Welcome Chloe Frances Brill

October 21 2009

This morning at 11:51 AM CDT, we welcomed Chloe Frances Brill into our lives and our hearts.  She was a little bit stubborn about joining us, but she was worth the wait.  Six pounds even (I mistakenly read "0.3" on the scale as "3" ounces in my Twitter/Facebook update earlier today), 19 inches, and of course, beautiful.  Deborah and daughter are doing great.  Big sister Megan spent some time getting to know Chloe this afternoon and even held her little sister and commented on how soft her hair is.

We'll be at the hospital (sans wifi) for a few days, so things will be quiet here.  Thank you all for the Tweets/Facebook comments/calls/txts/packages and most of all, love!!

First photos, click on my pensive little daughter (whose nose was bent during delivery, but they say will be all good in a few days):


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  1. 1  David Bailey  | 10/21/2009 6:57:21 PM

    Looks like she's lecturing you, already. Good luck with that.

    Congratulations, Ed.

  1. 2  Karl-Henry Martinsson http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/texasswede | 10/21/2009 7:18:50 PM

    Congratulations to Deborah and you! She is adorable!

  1. 3  Graham Dodge  | 10/21/2009 7:23:37 PM

    Congratulations to all.

    Melanie Rose Dodge beat Chloe into the Yellowverse by just five weeks and my belated advice to you is to tell friends and relatives that gifts of baby clothes are welcome, but to stay away from pink and to buy different sizes of clothes for Chloe to grow into over the next 2-3 years.

    If you need any unused small pink baby clothes we have enough stock for about three garage sales :(

    .

  1. 4  Mary Beth Raven http://www.notesdesignblog.com | 10/21/2009 7:25:09 PM

    Congratulations! What a lot of hair! I look forward to more pictures. And good luck with those days without Wifi :)

  1. 5  Philip http://philip9876.com | 10/21/2009 7:32:55 PM

    Congrats Ed and Deborah. Lovely kid.

  1. 6  Mat Newman  | 10/21/2009 7:47:50 PM

    G'Day Ed,

    Enjoy the break spending time getting to know your new daughter.

    Congratulations from Down Under!

  1. 7  John Calwell http://www.itx.com.au | 10/21/2009 8:05:39 PM

    G'day Ed,

    Congratulations to you and Deborah on the safe arrival of Chloe.

    Cheers,

  1. 8  Alan Lepofsky http://www.alanlepofsky.net | 10/21/2009 8:12:32 PM

    Congrats Ed, Deborah, Megan, and welcome Chloe.

  1. 9  Rick VanGameren http://rvgspeaks.blogspot.com | 10/21/2009 8:28:05 PM

    That's a priceless pose. How can one so young look so wise? Thanks for sharing her with us, and - congratulations!

  1. 10  Peter Presnell  | 10/21/2009 8:33:48 PM

    Congratulations Ed. It looks like you found something to trump all of last week's announcements after all. Best wishes to all.

  1. 11  Rob  | 10/21/2009 8:35:04 PM

    Incredibly cute. Congrats Ed & family. :-)

  1. 12  Luis Guirigay http://lguiriga,blogspot.com | 10/21/2009 8:43:12 PM

    Congratulations Ed !!!

  1. 13  John Stockbridge http://www.brookstone.com.au | 10/21/2009 8:57:22 PM

    Chloe thinks "should I wear the Jimmy Choos today, or just go with the flats?" Congratulations from downunder.

  1. 14  David Jeyachandran  | 10/21/2009 9:22:39 PM

    Hi Ed!

    Best wishes and lots of joy for your family.

    Congratulations from Down Under!

  1. 15  Tripp Black http://www.mindwatering.com | 10/21/2009 9:37:49 PM

    What an awesome time. Enjoy the moment sans wifi. Congratulations!

  1. 16  Benoit Dubuc http://www.benoitdubuc.com | 10/21/2009 9:47:12 PM

    Congrats to Dad and mostly Mom. She does look like she could take your job, so teach her all the good stuff you do.

    A little thought for Megan too, who will have to play the big sister's role now, and take good care of little Chloe.

    I wish Mom a speedy recovery as I'm sure she can't wait to be home with all the family.

    Have a wonderful time together and enjoy life as much as you can!

  1. 17  Lynn and Bob  | 10/21/2009 10:09:16 PM

    Congratulations to all of you! She's gorgeous and we love her wrinkly feet and hands!

