The newest MeFite on the block.

October 14, 2009 3:00 PM

Welcome to the world, BabyChef! ColdChef & fam welcome Milo Jameson to this crazy planet.
posted by grapefruitmoon to MetaFilter-related at 3:00 PM (87 comments total)

(I hope this is kosher. I just thought that the joy deserved to be shared. Yay for babies!)
posted by grapefruitmoon at 3:01 PM on October 14

WHOOOO
posted by odinsdream at 3:03 PM on October 14

OH YAY!!!!!!!!
posted by tristeza at 3:05 PM on October 14

Mazel tov! How long before he gets to watch his first embalming?
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:05 PM on October 14

Congrats! I'm sure your two cute sisters are thrilled to have a little brother.
posted by ericb at 3:07 PM on October 14

Gratz, dude.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 3:07 PM on October 14

Congratulations!
posted by brujita at 3:08 PM on October 14

I knew it was gonna be a boy.
posted by msali at 3:12 PM on October 14

I can hardly wait to see what uniquely spectacular variety of cute little Milo develops into, after his adorable sisters.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:15 PM on October 14

I think it's awesome that they named him after my favorite whiskey.
posted by dersins at 3:19 PM on October 14

As we Yankees say, isn't he cunning? Cute as a button. Congrats, proud papa.
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 3:23 PM on October 14

Oh, my, adorable! Congratulations.
What's his username? I want to favorite him, no matter what he barfs into the thread!
posted by heyho at 3:26 PM on October 14

BABYFEST '09 IS GO.
posted by Captain Cardanthian! at 3:27 PM on October 14

If I wanted kids, I'd want to name them after single malts now. Poor little Zephyr Glenmorangie Millard.
posted by cortex at 3:35 PM on October 14 [4 favorites]

FACT: Like deer and horses, baby ColdChefs can post only one hour after birth.
posted by Greg Nog at 3:37 PM on October 14 [6 favorites]

Coulda been worse; coulda been Bushmills.
posted by klangklangston at 3:38 PM on October 14 [1 favorite]

Yay! Congratulations! And happy birthday, Milo Jameson!
posted by zarq at 3:43 PM on October 14

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Chef!
posted by m0nm0n at 3:47 PM on October 14

Awesome! Congratulations! Also Milo Jameson is such a great name.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 3:47 PM on October 14

Whoo! Congrats! Babies are great!

As of today, user Logic vs Love also has a li'l baby boy. But she's been far too busy recuperating from the rather difficult labor to post pictures.
posted by Ms. Saint at 3:50 PM on October 14 [1 favorite]

!!!!!! Congratulations, Chef family!
posted by liketitanic at 3:59 PM on October 14

I CAN'T HANDLE NO MORE ADORABLE PHOTOS
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:59 PM on October 14

Woo! Felicitations, La Famille Chef!

for the love of god, when is someone going to take me up on my suggestion to name a boy Weller? Or Ulysses? Or Weller Ulysses?
posted by scody at 4:08 PM on October 14

That's fantastic! Congratulations to Mom and Dad ColdChef, and welcome to the world, Milo!
posted by rtha at 4:10 PM on October 14

Named for the two tastiest drinks on the market.

From this day forth, a cocktail made from equal parts of those two ingredients will be known as a cold chef.
posted by stammer at 4:12 PM on October 14 [4 favorites]

I want to make a joke about the gravedigger putting on the forceps and all that but instead I'm just going so stagger at the cuteness which is Milo Jameson Charlet and congratulate The Chefs.

Congrats, Chefs.
posted by Navelgazer at 4:22 PM on October 14

Woot! Welcome, little Milo, you have coolest Dad around, though you won't be old enough to hear the stories for a while yet...

And huge congrats to pere and mere ColdChef!
posted by misha at 4:22 PM on October 14

Congrats!!!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:31 PM on October 14

Congrats! THe more Cold Chef DNA in this world the better.
posted by The Deej at 4:32 PM on October 14

Milo? Watch out if he receives any large packages in the mail containing toy tollbooths.
posted by GuyZero at 4:35 PM on October 14 [3 favorites]

Congratulations!!!
posted by headspace at 4:42 PM on October 14

Yeesh. Someone needs to tell him to stop paying so much attention to the baby and come thank everyone on MeFi for their congrats. Priorities, people.



