Houston Rockets NBA star Shane Battier is now a father for the first time. He and his wife Heidi welcomed their first child Zeke Battier on June 2nd. Shane wrote about his experience on his personal blog:

 

In my previous blogs, I mentioned that my wife Heidi and I were expecting our first child. On June 2nd, at 5:33 pm we welcomed Zeke Edward Battier(picture below) to the Battier family!!!! Zeke weighed 8 lbs 3oz and was 21 inches long. He is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen! This is my wife’s and my first child so the entire pregnancy and labor were totally new experiences. I am so proud of Heidi for going through labor; she is certainly a lot tougher than I am! I don’t know if I could have done it. I was with her the whole way, coaching her and reminding her to breathe, haha.

To read more and to see another picture of Shane and Heidi’s baby boy,head over toSHANE”S BLOG