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Since many of us have a wee sprog in the house these days, and a baby-free cute pictures thread, I can't figure out why we don't just have a baby thread around here. I'll kick things off (since I've been mostly posting baby stuff in a different place).

Mah bebbeh Zephyr!

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resolve....crumbling....

Wonderfully adorable.

Last Halloween, when she was about two months old:
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Last week, with Santa, now 15 months:
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--Dave

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1411632/Elena.bmp)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1411632/elena2.bmp)

Well, I have no babies, so I shall post my surrogate baby/godson/thankyou my sister for giving mom a grandchild, my nephew Devin.



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Breeders High Five Thread?

March 2004
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November 2009, also starring John Blaha
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Here's some shots of my son.  Born June 12, 2009.  

Loves Wocket.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2508/4203713145_d44dedd0b5.jpg)

Game day.  So serious.

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6 month birthday. Went out for breakfast and then hit the zoo.

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Nothing wrong with baby pictures.  Don't be an asshole.

Awesome pics, all.  

I sat next to his daughter in high school! :-o

Awesome pics.  Sorry I have none to contribute.

Bwahahahaha!  At least I only thought it instead of posting that. :D

Kid pics are cute in moderation.  At least no one here seems to identify themselves solely by their children.

Kudos to SnakeCharmer for having a furkid and admitting it as well.  EDIT - and a fine looking furkid it is, too!

Oh, everyone's human offspring aren't bad looking either. :D

I currently have two dogs and six cats. :oh_i_see:

Grats on the awesome kid.

At Jekyll Island this summer:

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Whch one's Jekyll and which one's Hyde?  :why_so_serious:

Children are all Hyde :P

Morgan, age 6:

Zach, age 1:

I'll restrain myself to 2 since I've already blasted everyone with a few pics.
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I'm not terribly big on babies, but the look on his face slays me.

From May 2009 (Trip to Baltimore Zoo)  11 months
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December 2009 (Dragged the girl around in her sled the other day)  18 months
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Love the serious face!

In his snowsuit (22 days old):

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I feel weird saying this at 25, but shes grown!

And my god we have people producing beautiful kids around here. Lots of blue eyes too.

I'll guess "MuppetVision 3D".

I love that cheesy show.

It could very well have been; my wife took that pic of her somewhere at Disney.

I didn't get to go :(

Gratuitous shots of the little man:



The pumpkin one is funny because he'd rather climb over them than walk around them...

In August, about 8.5 months old-

(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t11/wayabvpar/KieranAug109.jpg)


Last weekend (13 months old)-

(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t11/wayabvpar/KieranDec1909.jpg)

Have better ones on my home PC and/or camera.

The little guy is now officially a toddler- he has realized that getting from place to place is easier if he walks rather than going down, crawling over, and getting back up  :grin: 19 steps is the high score I have personally witnessed so far (yesterday). Just last week he was tiny yet chubby like little Zephyr, I swear.

It is crazy how fast Kieran has gone from being a baby to a boy. And where'd that hair come from?

That pumpkin shot is so great.  :awesome_for_real:

Bebbeh #1 ETA April 6, our anniversary.

Voodoolily, given your grief title, you should have named the tyke "Zephuh"  :grin:

Gratz! Enjoy the second trimester while it lasts. I recommend a trip to Hawaii. Swimming in the ocean with sea turtles while pregnant is  :awesome_for_real:


His name is already hooked on phonics. The desk lady at his pediatrician's office always calls him "ze fire". She evidently doesn't know the noun zephyr.

He will be born on April 3, it will also be named Michael.

If it was to be a girl, that would be  :drill:

Yes, it would be very cool because the woman who played the mother in The Waltons was named Michael and we all know how cool that show was!

Wow, Siggy invoked the Waltons.

...and yes, I called her Siggy. Everyone has cute baby names in my head now.

I AM SIGGY!!!   :heart: :heart: :heart:

At Didneyland this year:

Did you have to use a fire hose to unsticky him?  :awesome_for_real:

That's what the jumping fountains are for.

We just took him on Splash Mountain a few times.  :grin:

Hah, the look on his face has "I know you hate this" written all over it.

I'm never too thrilled with parents going on about thier spawn, but Abo's kid is hilariously cute.

Well, no pictures yet, but we did find out today that we're going to be having a little girl.

Like everyone else new to babies:  :ye_gods: :ye_gods: :uhrr: :oh_i_see: :drill: :drill: :drill:

O wait! I mean:  :drillf: :drillf: :drillf: :drillf: :drillf:

grats!

Yay, more bebbeh! Grats!

Way 2 go Viin!

Grats Viin! Let's set up an arranged marriage! You have 20 years to assemble an appropriate dowry  :awesome_for_real:

Doesn't the grooms family normally pay the dowry for the others daughter?

Heh I'll work on that. You work on making sure he knows how to treat women right!

I gots no babies, but I like looking at other people's! Some hilarious facial expressions going on in this thread. <3

Ohh, if you like funny faces, here's a resized (down to 25%) collage that's my current desktop. 

Top middle one wins.

I'm kind of a sucker for tummy time shots, myself. :awesome_for_real:

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iPhone photo posting fail.
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I kinda miss big gummy smiles  :heartbreak:

Especially since that meant it didn't hurt when he bit me. Now, not so much, the little carnivore.

I am not looking forward to teething, but will be happy to start feeding him solids. Zephyr just discovered his thumb and has started gumming it. I think he might be a lefty!

D'oh, he's just totally crapped his pants JUST as he's nodding off for a nap. So tempted to let him sleep in it. 

Even without it can still hurt.  When I carried my little man to get fed, sometimes he would be in an insane hurry and reach out and grab hold of anything.  Had to learn to be careful with how he was positioned.

I've found that my guy would sleep longer if I didn't let him stew in it, as he would have a monster fit about halfway through his nap over it and then wouldn't go back to sleep!

I did change him, exactly for that reason. Plus because he's so snuggly today, I'm letting him nap on my chest, and don't wanna risk a nasty surprise on my shirt.  :oh_i_see:

Also leads to monster diaper rash.     

He only eats breastmilk, and consequently doesn't get diaper rash.  :awesome_for_real:

He only eats breastmilk, his nickname is The Runs.