Congrats! :)
posted by Atreides at 4:42 PM on October 14

IEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


And Such.
posted by The Whelk at 4:45 PM on October 14 [2 favorites]

So cute, congrats.

I can only assume he is named after Milo Minderbinder, right?
posted by dirty lies at 5:11 PM on October 14 [1 favorite]

Happiness to you all!
posted by saucysault at 5:13 PM on October 14

Your favorite thing has a new thing.
posted by Eideteker at 5:13 PM on October 14

YAY!
posted by brundlefly at 5:14 PM on October 14

Congratulations!
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 5:24 PM on October 14

Congrats!
posted by Sailormom at 5:34 PM on October 14

Yeehaaa! Mazeltov!
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:37 PM on October 14

W00t w00t!

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!

(Awesome name, too!)
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 5:42 PM on October 14

Laphroaig Millard doesn't have a bad ring to it.

And congrats ColdChef!
posted by cjorgensen at 5:42 PM on October 14

Yay! Congrats, congrat!!
posted by ugf at 5:48 PM on October 14

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posted by ugf at 5:48 PM on October 14

!
posted by terrapin at 5:50 PM on October 14

Woo!
posted by ooga_booga at 6:02 PM on October 14

Blessings!
posted by ersatzkat at 6:03 PM on October 14

I hope this is kosher.

Babies are kosher if you prepare them properly. (I say this as a big fan of babies, including several of which I am part owner.)
posted by DU at 6:05 PM on October 14

Babies are kosher if you prepare them properly.

Well, the dietary laws of kashrut are unclear (or, rather, non-existent) on animals which are neither ruminant nor cloven-hoofed, but I think we can all agree that babies are pretty unclean.
posted by dersins at 6:12 PM on October 14 [2 favorites]

Cute baby! Mazel tov.
posted by palliser at 6:13 PM on October 14

From this day forth, a cocktail made from equal parts of those two ingredients will be known as a cold chef.

kindof what i was thinking, only equal parts milo powder and jameson's irish whiskey?!??

no, what you wanna do is jameson's with a whole bunch of rich creamery cream, and a spoonful of milo or so, along with an equal amount of brown sugar. it'd end up something like a bailey's irish cream, only richer and creamier. next up, turn that stuff into a nice frozen gelato, and then you'd have a coldchef. mmm...

oh, wait, we were talking about babies, not booze? my bad.

congratulations!
posted by UbuRoivas at 6:34 PM on October 14 [1 favorite]

MeFi spawn are awesome! Congratulations!
posted by futureisunwritten at 6:36 PM on October 14

congratulations.... children bring joy, love, fun, happy, and much, much, more...
posted by HuronBob at 6:40 PM on October 14

Congratulations and Happy Birthday!
posted by yhbc at 6:43 PM on October 14

awww, cute!!! Congratulations!!!
posted by min at 7:02 PM on October 14

Congrats! :)
posted by amyms at 7:03 PM on October 14

Congratulations!
posted by box at 7:07 PM on October 14

Thanks everyone for the well-wishes. Today didn't go quite as planned, but things have calmed down now.

Yesterday, when we went to the doctor, the baby was turned and in position. It seemed like everything was a go for a vaginal delivery today. We got up at 4:15am and came down to the hospital. We were checked in and labor had started by 7am. At 8:30 when our doctor came by to check her, she discovered that he had turned somehow and was out of position. Gina got really, really upset because she was terrified of a C-Section, but the doctors were very kind and patient with her.

We went in for the C-Section at around 10am. By 10:23, I was a daddy again. We didn't know what we were having, so a boy was a nice surprise. I'm not ashamed to say that I was completely overcome with happy, happy tears.

In the last week or so, we had a nuclear-grade meltdown over baby names for a boy (though I appreciated all the help I got from MeFites, she was reluctant to take any of the suggested names.) It finally ended with me giving her complete control over naming-rights. I'm happy with the name she chose. She liked Milo (and I pointed out that some baby sites say that "Milo" comes from the word "Apple", which the MacUsers in us loved.) and "Jameson" is after her grandfather. My brother has already bought a bottle of 12 year old Jameson's Irish Whiskey for Milo's wedding day. Or maybe his first birthday.

