Charles R. Stevens Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Due to crazy acualy being an inherited thing on both sides of my family, I had the "minor surgery" as TP puts it. As I was 20 and unmarried I had to get a note from my mom (not kidding). Despite this I still had the privlage, if not the pleasure of raising two lovely ladies. I know the evil glee I get of sending grand babies home filthy, loaded up on red koolaid with a chocholet bar on a hot day! Lol. Das, you will undergo a radical change in thinking. Taking unnecessary risks will stop, because who will take care of your family if you get killed? May I suggest identifies good and fixing any bad habits you have? You can't guarantee your child will inherit any of your good habits, but they will dang sure inherit any of your bad ones! I find my self now, as a grandparent treating all the young women as one of my daughters, and all the little kids as my grand kids. I like kids a lot more now as a grand parent that I ever did as a parent. When ever I thought my kids were unrepeatable little brats I just went to Wallmart... you get a reset as to how good your kids are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Your parents weren't taking chances on having sufficient quenchant. nope. it was actually a kiddy pool in our living room it a drafty old stone farmhouse in PA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Charles, my worst habit is a hard one for me to kick. I have stopped smoking in the house ( pretty much) so far. I'll be fighting the rest of that battle as best I can. Being 38 I'm more patient then I would have been younger. I've already lessened the risk taking over the years. Just need to keep my crazy in check. Went for the sonogram this morning and it was amazing to see the little one. ( sorry Richard, no twins.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Before my daughter was born, a friend put it to me this way: "Here's you. Okay, it's you. After the baby: WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSON. Still you, but WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSON." Truer words were never spoken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Here's to it all going well, Thomas! As I'm sure it will, a premature congrats to go with the premature arrival! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 Born around lunchtime today; his name is Finnegan according to my wife. No details yet but by his picture I can tell he will be excessively good looking and intelligent! Taking after me of course---probably with a hammer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 And, congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerMonkey Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Congratulations grandpa! Welcome to the newest member of your tribe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Congratulations! T.P. SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommie Hockett Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 CONGRATULATIONS!! from me and mine to you and yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Congratulations, Thomas, it is my hope that all are in good health and in good spirits. Robert and Sheila Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Congrats Thomas. one more and you will have a Baseball team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 8 total; 5 Boys and 3 Girls and we don't expect any more. What I need is a "carry my purchases at Quad-State Team!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 20 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: excessively good looking and intelligent! A chip off the ol' block! Congrats to you and your family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 CONGRATULATIONS!!! I love the name Finnegan. I am generally strongly attracted to little kids in the good way. Al my nieces took to calling me "Weird Uncle Jerry." A moniker I cherish, I'm the jolly Grandpaw type who's just fun to be around, even when I'm saying NO. One of the few real regrets I have in life is not having kids of my own to warp. One of the upsides is making it 65 years and only changing a diaper twice! Cherish your kids, grandkids and friend's kids, they all deserve love and good guidance, the straight path isn't the easy one but it's worth it. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 5 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: 8 total; 5 Boys and 3 Girls and we don't expect any more. What I need is a "carry my purchases at Quad-State Team!" But...but have you had "the talk with the parents" about what's causing them. I threatened my boys that if they made me a grandpa before I was 40 I would kick their butts. I now have 5 grandkids yea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 More like the talk about how to stop having them; especially as late life fertility runs on my wife's side. (She was the oldest child of 12 surviving from 20 pregnancies; and we had our final, planned, when she was 43.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 At last! Congratulations to yourself and yours TP, especially mum and dad. And a huge welcome to young Finnegan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 Another week or so and I can start making Finnegan's Awake jokes! (memo to self buy less life insurance!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 How did I miss this thread? What a happy conversation. Congratulations to all!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 On 10/16/2017 at 8:43 AM, ThomasPowers said: Another week or so and I can start making Finnegan's Awake jokes! (memo to self buy less life insurance!) Yeah, keep their cuts just a bit lower than child care and you should be okay. What kind of books are you going to read to him? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 T.P., & Frosty, May I recommend the classic bedtime story book "Goodnight Moon". It has been continuously in print since 1947. And with good reason. It is soothing, almost hypnotic for young children and someadults too. (me included). Some parents/grandparents found that it can settle an infant with a full-blown bout of colic! I found that I could meditate whilst reading it to both our kids ages ago. Regards, SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 Probably "The Cementation of Iron and Steel"....be a long while before he finds that fascinating---if ever. He may be ready for a hammer by the time I get to see him in person. How small do the IFI shirts come? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Thommas, looks like you need to build a blacksmiths themed play set with your copius free time! Somthing loud! Das, my Dad stopped, so has Sandy, heck even Bob stoped (a week in the hospital with heart problems scared him strait!) time to cultivate habits that will benifit you and your child for years to come. Get up those few miners early so you can have breakfast with your lovely lady. Make it home for dinner. Go places fun and educational on the weekends... Nothing expensive. Be their for your family. Crazy will take care of its self, the biggest problem my kids had was I was the voice of reason in the home... Scared yet? Lol. Never lay hands on your child angree or punish them when you are mad. Time out and being sent to a room with no vidio games, toyes ect create fear in them and gives you time to make a cup of coffee, calm down and plan their negitive reinforcement behavior modification... Revenge is so much sweeter sever cold and with your grand children as accomplishes! Make sure they see you reading, learning, loving their mother and taking time to check the locks on the Caine you have fettered your demons with. They learn from watching us. And don't forget chores! No one should have to pay $20 to a school for "adulting" classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 2 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: How small do the IFI shirts come? Glenn had New Born Onesies available when he printed my forge shrits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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