  1. 18  Bill Geimer  | 10/21/2009 10:57:32 PM

    Mozel tov. Lovely baby. When does she get her first Mac Book? Just kidding. Congratulations and best wishes to all the Brills.

  1. 19  Neil Wainwright http://www.nexonia.com | 10/21/2009 11:07:28 PM

    Congrats to you Ed and your growing family!

  1. 20  Christopher Byrne http://www.controlscaddy.com/ | 10/21/2009 11:10:15 PM

    Congrats to you and the family!

  1. 21  Dave Harris http://www.wavysworld.com | 10/21/2009 11:46:27 PM

    Many congratulations, Ed & Deborah, and welcome Chloe

  1. 22  Michelle O’Rorke http://michelles-universe.blogspot.com | 10/21/2009 11:56:41 PM

    All the best Ed, to you and your family. It's amazing how wize and mature babies can look when they are so young. She looks like a lady who will definetly know her own mind.

  1. 23  Volker Weber http://vowe.net | 10/22/2009 12:46:18 AM

    Was lange währt, wird endlich gut.

    Congratulations Deborah, Ed and Megan.

  1. 24  Boudewijn van Rijnsoever http://kubocentral.com | 10/22/2009 12:59:57 AM

    Congratulations :-) nice to see the Brill clan expanding.

    And welcome Cloe to the Notes family!

  1. 25  Boudewijn van Rijnsoever http://kubocentral.com | 10/22/2009 1:00:52 AM

    Oeps.. spelled her name wrong.. I ment Chloe

  1. 26  John Foldager http://www.johnfoldager.com | 10/22/2009 1:17:40 AM

    Congratulations to you Ed, your wife, Megan and a special welcome to Chloe. My guess is that Chloe really wants to have a Notes Home Edition soon ;o)

  1. 27  Dani http://www.noteros.com | 10/22/2009 1:37:29 AM

    Congratulations from spain

  1. 28  Philip Storry http://www.not-so-rapid.com | 10/22/2009 1:55:25 AM

    Congratulations to your newly expanded family, Ed.

    Now take some well deserved time off and get to know her! :-)

  1. 29  Lewis Turek  | 10/22/2009 2:17:42 AM

    MAZAL TOV!!

    Congratulations Deborah, Ed and Megan!! So pleased for you all!!

  1. 30  Vitor Pereira http://www.vitor-pereira.com | 10/22/2009 2:24:40 AM

    Congrats to all of you, and a big welcome to Chloe!

  1. 31  Sander Zwart http://www.socialsoftwareblog.nl | 10/22/2009 2:29:06 AM

    Congratulations to you and your family...enjoy the time ahead

  1. 32  Henning Heinz  | 10/22/2009 2:36:29 AM

    Congratulations to you and your family. Now with three ladies I hope that you will still get a chance to speak from time to time ;-)

    Just remembers me that I would like to have a second one too.

  1. 33  Shankar Iyer  | 10/22/2009 2:47:24 AM

    Congratulations Ed

  1. 34  Michael  | 10/22/2009 2:49:02 AM

    Congratulations to you all! I have 3 and enjoyed the changes that each brought in all aspects of family life.

  1. 35  Sutheep Singhsachakul http://www.intellects.co.th | 10/22/2009 2:49:08 AM

    Ed, your daughter is a true reflection of a bundle of joy. Heartiest Congratulations to both you and Deborah.

  1. 36  Babar  | 10/22/2009 2:59:29 AM

    Congrats to you ED and all ur family. Njoy

  1. 37  Lars Olufsen http://www.olufsphere.com | 10/22/2009 3:27:30 AM

    Congratulations to you and your family, Ed.

    She does look pensive indeed ... that could spell trouble! ;-)

  1. 38  Paul Mooney http://www.pmooney.net | 10/22/2009 3:31:05 AM

    Wonderful news to wake up to this morning Ed. Congratulations to you and yours!

  1. 39  Mike  | 10/22/2009 3:35:57 AM

    Congratulations Ed and family

    Kiss goodnight to any ideas of sleep for the next few months. Enjoy every single second of her!

  1. 40  Bill http://www.hadsl.com | 10/22/2009 3:48:51 AM

    Congratulations - fantastic news.

    --* Bill

  1. 41  Andy Dempster  | 10/22/2009 3:54:47 AM

    Congrats Ed! My first was born 3 weeks ago! Oh how I miss sleep but it's all worth it!