The only other glitch is that I had prepped a mass-email to send to friends and family (nothing ri-donk-ulous, just 189 recipients) and Gmail flaked out on me, accusing me of being a spammer and shut down my ability to send an email. I'm not really sure how I can rectify that, but I spent most of my day calling or texting all of the 189 people. I apologize that I promised emails to a bunch of people here today and wasn't able to follow through. Really aggravating. Thankfully, I got the word out through Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, texting, and the good old-fashioned tele-ma-phone.

Mama and Milo are sleeping right now. They've both had a rough day. We'll be in the hospital for a few more days. Thanks for all the love and support throughout all of this. We love you all.
posted by ColdChef at 7:21 PM on October 14 [7 favorites]

YOU ARE GONNA BE SO TIRED!
posted by The Whelk at 7:24 PM on October 14

Yeay I'm glad someone posted this because I so wanted to! I hope my little friends Georgia and Maggie are enjoying being big sisters!
posted by radioamy at 7:56 PM on October 14

Great news! Congrats ColdChef.
posted by fourcheesemac at 8:06 PM on October 14

I can't wait to see the pictures of the first time little Milo sits in Satan's lap or leaves out milk and cookies for Satan.
posted by stet at 8:17 PM on October 14

Congratulations!
Quick healing to the missus.
posted by Heretic at 8:20 PM on October 14

Hi baby!
posted by IndigoRain at 8:40 PM on October 14

YAY ADORABLE BABY!

for a brief time, you know, their baby had the distinction of being the world's YOUNGEST baby.
posted by rmd1023 at 8:44 PM on October 14

Awwww so cute! Congratulations ColdChef family! I hope all goes well from this point on.
posted by saturnine at 8:49 PM on October 14

Milo is a fantastic name. Congratulations!
posted by yaymukund at 8:58 PM on October 14

Baby!! He's so cute. Congratulations, ColdChef!
posted by Caduceus at 9:10 PM on October 14

Congratulations. I hope you raise him on crawfish and gratons!
posted by atchafalaya at 9:30 PM on October 14

What a cutie :)

Congratulations coldchef!
posted by vronsky at 9:35 PM on October 14

Huzzah for baby!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:04 PM on October 14

Hi baby!
posted by DreamerFi at 10:21 PM on October 14

Welcome Milo and great work to the Chef Family! (Surprise last-minute surgery is no fun. Take good care of mama.)

And try to get some sleep.
posted by Space Kitty at 10:25 PM on October 14

Well done. He's just gorgeous. Congratulations.

Another baby who wants a mefi onsie, methinks.

Perhaps Matt will hear OUR plaintive cries and make some for our babies.....
posted by taff at 10:41 PM on October 14

When I hear about C-sections I always think of the Steven Wright joke..

Congrats ColdChef. I'm glad everything turned out great.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 5:35 AM on October 15

Congratulations!
posted by COBRA! at 7:07 AM on October 15

Congrats ColdChef and family! He's adorable!
posted by jerseygirl at 8:11 AM on October 15

A thousand blessings of sea and sky and land and a thousand more of heart and head and hand on mother and child and father and other children alike.
posted by mephron at 8:30 AM on October 15

Congratulations :)
posted by carter at 10:19 AM on October 15

Awww, congrats! What a cutie!
posted by bitter-girl.com at 10:20 AM on October 15

So. Much. Cuteness! Yay Babies! Congratulations!
posted by minifigs at 10:27 AM on October 15

MiniChefs! Sweet!

So, how long before you get him an account? It'd be pretty cool if Matt could count infants among his member demographics, and even cooler when, in ten years, he's talking smack and someone asks him how long he's been a member and he could honestly reply "Since I was a week old"...

Congratulations.
posted by quin at 10:34 AM on October 15

Yes! Beautiful!
posted by psylosyren at 12:12 PM on October 15

My little one's two-and-a-half weeks old. Feels like she's been in our lives since forever, tho - which is kind of neat. It could just be the sleep deprivation.
posted by Slap*Happy at 1:14 PM on October 15

Gratz!
posted by Halloween Jack at 7:55 PM on October 15

Congratulations, ColdChef. Milo, eh? Really cool name.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:11 PM on October 15

Congrats and to a beautiful life before him.
posted by jadepearl at 3:15 PM on October 17