Hey, at least his shit doesn't stink! It still smells like yogurt and looks like masala.

I think parents have a built in filter genetically activated in their nose when it comes to their own baby's poo.

:awesome_for_real:

Not here. Baby poo is vile.  Breast fed or formula, it is vile, nasty stuff.

I like the clothesbasket shot, personally.

I can tell the difference when our kids switch from breastmilk to solids. It goes from smelling like slightly offensive butter to hideously smelly shit.  Seriously, worse than adult.

Baby pics = good.

Talking about (baby) shit = bad.

Seriously.  It's like becoming a parent removes all TMI restraints that normal people have.

You have to take the good with the bad in this thread  :awesome_for_real:

Good = cute pics of rugrats

Bad = reminders/validation of why I didn't have kids.  Oh wait, that's good.

Bad = skimming over the TMI  :-P

I'm fairly sure that my wife and I have discussed my daughter's poop on at least a daily basis since she was born.   Even if it's just comes from a scheduling concern of "Oh hell, is my daughter going to shit herself awake again from her afternoon nap/middle of the night?"

To be fair, I talked about poop long before I became a parent.  :uhrr:

Mostly bug poopy, though, right?

The switch to solid food makes a large and unpleasant difference, definitely.

I still brag to Sauced when I have a big one.  :oh_i_see:

Just a minute, let me adjust my blinders because I KNOW we're not talking about grown up mommy poopy.

There, see, everyone?  She DID mean bug poopy!  (http://cdn.sheknows.com/graphics/emoticons/tmi.gif)

Went wandering about this morning in the winter wasteland.

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4338565314_6ee4e6bd6e.jpg)

Cause I have none of my own, here is my niece Zora born Saturday.
As for the name, it is after a famous author... my response to that was "uhmm there is this game called Legend of Zelda.. you may have heard of it"

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I am really looking forward to being the "Bad Uncle"  not in a "your uncle is in prison for exposing himself to nuns" kinda way, but in a "your uncle spoils you shamlessly" way. 

The uncle that smells like scotch?

I was thinking more like the uncle who buys her the latest tickle me elmo/cabbage patch kids type gifts.   I do however like scotch...  I am new to this spoiling kids thing, need to do some research

That is half the fun of kids- getting to go toy shopping again!

I have a friend with a seven year old that I just can't stand.  He's a fucking little monster with no redeeming qualities.  I'm on edge whenever he's around.  He's the type of kid that you endeavor to be nice to only because you know he's making a list in his head of all the people who have "wronged" him in his life, and will one day cleanse from the earth in payback.  I want nothing to do with him and of course, he thinks I'm the greatest.  His mom had to dissuade him from calling me Dad all the time.

Still, I love that he gives me the excuse for going to the toy section of any store I'm in so I can get him something.

Zora was on my shortlist if it was gonna be a girl.  :oh_i_see:

Great looking baby! Gratz on the new toy shopping.

As a public service, I'd like to repeat Dennis Leary's plea: Don't get the toys that make the noise.

I am forever threatening my uncles that I'll buy a hand-cranked air raid siren (http://www.airraidsirens.com/faq.html#Q1) for my young cousins.

Not bebbehs anymore but will always be to me!


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Holy crap... is your backyard a lake?

Cute kids btw.   

Ya, I'm starting to feel like Slayerik left out a significant element when recounting his tales of stud-hood. Like,"Oh, ya, and when the girl came over, she saw that I had a house on a lake, and her panties just instantly melted"

lake or ocean... that is one hell of a view... and uhmm Fuck you and your pet unicorn!

nice shots, and cute little kids.

lmao

Well, I WISH this was my backyard. It is the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where my family is from, beautiful pristine country. It's a five hour drive so I make it up once in the summer and once during hunting season. Thanks though guys!

/flex

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Last one made me smile.

It is a very cute one.

For the first though, I thought sheepskin was supposed to prevent babies. :wink:

that got a good hearty chuckle out of me.

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She's almost three now, that went by in a blink.

Isn't that the truth.  Seems just yesterday I was sleeping on the couch with my oldest on my tummy, and now she's going on the bus to school.

Putting them on the bus to school is probably the worst day for a parent.

Here's my son cracking up over a bouncing ball.  (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessesco/4433584949/) Loves to laugh, just almost never at the same thing twice.

He has an awesome laugh, too.   :heart:  If it weren't for all the other stuff that goes with it and the criminal charges that would ensue after I put the groceries in the car seat, left the baby on top of the car and drove home because I have too much air in my head, I'd have three of those sorts of babies.  (and a mini-trampoline)

That is awesome. I was laughing just listening to him laugh.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/Abagadro/4-17-10018.jpg)


Here's my boy at his indoor soccer game. It looks like he is going in for a balls-out slide tackle, but in reality this is at half-time where he decided to entertain us with some break dancing.

Floor burns are unfun. He will eventually learn that  :grin:

My new baby, born on Sunday night (a whole 4 weeks early). Sofie is her name.

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42220/Photos/sofie_2d.jpg)

Congrats!

Awww.  Congrats to you and Mom.  All these kids, all of them, are very nearly as adorable as a kitten!   :heart: :heart: :heart:  :heart: :heart:  I give them 5/5 hearts! 

Congrats!

Congrats, Viin!  Nice name choice.

Good job.

What a pretty girl. Well done!

Just got back from our 18 week ultrasound.

Both of 'em are boys.

Very nice!  Enjoy!

My 2 boys at dinner. Darcy (younger one) is very stubborn and likes to feed himself. Which is great, but as you can see it's a mess. Somehow he got yoghurt in his hair, don't ask cause I don't know how either.

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Congrats Viin!

One boy, one girl here.

God help us.......

I need to get away from this thread since having twins seems to be contagious.

That's awesome, congrats!

Someone finally fell asleep on the plane.(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_R85dKVRG87Y/S_MfVnP3KmI/AAAAAAAAEz4/6XoX6H7ro_0/s1024/1274224432438.jpg)

Insert ominous reverb-y evil laughter here.

New pic of my little girl, 4 weeks old now. Finally fits into some newborn clothes.