  1. 42  Thomas Schulte http://www.welovenotesbut.com/blog | 10/22/2009 4:13:30 AM

    Congratulations come from here too.

    My littlest daughter Sophia, which was born 8 weeks ago told me to say hello to Chloe, her mother, sister and her father.

  1. 43  Michel  | 10/22/2009 4:23:45 AM

    Congratulations, Ed !

  1. 44  Theo Heselmans http://blog.xceed.be | 10/22/2009 4:33:30 AM

    Welcome to this world Chloe. Say congratulations to your parents !

  1. 45  Vince Schuurman  | 10/22/2009 4:45:24 AM

    Congratulations!!

  1. 46  Ed Maloney  | 10/22/2009 4:49:08 AM

    Congratulations to all, and special thanks to wife and baby for waiting until after the 8.51 launch!

  1. 47  Michael Martine http://Http://dogearnation.com | 10/22/2009 4:50:00 AM

    Chloe is so adorable, from her first pose! Best wishes on the successful conversion from the accustomed man-to-man to zone defense now with three. Three is definately the new two! Congratulations, Ed!

  1. 48  Felix Binsack http://timetoact.de | 10/22/2009 4:51:47 AM

    Gongratulations Ed !!!

  1. 49  Armin Auth http://authsider.wordpress.com | 10/22/2009 5:03:59 AM

    Congratulations Ed! Now the best time of your life starts, this is sure.

  1. 50  Thomas Coustenoble http://www.netvibes.com/tcoustenoble | 10/22/2009 5:35:10 AM

    Congrats to the family! Lovely Chloe ! Enjoy this unique moment and see you soon!

  1. 51  Darren http://www.dadams.co.uk | 10/22/2009 6:06:11 AM

    Congratulations Ed and Deborah, great news, and thanks for avoiding the usual Brill 3.0 type of gags.

  1. 52  Henry Ferlauto  | 10/22/2009 6:11:44 AM

    Congratulations Ed and Deborah! Enjoy every moment.

    Don't you think it's about time she had a laptop of her own? :)

  1. 53  Johan Koopman http://www.ibm.com | 10/22/2009 6:26:33 AM

    Congratulations Ed and Family with this great news!

  1. 54  Carlos Rivera http://www.criverapr.com | 10/22/2009 6:34:07 AM

    Congratulations

  1. 55  Jonathan Walkup  | 10/22/2009 6:35:04 AM

    Congratulations!

  1. 56  Jason Hook  | 10/22/2009 6:35:29 AM

    Congratulations - wonderful news!! We decided two was enough but I still get broody :-)

  1. 57  Roger Hintz http://www.rogerhintz.com | 10/22/2009 6:47:39 AM

    Congratulations on the birth of your daughter. My daughter was also born on October 21 and is now 15 years old ("Dad, when can I get my learner's permit?"). Enjoy her while she's young!!! ;-)

  1. 58  Rob McDonagh http://CaptainOblivious.com | 10/22/2009 7:03:29 AM

    Congrats!

  1. 59  Bruce Elgort http://elguji.com/products | 10/22/2009 7:16:48 AM

    Congratulations! Welcome to the world Chloe. You have an amazing sister and mommy and daddy.

  1. 60  Mark Hughes  | 10/22/2009 7:31:51 AM

    Congratulations!

  1. 61  Pedro Quaresma http://playroom3.wordpress.com | 10/22/2009 7:44:07 AM

    Congratulations!!!!!

  1. 62  Darren http://www.dadams.co.uk | 10/22/2009 7:45:14 AM

    Me again... I just had a thought... think of how amazing her first Mac will be when she uses Notes 12.

    (Caveat - release date of Notes 12 and it's feature set are subject to change)

  1. 63  Scott Treggiari  | 10/22/2009 7:57:13 AM

    Congratulations Ed. She is adorable.

  1. 64  Ports http://www.mrports.com/ | 10/22/2009 8:05:13 AM

    Congratulations. She is cute as a button.

  1. 65  Angus McIntyre  | 10/22/2009 8:08:26 AM

    Ed, Congratulations. Can I sign her up to film the next Designer video?

  1. 66  Angus McIntyre  | 10/22/2009 8:08:38 AM

    Ed, Congratulations. Can I sign her up to film the next Designer video?

  1. 67  Brian Miller  | 10/22/2009 8:17:39 AM

    Mazel Tov, Ed! She looks great!

