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Title: New Arrival in September
Post by: Lookin4_67GalaxieConv on April 02, 2020, 08:55:40 PM
The wife is pregnant and due in early September.  Wasn't planned but we knew it was a possibility and sure enough, the one time we let our guard down and boom!  I'll be fifty later this month, so kiddo is going to be an only child.  I'm going to get snipped at some point as I don't want to become a dad again at 52 or whatever, and we don't want her going through another pregnancy at 42, etc.

That being said, we're excited at becoming first time parents and we're looking forward to having a baby girl!  ;)
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: slip knot on April 02, 2020, 09:00:14 PM
Congrats on the new baby.  :bravo_2:
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: jabberwoki on April 02, 2020, 09:01:02 PM
Nice work champ... I knew you had it in you  :clap:
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: DeadNutz on April 02, 2020, 09:03:05 PM
Great news. :clap:
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: skfarmer on April 02, 2020, 09:12:44 PM
slipped one past the net. good for you!

i am only slightly older than you and mine are 20 and 24. glad i started early. after 2 boys the mrs wanted a third. i said you know it will be another boy......she changed her mind!
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: fatfillup on April 03, 2020, 04:36:05 AM
Congrats!!  You'll make a great dad!!

Guess you'll have to change to Lookin4_Diapers&Formula :))
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: Heiny57 on April 03, 2020, 05:14:25 AM
Congrats, your life just changed forever.  :bravo_2:
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: muddy on April 03, 2020, 06:43:00 AM
Congratulations! Being a father is the most frustrating and greatest thing in life!

Sent from the twisted mind of the Mudman

Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: RustFarmer on April 03, 2020, 07:22:16 AM
Congratulations!!
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: goodfellow on April 03, 2020, 07:30:01 AM
Wow!! Finally some great news during these troubled times. Congrats to you and the Mrs. It's a joy and a blessing to be a dad.
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: highland512 on April 03, 2020, 09:11:18 AM
Congratulations on soon becoming a father and the loss of all of your free time for the foreseeable future  :))

Its fun and very challenging at the same time, mom will be very frazzled so be patient.   
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: torqueman2002 on April 03, 2020, 10:18:06 AM
 :08:
Great news! Rest up now, you'll need it!  :))
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: bmwrd0 on April 03, 2020, 10:32:22 AM
Congratulations.

I am like SKfarmer, I am 49 and my kid is 25. But, my best friend had his first at 46, and mom was 45.(they also only knew each other for about a month...)
He loves it, but says it is very tiring at his age.
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: Lookin4_67GalaxieConv on April 03, 2020, 02:15:46 PM
Thanks, guys.  Yes, I've heard about the energy it will take and the sleep I'm going to lose.  Already have issues in those areas.  :(

Side note, my dad turned 49 two weeks before I was born.  Difference being, at that point he had four kids eleven and under.  So I think we can manage.  I told my wife now we can put all our child raising theories to the test!  Ha ha!
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: J.A.F.E. on April 03, 2020, 03:11:27 PM
Congratulations on the new family member and best wishes for the whole family. Have you picked a name yet - maybe Lookin4_67FalconSprint? And more importantly have you started a tool collection yet?
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: jeffmoss26 on April 03, 2020, 07:19:32 PM
Mazel Tov!
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: jabberwoki on April 03, 2020, 09:01:11 PM
Congrats!!  You'll make a great dad!!

Guess you'll have to change to Lookin4_Diapers&Formula :))

Ha or looking for a cheap minivan!!
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: Lookin4_67GalaxieConv on April 03, 2020, 09:54:50 PM
Congrats!!  You'll make a great dad!!

Guess you'll have to change to Lookin4_Diapers&Formula :))

Ha or looking for a cheap minivan!!

No minivans.  She will get a toolbox eventually.  We're going to teach her to be self sufficient.
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: RustFarmer on April 07, 2020, 07:09:09 AM
You may have a lot of toolboxes, but I think MickeyO has had more.  He has flipped most of them.

All of them were moved in a minivan.  Sure its a dork car, but the combination of gas mileage and cargo space is unbeatable.
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: Lookin4_67GalaxieConv on April 07, 2020, 09:49:33 AM
You may have a lot of toolboxes, but I think MickeyO has had more.  He has flipped most of them.

All of them were moved in a minivan.  Sure its a dork car, but the combination of gas mileage and cargo space is unbeatable.

Hand boxes, I'm sure.  Rollers and top boxes, I don't know.   ;)

By the way, I see he hasn't been on Channel 3 in over a year.  His posts were always entertaining!
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: muddy on April 09, 2020, 09:20:31 PM
Congrats!!  You'll make a great dad!!

Guess you'll have to change to Lookin4_Diapers&Formula :))

Ha or looking for a cheap minivan!!

No minivans.  She will get a toolbox eventually.  We're going to teach her to be self sufficient.
Don't knock the van till you try it....

Sent from the twisted mind of the Mudman

Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: Lookin4_67GalaxieConv on April 10, 2020, 11:43:23 AM
Congrats!!  You'll make a great dad!!

Guess you'll have to change to Lookin4_Diapers&Formula :))

Ha or looking for a cheap minivan!!

No minivans.  She will get a toolbox eventually.  We're going to teach her to be self sufficient.
Don't knock the van till you try it....

Sent from the twisted mind of the Mudman

 :)) :)) :))

My wife's BFF is so minivan averse she has never even bought an SUV.  She sticks to her sports cars, even though she has eleven year old twin boys.

I do want to get a truck with a back seat eventually to go with our CRV and Focus.
Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: muddy on April 10, 2020, 03:34:43 PM
Congrats!!  You'll make a great dad!!

Guess you'll have to change to Lookin4_Diapers&Formula :))

Ha or looking for a cheap minivan!!

No minivans.  She will get a toolbox eventually.  We're going to teach her to be self sufficient.
Don't knock the van till you try it....

Sent from the twisted mind of the Mudman

 :)) :)) :))

My wife's BFF is so minivan averse she has never even bought an SUV.  She sticks to her sports cars, even though she has eleven year old twin boys.

I do want to get a truck with a back seat eventually to go with our CRV and Focus.
For just one kid no need for a van. I'd go with the CRV. Have heard good things. Our friends have one and like it and hasn't need much more then routine maintenance.

Sent from the twisted mind of the Mudman

Title: Re: New Arrival in September
Post by: Itzkwik on April 10, 2020, 06:55:10 PM
Congrats.