(http://www.7mph.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/p_1024_768_C4B11A3F-D01E-43DC-9CB7-F7DBD5F4EA9A.jpeg)

Cute kid.  We got like a week out the newborn clothes.

Tiny! Yeah, we didn't get to use the newborn clothing for long either. Here's Zephyr these days:

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uVSUPK950uU/S_V8JRCDuaI/AAAAAAAACsg/YuHabIOosxw/s1600/photo%2823%29.jpg)

(http://yfrog.com/0gdsc0251bwj)

Here's T:

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3413/4626781297_a0bce61e4f.jpg)

Loves the bath. 

This is what you have to look forward to:

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/85916/tongues.jpg)

He is going to be kicking himself in 8-10 years when those girls end up being hot and want nothing to do with him. Lay the groundwork early, young padawan!

I think he still has a shot with the one on the left.

She's moving to Wyoming as soon as her house sells.  He's popular now, but so was I until fourth grade.  I have my work cut out for me.

lolz, for real. I needed that, thanks. :awesome_for_real:

Unlike the first time around, my wife and I are trying to enjoy this one instead going crazy.   However, this time around, my wife is learning the joys of being sick all the time.  Due date of 1/11/11, which is simple enough even I might remember it.

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If the baby is born on that day you have to name it Ace.

Congrats on the new kid!

Sofie has gotten a lot of meat on her bones, here she is at 7 weeks or so (she's at 10 weeks now):

(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/42220/Photos/Sofie%20at%207weeks.jpg)

That's a huge puppy for 7 weeks! ;D

Is she training to be a super hero?  The Cupcake Kid.  Bringing Cuteness and Sweets to all!

"Making sure lying dogs stay lying!"

Her layabout sidekick, the Pillow Pooch!

Ana Marie - 6 lbs , 17 1/2"

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Anthony James - 5 lbs, 18"

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He is sooo much cuter, these are prelim hospital pictures.

Congrats, man. 

congratulations! 

Awesome!

Dang that was fast, great lookin' kids!

Congrats!

I'll bop ya one if you mess with my sister!!!

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His hooks aren't deep enough :why_so_serious:

I swore I wouldn't be "that guy" with the pictures but I can't resist the transformation. Funnily enough, I wanted to name her Zephyr were she a boy, but all I got were dirty looks from the wife. I'm glad someone out there doesn't think I'm crazy.

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Ahaha! So super cute! Here's Zephyr last Monday, his 8 month birthday:

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Young Davros?

Looks like a big fella there.



So.. walking.  It's amazing.  A little over a week ago he could only take a few steps in a row.  Now he doesn't crawl at all unless he has to.

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/4840185432_f6f4a8e0e4_b.jpg)

Here's T looking picturesque in the grass.

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/4839573839_accfd168a6_b.jpg)

The next step is finding it infinitely amusing to run away from daddy, especially after stealing your phone or the remote  :grin: My little guy just took off with his mom for a weekend trip to visit some relatives in Oregon. The free time will be nice, but I am gonna miss the little bugger.

I'm going to miss the t-rex arms when he gets better with his balance.  :awesome_for_real:

Retry of the boy. 
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Nora has two mommies and is all of eight hours and 15 minutes old...

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Grats!  Looks like she's off to a good start.

Looking good!  My son hated the hat...

Holy awsomeness, Numtini! Many felicitations! Born on the death of Prop 8, no less.

Congrats!

Grats Num!

Grats.

Also, what's with all the kids lately? Makes me feel old...or young, I'm not sure which.

A huge congratulations to you two.

Grats on your new human!

Congratulations everyone! Being a father is the best thing that ever happened to me. Followed closely by being an uncle (Hi Slayerik!  :grin: )

Time goes by fast! Enjoy every moment, every age ... they grow quickly!

My daughter Jaelyn, at 8 months old:

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Jaelyn earlier this summer, age 10:

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/jubalharshaw/Jaewedding.jpg)

Fortunately,  she's as smart, kind, and funny as she is beautiful (yeah, I'm biased!).

Maybe that'll save us during adolescence. Ha. Ha ha ha.
I'm in trouble.
 :ye_gods:

No pictures just now but the comments of dorkiness prompted me to come in here and brag that my son has almost gotten 100% in Lego Harry Potter.  My wife tells me to go help him and I just sit and watch as he knocks out about six characters and two or three gold bricks.  There is ONE gold brick left, no idea where it is, so we might be stuck here.

Also, he is all about Harry Potter audio books.  I'm glad that Bakugan thing disappeared. :awesome_for_real:

Beautiful girl, Numtini! She's lucky to have two mommies.  :drillf:

Jaelyn's gorgeous, too, Zal. Well done.

Twins have arrived.

Introducing Logan and Brandon. They arrived at fullterm on the 20th.

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44058/LandB.jpg)

Fantastic.

Grats!

VERY awesome.

Grats!
Can you tell them apart yet?  :awesome_for_real:

Congratulations Murdoc!   :thumbs_up:

Awesome.  Look good and healthy.  Enjoy.  Try not to get too sleep deprived.

That picture doesn't really show it, but they look completely different, much to my relief.

Brandon:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44058/Brandon.jpg)

Logan:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44058/Logan.jpg)

When he has on his cap, Logan looks a lot like Nobby the House Elf from Harry Potter.

I thought I could see a difference in the first pic, which is what sparked the question. I have always wondered how parents figured it out when the kids were REALLY little. How often have they named kids and then unknowingly called them by the wrong names later on down the line?  :grin:

I'd just call them "baby" and "baby" for the first few months. Gorgeous boys! And so happy they were full term. Congrats!

Their noses look slightly different, at least to me.  Congrats on the safe and full-term arrival.  That "full-term" part is really awesome since I'd heard most twins don't make it that long.

Took advantage of a beautiful afternoon and went across town to catch a 4:30 O's game with the wife and kid.  She spent most of the game in the kid area, but I did manage to get her to watch an inning or two in the stands, before it was back to the bouncy house.

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T-Birds home opener last week, sporting his new jersey  :grin:

Isn't it considered child abuse to dress your kids in Orioles gear?  :awesome_for_real:

It builds character!  :why_so_serious:

Mah twins, 2 months in!

