A Little Bit of News

[Grubendol]

We found out while on vacation in Durango at my father-in-law's that we're gonna have a baby!

About 5 weeks along and due in March, though it's a leap year so who knows!

:D:drop::bbg:

[OPTIDONN]

Congrats!!! Another Optiboard Daddy!!!!:cheers:

[Fezz]

Bravo!

I wish you and yours a healthy experience. What a joyous time!


:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

[Judy Canty]

Congratulations!

[Snitgirl]

whoooo hoooooo! Congrats Grubie... Awe, how exciting... my little one was born in March....

Exciting times ahead... Tell your wifey congrats!!! yipppppeeeeee!:cheers:

Big hugs to U!!

[Pete Hanlin]

Congratulations! They say reading to the baby before s/he is born makes them smarter... perhaps some Neal Stephenson?

Best of luck!

[Grubendol]

Congratulations! They say reading to the baby before s/he is born makes them smarter... perhaps some Neal Stephenson?

Best of luck!

Well, as a matter of fact, if a girl, she is being named Eliza :bbg:

[Jedi]

Congrats to you. Grubie and Mrs. Grubie.:cheers:

[Grubendol]

Thanks Jedi....And let me tell you as one Star Wars fan to another, at SW Celebration there were all thse awesome onesies for the tykes that were done up like Ewoks, Artoo, etc. we are soooooo gonna load up on those.

[k12311997]

Thanks Jedi....And let me tell you as one Star Wars fan to another, at SW Celebration there were all thse awesome onesies for the tykes that were done up like Ewoks, Artoo, etc. we are soooooo gonna load up on those.


congrats, get ready for the 2:ooam pickles and peanut butter cravings.

[Grubendol]

I don't know about that... She despises pickles. I've been kidding her about it though, saying she'll be needing to go to Disneyland for late night runs on their pickles and churros.

[Jedi]

Thanks Jedi....And let me tell you as one Star Wars fan to another, at SW Celebration there were all thse awesome onesies for the tykes that were done up like Ewoks, Artoo, etc. we are soooooo gonna load up on those.No kidding, I wonder if the make adult ones ;). Funny little side story, my best friends had a baby girl on May 4th this year. Which also happens to be the 30th anniversary year of SW (which I'm sure you knew). They were subjected to a flurry of "May the Fourth be with you", she's destined to be a Star Wars fan for sure.

[Grubendol]

That's so totally awesome...

on a further aside, a couple of my SW friends got engaged at Celebration. He had a custom ring made which is the millenium falcon. The engagement ring is the back half with sapphires and diamonds for the engine components.

ANyway, their wedding day is either going to be May 4th, or May 25th...for obvious reasons.

pps, he proposed at at 11:38.

[DragonLensmanWV]

Well, as a matter of fact, if a girl, she is being named Eliza :bbg:


And how do you feel about that?


<couldn't resist - sorry!>

Congratulations!
Drinks are on Fezz!!:cheers::cheers:

[Grubendol]

Well, Eliza is the strongest female character I've ever come across in a book and I think it would be nice for her to have a strong namesake. She can be or do whatever she wants, just as Eliza did.

[DragonLensmanWV]

Well, Eliza is the strongest female character I've ever come across in a book and I think it would be nice for her to have a strong namesake. She can be or do whatever she wants, just as Eliza did.

I thought you were referring to Eliza, one of the first "artificial intelligence" programs that could listen to you type and phrase responses like a therapist. It's still around:
http://www-ai.ijs.si/eliza/eliza.html

[ShuString]

Congrats, boy or girl, which are you hoping for?

[bren_03825]

:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:
CONGRATULATIONS
:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

[Pete Hanlin]

Well, as a matter of fact, if a girl, she is being named Eliza...
Very cool... I will rest easy if my daughter Sara proves herself half as capable of handling her life as Eliza.

Another intriguing female figure- in her own way- is Constance Greene (from the works of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child). If you like Stephenson, I'm pretty sure you would enjoy nearly anything by this duo. I've read them all- in fact, "The Book of the Dead" (which is the last of the novels centered around Agent Pendergast) is one of the few books I had to buy in hardcover (couldn't wait for the paperback version).

Somehow, I'm guessing you might go in a different direction than "Jack" if the little one is a boy. ;)

[ShuString]

I wish you the best for a healthy baby.....

[GOS_Queen]

so, THAT's what's keeping you busy and away from optiboard lately ;)


CONGRATULATIONS! :cheers:

[Grubendol]

Well, as a matter of fact, if a girl, she is being named Eliza...
Very cool... I will rest easy if my daughter Sara proves herself half as capable of handling her life as Eliza.

Another intriguing female figure- in her own way- is Constance Greene (from the works of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child). If you like Stephenson, I'm pretty sure you would enjoy nearly anything by this duo. I've read them all- in fact, "The Book of the Dead" (which is the last of the novels centered around Agent Pendergast) is one of the few books I had to buy in hardcover (couldn't wait for the paperback version).

Somehow, I'm guessing you might go in a different direction than "Jack" if the little one is a boy. ;)

Yeah, though twins run in the family and if we end up with twins than we might have to go with jack and eliza ;)

actually for a boy, it depends on what her sister has, since they both want the same name. so, if her sister has a girl, and we have a boy, then it would be Robert. If we both have boys than it would be Brennan. Their grandfather is Robert, and we wanted a good Scottish name, so that's why Brennan.

[Fezz]

Fezz makes a nice Mans (Boys) name! ;)




:cheers::cheers::cheers:

[Grubendol]

as a semi-related note, here are some pics from the first two days of our vacation when we found out....these are all before we knew.

http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa88/grubendol/