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infinitenexus
infinitenexus HalfDork
12/7/20 6:04 p.m.

We just found out yesterday.  We were actually going to start trying this month, but looks like my swimmy boys did the job a month early.  We're pretty excited.  I guess my life wasn't complicated enough!

Aaron_King
Aaron_King GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
12/7/20 6:07 p.m.

Welcome to the club, its quite a ride.

wvumtnbkr
wvumtnbkr GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
12/7/20 6:08 p.m.

Congratulations!

 

I have 2 and still haven't figured out how it happens.

infinitenexus
infinitenexus HalfDork
12/7/20 6:08 p.m.

Also, on the first day of knowing we're pregnant, I made sure to make my first official dad joke.  It was a pretty straightforward one.

Wife: Okay, I'm done

Me: HI DONE, I'M DAD!

Woody (Forum Supportum)
Woody (Forum Supportum) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/7/20 6:09 p.m.

There's nothing better that you can be. Congratulations!

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/7/20 6:10 p.m.

We have a kitten. I don't know how you real parents do it. Although I don't think human childs get their switchblades quite so soon.

Teh E36 M3
Teh E36 M3 SuperDork
12/7/20 6:15 p.m.

Their switchblade equivalent is their voice.  I'd rather have a cat scratch the hell out of me than try to comfort an inconsolable little lump of goo. 

I love my two to death. Congratulations! Another dad joke for you: Parents in 2020AD: Put down your tablets!  Parents in 2020BC: Put down your tablets!

Congratulations!!

I'm on the home stretch of children. My youngest is 16, my oldest is 35. It is a wild ride that I wouldn't trade for anything. 

neverdone
neverdone New Reader
12/7/20 6:24 p.m.

Congrats!

wvumtnbkr
wvumtnbkr GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
12/7/20 6:26 p.m.

Ohhh, are we gonna turn this into a dad joke thread....

 

How do you make a tissue dance?

 

 

 

Put a little boogey in it.

infinitenexus
infinitenexus HalfDork
12/7/20 6:26 p.m.

I know with Covid and all this isn't the best time, but I just turned 39 and I'd like to see my kid graduate high school before I'm 60.  

 

Also our baby is currently the size of a large grain of salt.  So that's cool, I guess.  A little bit more and he can get a job and start earning his keep!

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/7/20 6:29 p.m.

It's always food. Why are the fetus sizes always expressed in food? 

Duke
Duke MegaDork
12/7/20 6:30 p.m.

The adventure begins...

Congrats to all of you!

 

Stampie (FS)
Stampie (FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/7/20 6:40 p.m.

Congrats.  You officially have about 8 months to finish your Challenge car.  That gives you 3 months to spare which is about the time you might be able to push bringing a youngling to the Challenge.  Very good timing on your part.

OHSCrifle
OHSCrifle GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
12/7/20 6:42 p.m.

Hardest and greatest thing you'll ever do. Congrats and good luck!

barefootskater (Shaun)
barefootskater (Shaun) UberDork
12/7/20 6:44 p.m.

Congrats! Way to keep things simple!

ultraclyde (Forum Supporter)
ultraclyde (Forum Supporter) UltimaDork
12/7/20 6:56 p.m.

Congrats!

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
12/7/20 6:59 p.m.

Sleep. Sleep now. Projects. Finnish projects now. You won't have any time in 9 months. NONE.

thedoc
thedoc GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
12/7/20 7:16 p.m.

In reply to Appleseed :

I was building a lost in space robot replica...19 years ago.  My wife came home and said she had to go to the hospital because she was in labor. My daughter was born that night.  That was the last time I did any significant work on the robot.

Infinitenexus:  This is the best thing  you will ever do.  You think it's going to be great?  It will be so much better than you can possibly imagine.  Hats off!

infinitenexus
infinitenexus HalfDork
12/7/20 7:19 p.m.
Stampie (FS) said:

Congrats.  You officially have about 8 months to finish your Challenge car.  That gives you 3 months to spare which is about the time you might be able to push bringing a youngling to the Challenge.  Very good timing on your part.

I have enough room in the budget for a basic turbo kit and a rollbar, so that's a distinct possibility.  Just gotta save up enough cash to be able to afford to compete in the challenge and buy a set of hoosiers/slicks!

Datsun310Guy
Datsun310Guy MegaDork
12/7/20 7:34 p.m.
wvumtnbkr said:

I have 2 and still haven't figured out how it happens.

My son loved this show so I watched a lot of these and at the end of this clip Uncle Jesse asks "how did this happen".  It's actually funny.  
 

 

classicJackets (FS)
classicJackets (FS) Dork
12/7/20 7:55 p.m.
Keith Tanner said:

It's always food. Why are the fetus sizes always expressed in food? 

My wife and I are both engineers. We got an unknown food one week so looked elsewhere, and found it compared to a TI-84 calculator.. that made much more sense :)

Infinitenexus, congratulations! I'm ~7 months ahead of you on this journey, looking forward to it and also scared. Most people seem to figure out how to get it right.

Teh E36 M3
Teh E36 M3 SuperDork
12/7/20 8:32 p.m.

The good news is, like Charles Bronson, they are hard to kill. For all the fragile that they look, babies have survived thousands of generations of people who don't know what they are doing. I mean, I wouldn't go around dropping them, but there is a reason that most bones start off as more cartilege than bone.

dropstep
dropstep UberDork
12/7/20 8:38 p.m.

Congrats! My twins are almost 13 and we are finally trying for a planned one. It's a blast and sometimes they will drive you crazy but I've loved being a parent. It's weird making a person or persons you love more then anyone else on the planet! 

WonkoTheSane (FS)
WonkoTheSane (FS) GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
12/7/20 11:44 p.m.

Congrats!   I have 5(!), the oldest being 10.  It's been a lot of fun, it's really fun to do things like watch the Space X launch and landings with the kids, and play games.     So far, all of mine seem to be good, caring people who I would like to hang out with. We'll see how the teenage years go...

 

I'll second the comment on them being tougher than they look.. When you first hold them in the hospital the seem so fragile, then the nurse comes to show you how to change the diaper and it's like "wham, wipe, roll, zip up, done."   You're looking at each other with the same, "huh, I guess they're not so fragile afterall" look :)

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