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Grats Murdoc, welcome to sleepless nights and all the joys that are twins :) In all, it's pretty fuckin' cool too.

The new baby was born about an hour ago!  We have another little boy in the family.  Photos to follow (probably much later).

Congrats Sir!

Thanks Slay, i've got to put together a PM of questions for you one of these days.

Logan
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44058/275-small.jpg)

Brandon
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Logan planning his escape, while Brandon passes out in the background
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way cute, both of them.

Awwwww!

http://www.coliccalm.com/?gclid=CMengfeby6QCFQlrKgodl26kUQ

To any new parents whose babies are colic-y, this stuff is amazing. Is also a hiccup cure, we give a very small dose when one of the babies have painful hiccups (the kind they get mad at). It's expensive, but it seriously probably saved me and my GF's relationship. It's FDA approved and all natural. It turned my son into such a pleasant baby, as opposed to screaming fits for hours at a time. We try to not use it much, but is awesome to have when needed.

Nice, grats!

Oh man! I just thought of something! You guys with twins, what if you forget which one is which like a month after having them, and start calling them by the wrong names! Then get them confused again a month later, and they grow up not knowing who they are!

Another thing to try for babies with colic is to have mom try a gluten-free diet.  Celiac is very common.  

Edit:  Of course this is only pertinent of mom is breast feeding.

I was legitimately worried about this. .

I'm pretty sure that they won't know or care before you can tell them apart.  Besides this, I've never seen truly identical twins.

I'm only one step away from completing Zephyr's Tingle costume for Halloween. I just need to find/make the clock necklace. He's gonna be so rad!

Random funny, perfect illustration of parenting these days:

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Like 1 second passed between the left and right photos.  :ye_gods:

And the third pic would be him chinning himself up to the garbage can or something equally unsanitary/dangerous, if my experience tells me anything.  :awesome_for_real:

He was making a b-line for the open outlet that is next to the corner where our bad kitty sprays.  :ye_gods:

June 21st, or thereabouts, I should be making my own contributions to this thread. It seems that regardless of the assurances my wife's had her entire adult life that she would need help getting pregnant, a simple swap (and pause) of birth control pills due to blood pressure and TA DA! 40 and pregnant.

I speak cynically, but really, we're looking forward to it. Very nervous about December 1st when we do the initial tests for Down's Syndrom, though. All the statistics due to her age have me nerved up.

Here's hoping all the tests come out well.  Assuming so, being 41 with a newborn... gah! :awesome_for_real:

I personally know 2 women who had beautiful, heathy sons at the age of 40. Congratulations, Brogarn.  :awesome_for_real:

Congratulations - and good luck!

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That should be on an album cover somewhere. Awesome.

Have some new pics to get posted eventually, but had to mention that my son turned 2 on Monday. And then got his first ear infection on Wednesday night. Actually, his first AND second- both ears. He woke up around 3AM Thursday morning and was a crying whimpering mess for the next 20 hours. Got him into the doc and got some antibiotics for him; he started feeling a bit more chipper about midnight last night. And promptly threw up his 2nd dose of ABs all over mommy and daddy's bed. And then was so fired up and awake after that he wouldn't calm down enough to sleep until about 4AM. Which means I have had about 7 hours of sleep since Wednesday morning. Oh and threw my back out Tuesday night too, so even the sleep I got before all this was fitful at best.

Goddamn I am glad it will be the weekend soon. And then a short week. That is worth giving thanks for  :awesome_for_real:

Antibiotics never fail to impress me with their almost immediate efficacy. They are like magic! Until all the bugs get resistant, at least.

Apologies for the babbling. I did mention I am running a severe sleep deficit, right?

Lucky you.  My son started getting them at 4 months and continued to get them every 6 weeks or so until he was almost 2.  One doctor wanted to do tubes, the other said "he might grow out of it, let's hold off on surgery" and are we glad we did.  He has only had one in almost 17 months now.

Yep- we have been mostly spoiled- he is a reasonably low maintenance, happy kid, so I knew something was amiss pretty quickly. According to my mom I got my first double infection at 6 months. I can still remember having them as a little kid, so they must have lasted until I was 3 or 4 at least.

My daughter was exactly the same way.    First year was pretty godawful.  Last year was dramatically fewer, and I'm going to keep my fingers crossed this winter.

Zephyr's never had one, I chalk it up to breastfeeding and good luck. He did have an undescended testicle that required surgery when he was just shy of 9 months, though.  :ye_gods:

I hope Kieran heals up well, and you get some good feet up/daddy juice time, WAP.  :oh_i_see:

It makes me wonder what the hell it is about either our american lifestyle or evolution. I had it in both ears and have scarring & bad hearing. That's an extreme case but almost everyone gets an ear infection and it's always miserable.  Why ears? What are we doing!

Neither I nor my kids ever had one.  Though my daughter has horrible ear wax problems that she inherited from her great grandfather.  Holding your 3-year old down so the ENT doctor can flush them is no fun.  Worse was seeing them pull a 1/4" ball of wax out.   :ye_gods:

 At least she's old enough now that we just have to lubricate once in a while with mineral oil.

We never had ear infections growing up. I think it's genetic.

When Elena had an ear infection, we didn't diagnose it quite quickly enough and her wee drum burst with the pus.

But, yeah, the antibiotics work like a fucking charm and very quickly.  Alas for Elena, the healing persisted for a wee while.  Thankfully, she's back to hearing like a bat, unlike her old man.

Heh, literally late to the party, as mah bebbeh is now a man, but this was him between 1994 (0 years) and 1996 (2 years). Actually the fist pictures it's him at 3 days of life, with some umbilical cord sill in place. Last picture is him now, 16 years of age. Weird.



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More under the spoiler...

Are those nerdy gaming maps in the background of shot 3?  :grin:

I had them constantly as a child. The only factors I can think of that could have contributed were bad seasonal allergies, and the fact that my mom smoked like a chimney.

Blah.

We found out the first time around what we were going to have, so the wife wanted our second to be a surprise.    She went in for a checkup on Friday and the nurse couldn't hear the baby's heartbeat, so they had to do a sonogram.  Unfortunately, the nurse let it slip what the sex was.  It wouldn't be so bad, except we're at 33 weeks  - so basically at the home stretch of this thing.