  1. 68  Vincent Yeung  | 10/22/2009 8:19:27 AM

    Lovely... Happy for your family

  1. 69  Karlo  | 10/22/2009 8:26:29 AM

    Congratulation Ed and family....

  1. 70  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 10/22/2009 8:29:05 AM

    @66 I am not sure she appeals to the demographic ;-)

  1. 71  Mac Guidera http://www.macguidera.net | 10/22/2009 8:40:49 AM

    Congrats and enjoy the time getting to know her!

  1. 72  Richard Hogan  | 10/22/2009 8:41:33 AM

    Many congratulations to all the family Ed

  1. 73  Erik Brooks  | 10/22/2009 8:43:19 AM

    Congratulations Ed!

  1. 74  Matteo Bisi http://www.tecla.it | 10/22/2009 8:47:46 AM

    Congratulations to all!!!!!!!!!

  1. 75  John Head http://www.johndavidhead.com | 10/22/2009 9:28:14 AM

    Congrats to Deb, Megan, and you! Tell Deb that when she is ready, there is a glass of red wine waiting with her name on it! :-)

  1. 76  Ted Stanton  | 10/22/2009 9:29:07 AM

    Congrats to you and your family

  1. 77  Sean http://www.aviall.com | 10/22/2009 9:57:07 AM

    Congratualtions Ed! She is a beautiful baby girl! You should be a super proud dad! I wonder if all of her birthdays going forward will be filled with stories of the Heralded launch of 8.5.1? Hmm....

  1. 78  Kurt BInnie  | 10/22/2009 10:00:30 AM

    Congratulations Ed and Deborah.

  1. 79  Mike McGarel http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/McGarelGramming/ | 10/22/2009 10:00:55 AM

    Congratulations to everyone in your family.

  1. 80  vijay http://www.qafco.com. | 10/22/2009 10:38:40 AM

    Hi Ed,

    Congratulation Ed she is very beauty, all wishes from qatar.

    Vijay

    QAFCO

  1. 81  Ray Bilyk http://www.thepridelands.com | 10/22/2009 10:48:13 AM

    Congratulations to Deborah and you! Try to get some sleep!

    Welcome Chloe Frances! You have come into this world with a lot of supporters! Feel free to hijack your Daddy's blog... We would love to 'hear' from you!

    And remember... no worries! (Hakuna Matata!) That's why you have parents... it's their job! You just be a kid!

    Cheers!

  1. 82  Kevin Doolin  | 10/22/2009 11:08:21 AM

    Congratulations Ed!

  1. 83  Steve Castledine http://www.stevecastledine.com | 10/22/2009 11:34:14 AM

    Many congratulations to all!

  1. 84  Jay Wetherald  | 10/22/2009 11:52:21 AM

    Congratulations Ed! I think she looks like you.

    Best wishes to you and your family.

  1. 85  Brett Hershberger  | 10/22/2009 12:01:17 PM

    Sincerest congratulations Ed, and to your growing family! May you all live long and prosper.

  1. 86  Luca Perico  | 10/22/2009 12:21:06 PM

    Congratulations to you and your family.

  1. 87  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 10/22/2009 12:21:10 PM

    More photos added to the flickr album, including big sister Megan's first visit.

    Thanks for everything!

  1. 88  Craig Wiseman http://www.Wiseman.La/cpw | 10/22/2009 12:32:06 PM

    Congratulations. A special day indeed!

  1. 89  Gayle Elgort  | 10/22/2009 12:45:04 PM

    Beautiful! Welcome to the world Chloe! :)

  1. 90  Keith Brooks http://www.vanessabrooks.com | 10/22/2009 1:04:14 PM

    Mazal Tov to you, Deb and Megan, looking forward to hearing how she fixes all your mac issues in the future :-)

    Get some rest and forget about all of us and work for a few days.

  1. 91  Howard Greenberg  | 10/22/2009 2:08:49 PM

    Ed, congratulations on the new addition!!! No wifi? I thought Chloe was signed up for Notes user training tomorrow, then developer training next week? Free classes for life from TLCC for her!

    Howard

  1. 92  John Kingsley http://www.teamstudio.com | 10/22/2009 2:24:26 PM

    Congratulations. And welcome to the world of two kids. For some reason, two kids require four times the energy of bringing up one.

  1. 93  Graham Acres  | 10/22/2009 2:42:04 PM

    Congratulations Ed, and family!

