19.3 inches long. We came home from the hospital on Friday and everyone is doing great.

So far I’m absolutely loving being a father.

I’ve uploaded some pictures to Flickr and also posted a 3-minute, non-graphic video of the delivery on YouTube: (UPDATE: We decided to take down the video and just share that with close family and friends.)

13 comments ↓

#1 Karen on 07.13.08 at 1:36 pm

Jim - congratulations on becoming a father. And to Pinar on becoming a mother. You two are going to be fantastically fun parents. I hope i get to meet Leyla soon!

#2 Pascal Venier on 07.13.08 at 4:27 pm

Congratulations!

#3 yli on 07.13.08 at 6:32 pm

congratulations!!

#4 Engin Karahan on 07.13.08 at 7:45 pm

Congratulations and Allah analı babalı büyütsün, hayırlı evlat eylesin.

#5 Steph and Rob on 07.13.08 at 9:59 pm

Congratulations, Jim and Pinar! She’s adorable. Can’t wait to meet her one day!

#6 Michael on 07.14.08 at 3:22 am

Congratulations!

#7 figen on 07.14.08 at 1:11 pm

heeey! gelinimi çok beğendim :) babalık da annelik de size çok yakışmış… allah ona sizinle birlikte mutlu olacağı, sağlıklı ve güzel bir hayat versin… pınar a sevgilerimi ilet, leyla rose u da benim için o güzel burnundan koklayarak öp… tebrikler…

#8 Mark on 07.14.08 at 7:40 pm

Congrats, cuz!

#9 Jeremy on 07.15.08 at 9:03 am

Congratulations!!!

#10 jgibbon on 07.15.08 at 4:24 pm

Thanks and teşekkürler to everyone!

#11 Monsoon on 07.19.08 at 4:33 am

Congratulations!!!

#12 svend on 10.19.08 at 1:59 am

Yes, a hearty congratulations and best wishes. There ain’t nothing like having a beautiful little daughter. There’s special kind of softness you didn’t know you had in you that comes out.

#13 jgibbon on 10.21.08 at 9:47 am

Thanks, Svend!

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