I believe ear infections are due to bottles, until I am given resounding evidence otherwise.

Care to explain that one ?

Son's sick.   :sad_panda:  Puked during the night. 

Now he can't keep anything down and has the runs.  Not fun, but at least I'm at work.  :awesome_for_real:

If I remember the theory  rightly - bottles leak a bit more than nipples during feeding, so formula is more apt to enter the ear.  Pacifiers are also viewed as a contributing factor because the force of suction can interfere with the ear tube function and cause blockage. 

Whaaaaat?  This really doesn't happen.

Stop sticking them in your ears and I'm sure they'll clear right up.

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It's something to do with the suction.  My son had ear trouble for exactly the time he was using regular bottles, which wasn't very long.  Using the Doc Brown bottles, no ear issues at all.  Once he want to his gran's and she only had a regular bottle, and his ears hurt after that.  I know, YMMV and all that shit, but tits don't develop suction like a bottle does.

Logan about to dispense some brotherly love to the back of Brandon's head.

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Pimp Slap!

Yeah, this is what the current science says.

Murdoc, is that photo taken with some kind of perspective issue, or are your twins really such different sizes?

Strange.  Elena only had one and it was wellllllll after she stopped bottle feeding.

There's a bit of perspective going on there, but Brandon is over a pound bigger than Logan which is rather noticable at their current sizes.

My son was a pound smaller than my girl, in 4 months he has closed the gap and they are within 1/4 lb.

EDIT: I bloodworthed my own kids.

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And my first two kids for halloween...

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Oh, I didn't mean to imply that kids only get ear infections when they drink from bottles, there're just data to suggest that breastfed babies get fewer ear infections than bottle-fed.

Right, also we seem to have genetically-weak tubes.  My son is now complaining about his ears being clogged all the time, but I don't have a solution even though I have the same issue.

My daughter is getting bigger every day. Almost 8 months now...

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EDIT: Eh, on second thought, don't want the wife's blog associated with me. Too many crazies out there.

Move along, nothing to see.

WHY DON'T YOU TRUST US!?!?! (http://escapedredpanda.net/hotlink/smiley/motz.gif)

Probably a good call.

;D

Hey, I need to talk to you about some Mass Effect problems.

 :why_so_serious:

Got some professional photos done.

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Damn, nice pictures!  They look stunning!

Here's the picture that went on our Christmas card:

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fake edit: deleted first post.  Didn't realize how big the picture was.

How old is he now? I thought he was younger than mine, but wow he looks big.

He's gotta be about 18 months, right? He's just got all those teeth and his face has really leaned out.

18 months.  He didn't sport the baby look for too long as his face has always been pretty lean.  Got that huge ass baby belly, though.

And yah, a lot of teeth.  Got a bunch of molars recently.  That was fun.

Man. Look at that sweater. What are you trying to do to the kid?

The Holiday themed fashion choices in the 18-24 month range are somewhat limited.   It's something he'll wear at most 3 times. Also, I have no say in this matter.  I did get him a Batman t-shirt and Darth Vader sneakers, however.   :drill:

Sorry but this is how you dress a wee one:
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Oh, god, that Bill Murray t-shirt is amazing. And the hat!

Hey look, more pictures!

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The Nora-Monster continues to grow and evolve...

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Everyone has very cute kids!

My son takes his cookie making VERY seriously.

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And well he should, cookies are the new cupcakes.

Well I am glad to know he is being raised right then!

Inductions fucking suck. Especially when the epidural doesn't work on one side.  :ye_gods:

 But on the upside, when it was finally over, a completely healthy boy was born on January 18th at 11:11pm. 

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Congrats!

Congrats man!

Congrats!

Ick on the epidural.

Congrats, Josh! What a great-looking kid.

I was induced and had no anesthetic (I know this isn't a competition, I just wanted to see what it was like). I know what your wife went through, and I'm sure it sucked even more that it wasn't her intention.  :ye_gods:

Oh wow Josh, congrats. That second pick of him with his eyes closed, wow what a cutie.  :thumbs_up:

Did a quick overnight trip down to DC for the White House Easter Egg Roll.   I would have pictures of my son, but mostly, they'd be nothing but him sleeping in the stroller.  


This is from a pond in the Constitution Gardens (near the Washington Monument).

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And this is her actually rolling an Easter Egg on the White House lawn.

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Is that for everyone and anyone who shows up in DC?
Or are you and Obama like pals?

I think there's a ticket lottery or something.

Ticket lottery.  A few years ago, they basically did it as first come first served, which was a complete mess and crashed the fuck out of the site.  This year, they did it as a random lottery, and we were lucky enough to get in. 

Oh cool.

I think it would be awesome if they had bigwigs like the chairman of the joint chiefs and cabinet secretaries, etc etc. out on the lawn acting as volunteers with the kids.
 :awesome_for_real:

It's not quite as interesting as rolling Easter eggs on the White House lawn, but my boys just turned 7 months.

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Holy crap they're getting big. 

Three years ago, I posted about my daughter being born (http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=13024.0).

This is her today (well, a couple of days ago):

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Aw, heck. Me too.

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Showing off the choppers!  :grin:

Kids get big fast. Which is awesome, though I hope my daughter slows down a little so I can enjoy her being smaller! It also shows you how quickly time is going by ...

Man I want kids! Im happy for you all but also very jealous!  :heart:

You can have mine...

Do they in any way resembles miniature Zods? If so you have a deal!

 :grin:

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She's been carrying that balloon around for about a week now ...

Why on Earth would you hang that on your wall ??

 :ye_gods:

Finally got around to emptying out the camera. Here is my boy on Halloween. Believe it or not I had nothing to do with the choice of costume. It was all his idea:

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Is that Warwick Castle?

No, Pembroke Castle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembroke_Castle), birthplace of Henry VII

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He'll be 2 in a little over a month.   

Here's some videos.  He's at such a cool age now.
Drumming. (http://www.youtube.com/jessescobedo1#p/u/3/BNRnrcn6VTo)  "Reading". (http://www.youtube.com/jessescobedo1#p/u/5/5mOGYi_5KOE)

Congrats Rasix. That is one seriously cute kid!