  1. 94  Harris Huckabee  | 10/22/2009 2:55:20 PM

    Beautiful, beautiful! Praise to God for his goodness!

  1. 95  Irv Shor  | 10/22/2009 3:14:36 PM

    Congratulations!

  1. 96  Daniel Lieber  | 10/22/2009 3:30:18 PM

    Congratulations to all of you! Lotus knows that Ed has a beautiful family. Chloe knows she is in a great family (and was pondering how to communicate that in her first picture!). She really is cute!

  1. 97  Markku  | 10/22/2009 3:34:34 PM

    Congrats to all of you!

  1. 98  Eric March  | 10/22/2009 3:50:20 PM

    Congratulations, Brill Family!

  1. 99  Tim Rand  | 10/22/2009 4:21:16 PM

    Such a wonderful blessing. Congratulations to you and Deborah.

  1. 100  Jess Stratton http://momelettes.com | 10/22/2009 6:28:49 PM

    Welcome to the world, Chloe! Congrats to mommy, daddy, and big sis! Such wonderful news!!!!

  1. 101  Senthil Kumar http://senthilkumars.blogspot.com | 10/22/2009 8:09:48 PM

    Congrats Ed and the family!!! Cheers

  1. 102  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 10/22/2009 8:13:17 PM

    @100 hopefully Chloe will see Zoe at Lotusphere!

  1. 103  Chris Reckling  | 10/22/2009 9:46:58 PM

    Congrats! Beautiful.

    Chris

  1. 104  Piyush  | 10/23/2009 12:10:26 AM

    Hey CONGRATS ED!!!

  1. 105  Reinhard Steurer http://www.dachser.com | 10/23/2009 5:25:49 AM

    Many congratulations to all!

    Kids are the best you can get ;o)

  1. 106  Bob Brodsky  | 10/23/2009 7:30:59 AM

    Ed and Deb,

    Mazel Tov!

    When is the naming?

    Bob & Shelley

  1. 107  John Turnbow http://www.recondite2.com | 10/23/2009 8:28:13 AM

    Congratulations Ed!

  1. 108  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 10/23/2009 10:58:32 AM

    @106 we haven't decided yet, perhaps Thanksgiving or so...

  1. 109  John McCann  | 10/23/2009 11:07:42 AM

    Congratulations. May she always be a joy to you and Deborah.

  1. 110  Trey Davis http://www.remotistech.com | 10/23/2009 11:48:17 AM

    Congratulations Ed and family! Chloe is beautiful... and the "stubborn" part will serve her well in life. Best wishes from the entire Remotis team.

  1. 111  Miguel A Calvo http://www.zarazaga.net | 10/23/2009 11:58:21 AM

    Ed,

    Muchas felicidades, y no pienses que dos es el doble de trabajo que una,... ¡ es mucho más ! :-)

  1. 112  Mark Crosby http://www.smitix.com | 10/23/2009 12:26:38 PM

    Congratulations Ed! I guess you haven't been traveling 100% of the time this past year. Now you'll want to be home a bit more to watch her grow.

  1. 113  Peter de Haas http://www.peterdehaas.net | 10/23/2009 1:00:51 PM

    Ed,

    Congratualtions to you and your family. Moments like these makes all the "work stuff" much less relevant ;-)

  1. 114  Ganapathiram Natarajan  | 10/23/2009 8:38:32 PM

    Congratulations!!

  1. 115  Lottie http://www.lotties-shenanigans.com | 10/23/2009 10:04:44 PM

    Mazel Tov on the new addition to your family.

  1. 116  Nick Halliwell http://www.comware.net | 10/24/2009 1:00:58 AM

    Many congratulations Ed, please to here all are doing well. Enjoy.

    Nick

  1. 117  Angela Caruso  | 10/24/2009 2:13:16 AM

    She is so precious! Enjoy and congratulations!

  1. 118  Pim  | 10/26/2009 3:28:06 AM

    Congrats!

  1. 119  Albert Buendia http://www.slug.es | 10/26/2009 11:35:03 AM

    Bienvenida y muchas felicidades a toda la familia.

    Albert

  1. 120  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 10/26/2009 7:56:05 PM

    @119 ¡muchas gracias! Chloe se quiere ir a España en unos pocos años ... (or at least her mother will!)

  1. 121  Rishi  | 10/26/2009 10:03:07 PM

    Congrats Ed ! She is cutie pie