I miss having socially acceptable velcro shoes.

And pajamas with footies in them. Oh God how I miss running around in footie PJ's with vinyl soles.  :heartbreak:

Why do you torture yourself so?  Live large.

I wasn't aware there was a social stigma against velcro?

Also, Drums!  :heart: :heart:

Im hoping they come in some color other than that one?  :ye_gods:
Cheddar might like it though.

More pictures?

Sure why not

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I approve!  And contribute some of my own!

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My little guy and I at the beach Wednesday!

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We went to Legoland and he got a huge thrill out of driving.

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He liked the model cities more than anything there strangely enough...

My new son. Born on Thursday the 21st. I thought things would change and be awesome. I completely underestimated the awesome.

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Congrats! The nice thing is that they grow up slow enough that you can kinda-sorta keep up with them. The first year is super cool, but I'm just now into the 2nd so maybe it'll be even better!

Third year was the toughest for me.

Forth has been a blast.

2 was fun honestly.  3 is proving to be a hell of a lot rougher.  But anyhow - Congrats Pennilenko!

My family has always said "I don't know why they call it the terrible twos,."   Three is the age my kids and all my nephews got really get obnoxious.  They leveled out again at four, but that year of boundry pushing really made them a handfull.  

I will say that so long as you maintain alpha status and don't give in out of sheer weariness they seem to listen well until they're teens*.  My wife gave in all the time and both children don't stop pushing for her to give in until dad steps in to say no.  It's really bad with my daughter, where she gave in even more than with my son, so the child simply doesn't listen to her at all.

*The daughter turns 13 this year. We'll see how well she continues to listen to me. I'm trying the "let her find who she is, but enforce strict guidelines within which she's allowed to move freely." approach.  i.e.  No staying up to 3am just because you want to becausde it's not in your best interests, but go ahead and write on your clothes or your rooms walls and listen to that godawful blood on the dance floor group.

2 has been a real bear for us.  The oldest boy is pretty smart and stubborn at the same time.  And to top it off he's had a bit of a regression since the younger boy (9 months) is starting to get some more attention. 

I'll bite. Mah bebbeh who is about 5 months old now...

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That's a cool swim vest, what brand is it? Roots? Boots?

Roots.  Roots is a very Canadian outdoor clothing company.  They actually designed the American Olympic gear for a couple of Olympics, which was odd to Canadians.

...and the dog's life jacket is "Outward Hound" if your interested  :awesome_for_real:

That's the perfect bulldog face for that picture.

Anthony and Ana at 1 year!

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Twins are really damn tough.

And they are just about ready to get REALLY mobile now. Good luck with that. I have enough trouble keeping up with 1.

Tie them together.  With luck they'll wrap themselves around objects and make it easier to catch them! ;D

Congrats!  :grin:

I need to setup a flickr account so I can link some of Molly's photos. Not even the ones of her, but the ones she has been taking lately. I got a free iPad2 for attending a legal conference, and the kid has been having fun taking pictures of stuff and using that photobooth app to take some decent, unintentionally psychedelic art.

While daddy was off doing something silly like high knee lifts or babysitting a stroller, my boy was off flirting with the Baltimore Ravens Cheerleaders.

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Nice!

Cute pics all! On the phone so don't have a pic of my lad who is now 8 and has a more interesting social calendar than I do, but I did just find out I'm going to have a second arriving next spring! Yay! Mostly... Hehe.

Congrats! That's a pretty big age spread, they'll both be the only child (and spoiled to match)!

We have our 2nd (AND LAST) on the way too- March 8th, give or take. And daddy will be getting snipped soon afterwards on the off chance my wife and I will ever have time or energy for sex again  :oh_i_see:

I thought about getting snipped too, but it sounds a bit scarey ...

http://badvasectomy.livejournal.com/

That's my plan sometime next year.   We're 2 and done - but got nailed this year with bills and the like, so I'm just waiting till next year to pay the out of pocket costs via FSA.

One and done for me.  But, we're keeping me intact. 

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Yay pumpkin patches. Wasn't able to go to this with Sofie, but mom got some pictures.

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Boys are over a year old now and walking!

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The twins!

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The Big Kids!

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All 5!

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'Twins' is actually Latin for 'I wonder if there's a gun that doesn't taste so metallic'. ;)

I got snipped last year:  couldn't do it fast enough.  It's really a total breeze:  in, out, and done in 45 minutes...a trip to the dentist for filling work is FAR worse.

I didn't think it'd be this tough.

Though, I have a good friend who has a collicky 6 month old and high maintenance 3 year old and I wouldn't trade twins for that EVER.

Have him try 'Colic Calm' - saved our ass.

What I wasn't prepared for:  you essentially become two single parents living under the same roof.  My family is very small:  I've lost both of my parents when they turned 60 (I'm 36), and my wife lost her Dad a long time ago.  We don't have close brothers and sisters so there's nobody to help.  For the first year, the only way we didn't kill ourselves was to break up the night into two 6 hour shifts so one of us could sleep at least a little bit.  I took from 9pm to 3am, and my wife took 3am to 9am (thank God for Fallout 3!).

As a result of having no help, the twins tag-team both of us to the point where we never get any breaks.  They are both 3 now so it's better, but now rather than constant feeding and diaper changing it's breaking up fights and stopping arguments, and enforcing time-outs. 

I think when you have two that are separated by a few years,  you and your partner can experience each stage individually, and you each get a chance to get away and recover.  When my wife and I aren't working, it's full time child care at our house.  It's 16 hour days every day, 24/7 for both of us, because one parent really can't watch two crazy three year olds.  Watching a 1 year old and a 4 year old is a completely different experience as they're going through different things at different times.

For those thinking of IVF:  you will be asked for how many embryo's to implant, the doctor will not make a recommendation.  They will put in 1 or put in 10 if you ask them, as you are paying out-of-pocket for the experience.  Knowing what I know now, I would *never* have agreed to implant multiple embryo's.  Fortunately with cryogenic storage, you can always try again on the next cycle.

Of course I wouldn't change having my boy and girl:  they are wonderful kids.  But boy I have never hated life so much at any time in the past as I have the last few years.... I don't care what Dick Cheney says:  prolonged sleep deprivation and constant emotional stress are *torture*. :wink:

I had two 15 months apart, it was a cake-walk compared to these twins. Miguel put it very well, there are never any breaks. I get an hour occasionally, when I want to sacrifice my sleep, to play some LOL. It took a long time before we could even enjoy the twins, it was so much work. I can't imagine triplets, or more.

That's it exactly and great way to explain it.

I watch friends just hand their kid back and forth and we just don't have that option. We've been pretty lucky as both boys generally sleep 10-12 hours through the night so we don't have to take shifts and it's been that way since about 3 months.

You've got a good looking bunch of kids though! Congrats!

Christmas card time

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I think the biggest problem is just how BAD my wife and I are at taking pictures.

The middle pic of them looking at each other is good though, especially their expressions.  Taking pics of kids is actually really hard, or so I've heard.

They tend to move a lot. 

I agree, middle pic is good except for the flash reflection. I think if I sent a Christmas card and they cared about the picture quality I wouldn't send them one the following year.

Mid pic is excellent and if you REALLY care about the flash, I'm sure you can edit it out easily enough.   I think it adds something because otherwise it'd be "babies. in. spaaaaaaaace" as the rest of the background is so inky black.

I compensate for my terrible photography by going the motion-picture route.  I seem to get much more of a pass there.  Especially now that I know how to make BRD out of the videos.

Or reach for the camera. Or look away. Or hit their brother in the face with a little plastic phone. They look happy in the middle picture, but I assure you - violence is about to ensue.

This thread needs more pictures of your kids looking mad that they are in terrible sweaters!

There's a holiday at steak!

Very happy with what I was expecting to be a throwaway shot of the boy while standing in line at the Maryland Science Center yesterday.

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Brendan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwiv/6612685949/) by jwiv (http://www.flickr.com/people/jwiv/), on Flickr

Very cute.

My new nephew Aiden, taken at Christmas Dinner, born one week before.

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That's adorable!

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Rockin' the mullet AND bad sweater :)

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Dang that boy has some deep brown eyes.

Ohh, so you want sweaters...

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Res isn't great, but I just pilfered these off my wife's FB.

Ah the polar bears!

I somehow forgot to start dressing the kids in terrible Christmas sweaters this year.  Hopefully I can fix that next year.
 

My kid won't hold still anymore, so photos are hard. I need to take the camera outside, I guess (hate using flash). BUT:

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We put a Yo Gabba Gabba decal on our old first gen DS and gave it to the boy. This games really sucks, btw.

...and yes, he is straight up double-fisting some Hot Wheels. At least they're cheap!

Ahh, has he gone/going through the "everything in my arms at once" phase?  My son has finally started handing me his trains to carry instead of trying to go up the stairs holding the entire cast from Thomas the Tank Engine.  The worst was when he'd refuse to give up the toys and fall asleep with them in his hands.  Always nice to get a 3am wake up call of "JAMES! WHERE'S JAMES???!?!?! DADDY, FIND HIM!!!"

It is amazing how given any size pile of animals/toys, they somehow manage to remember EVERY SINGLE THING that is in said pile and god help you if any of it is missing.

Hah!  So true.  I had like thirty stuffed animals on my bed and I always knew if one was missing.  I haven't thought of that in... a long time.

Percy is ten times the engine that James is.

but Gordon really thunders down the line. God, I hate myself.

My niece has taken to doing this.  Her logic is that it's mommy and daddy's fault for not putting the toys in her bed after she fell asleep (yes, she did say that).  She's hysterical about her Thomas... never seen a 3 year old so into something... 

Sternly tell them that we'll Find Them In The Morning and tuck them in.

Then Shut The Door.


This advice is instantly rendered fuck all use if you've given in already even once.

This.

I'm not a parent, so feel free to disregard this with extreme prejudice, but there seems to be a parenting style that treats kids as if they can be reasoned with, as if they're friends you can negotiate with.  The parent lead lives of haunted exhaustion, badgered and cajoled by their kids into just about any concession. I'd probably be one of these parents if I were one, so I am not getting on a high horse here, but it just seems that that's a dangerous road.

My wife tries to reason with the dog, and I think she gets further with it than the kids.

Children are born little animals and only get better much later.

Routine and training are all.

Yeah, but try telling the average parent that and see how far you get.  Suggesting that children need to be "trained" in anything - going to bed at a certain time, acting like human beings in public - generally can result in getting an earful on how that will somehow harm the child.

I agree, do not reason with them unless they have a very good point. And they won;t have any of those until they are older anyway.

"Do what you're told."

*command voice* "NOW."


You have to learn the command voice (make them shit themselves) NOW'


Buddy come here and have your diaper changed... Buddy comeon. (Ok fuck it) Buddy get over here N O W !!!!

Make sure you say it so they jump a little bit. Yes, loud and fuckin' scary.

The average parent was lucky to find the right hole to inseminate.  I tend not to aim my advice at average people. I have two good friends who had a kid at the same time as we did and their son is an enormous shitty cockweasel because they love him so very very much.

So I'm sure it'll be a comfort to them as they try very hard not to cry as the little dickhead gets the lethal fucking injection for stoning two of the neighbours children after he'd tied them up and pissed on them.

They need to love you, and fear you - just a little bit. - so yes!

We were at the park this weekend and there was a large tree that had been cut down.  My 7 year old jumped up on it, put his hand to his chin, furrowed his brow, and said "Look, I'm stumped on a stump!"

Oh man, a 7 year old who likes puns? You are in some trouble. Hahahaha.

I am the law around here, and the rule is we say goodnight to whichever of his cars/trucks/vans/buses/trains he's holding before bathtime and they stay downstairs. My worry was always that he'd roll over and get a facefull of cars, which would wake him up. I am totally rigid about this, for some reason, even though it's kind of not that big a deal. I just don't negotiate with toddlers.

If I do decide to give in on something (usually a snack, even though I'm fixing dinner), I always tell him that I've changed my mind instead of just rolling over and giving in to his pleas.

Heh.

Goddamn monkeys pile up if you sit still for even a minute...

That's a cute picture. :-)

Broke!

The boys are almost a year and a half now.

Those guys are super cute.  You did good work, bro.

The kid in the Curious George shirt is going to be a supervillian.

A very curious supervillian!

 :grin:  This one made my day.

Thank you, Sir.


Logan exhibits quite a few supervillian characteristics imo. Brandon will find a bin to stand on to get to places, Logan will just push Brandon over and use him.


He thought that was hilarious and walked around like that for awhile.

That's not villainy, it's efficiency!

Edward is the only engine that isn't a little bitch.

Our new addition arrived Saturday night. Haven't offloaded the pics from the cameras yet- will bore you with them later. She is pretty damned cute though. Not that I am biased at all.

Grats on the she-noob!

Apparently it's that time of the year. My 2nd daughter was born almost 3 weeks ago. Everyone's having babies! (and if you aren't, better get started now so you can be on the next wave)

Ok ok here's a pic, she's got more meat on her bones now (started at 5lbs 6oz).

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Hot link fail. I tried editing the "jpg" part but that wasn't it.

Silly dropbox gave me the wrong link. Fixxered.

Congrats to both of you guys. I think daughters would be a whole different ballgame. Sometimes I think it would have been nice to have a little girl too, and sometimes I am so glad i have two boys.

Congrats! There is an awesome bond between father and daughter, enjoy!

Grats, you two! Luckily, you still have time to buy rifles.

No rifle yet, but I did get my first handgun about a year ago.  :grin:

I thought it was shotguns that were the go-to guns for fathers of girls.

One step at a time!

I have a Mossberg 12 gauge at my house, my oldest daughter will be 10 in April. Where do the years go?!?!?

6 more years and it'll be all "I've a .45 and a shovel. I doubt anyone'll miss you."

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YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!

 :awesome_for_real: well played.

I suppose I'll necro this - the boys are almost 2 years old now.


I've finally picked myself up a decent camera that I obviously didn't use for any of these pictures, but hopefully once I learn how to use it a bit better, my photos will improve too.

Pic 1 - "OH HAI THAR!"

Pic 2 - "Hey, how's it goin'?"

Pic 3 - "I WILL HURT YOU!"

Pic 4 - "Guess what I'm doing right now!"

Pic 4 - DUCKIES!

They look like adorable boys.  Do they have to have everything the same (like identical toys) or are they fine each having a car, for example?

Nope, they are pretty good having different things. Brandon gets attached to a different toy each day and that's the one he HAS to have, but generally speaking they play with different toys fairly well.

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2 years and cupcakes

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Two year old twins.   :ye_gods:  I know everyone likes to say their kid never went through the terrible twos, but they're full of shit or raising zombies.  At two, it was like a switch went on in his little brain. "I don't have to fucking listen to you anymore. MUAHAHAHAHA.  You think that last fit was bad? CHECK THIS OUT!"  3 has been infinitely easier. 

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Cupcakes, womens, snails.  Life is good.

Yeah, a lot of people tried to tell me that 3 was worse than 2, but I haven't found that to be the case at all with our older boy.  He was very, very verbal by that point though, and I think being able to communicate makes things easier on them.  The 20 month old, however, is a wild animal.  If you turn your eye for an instant he is guaranteed to be doing something that would very quickly lead to death or dismemberment if not averted in time.

Our Nora is just two and yes, she's becoming very "independent."

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Here are the boys being pirates with their very pirate-y backpacks on:

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The newest member of Team Cadaverine, Saoirse, arrived on 8/11.  She has inherited my sunny disposition, apparently.

Awesome, congrats. How do you pronounce that?

Yeah, that's one pissed off broad. 

We're pronouncing it Seer-shuh, though I've heard it pronounced Sir-shuh as well.

Damn, I was totally off.  I wanted to say it as something like Sai Ore See.

That was one of my wife's votes for our daughter.

Congrats!

As active as my four year old is, I figured once organized sports started up, we'd be living in the ER.  Apparently, I was optimistic, as all it took was the second day of preschool.

A fall off the monkey bars led to this
which showed this
and ended with a sushi dinner and cast

Well, she looks like she's handling it okay, so that's good. 

At least kids rebound fast - it kills me to see one of the girls hurt but a few kisses (in most cases) brings them back around.

She's handling it pretty well - I think most of the annoyance is going to come when she realizes she can't do certain things for 6-8 weeks.

Some of the injuries I suffered as a kid and bounced back from would lay me up for at least a week as an adult.

NM

Congratulations!

Congrats! I am one of three boys. Go easy on the middle son, he's got it the worst ;)

 :heart:

I'm pretty sure those are clones, not sons.

They have Clone Trooper Halloween costumes, so you may be right.   :awesome_for_real:

I was going to just throw this at ghost,  but decided to make it an open question instead.   Going from one kid to two kids was a bit of a  :ye_gods: experience.  Somehow however,  we've gone from me getting snipped this year to serious discussion about going for a third.  One of the dads in my basketbal group phrased it that your life is over the second anyhow,  the third is easy after that. Anyone want to relate their experience?

It certainly isn't "easy" going from 2 to 3, but it certainly isn't the jump that going from 1 to 2 is. 

I skipped 3 and went to four, so I'm not sure. Just hope you don't get twins ;)

Yeah, we had some friends that "oopsed" to baby number three, and then "oopsed" four and five with twins.   :ye_gods:

Yah - same here.  Had it happen to two sets of friends in the area.  One went 2 to 4, the other 1 to 3.  I expect to be creating a fundme page for diapers and wine if that happens.

You can't oops twice. After the first oops, not getting something tied or dealt with is on you.

EDIT: With the exception that you did, and the procedure got fucked up or didn't take.

I think part of the issue is that it took these folks years (literally about 10) to have babies 1 and 2 due to fertility issues.  Then they are suddenly breeding like rabbits with no help at all. 

Or, in the case of my family, procedures/birth control.  Seriously  - we're like freaks of nature.

Sister - Pill
Me - Nothing
Brother - IUD
Brother - Tubal Ligation

Mah bebbeh boy, Gabe.  From about a year ago.  He's now a total force of destruction.   ;D

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Good looking kid.  I love baby hair.