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Post by Tippecanoe Fly Fishers Admin on Mar 27, 2009 10:54:12 GMT -5
Well folks, I am not going to be able to enjoy the afternoon conversation. I am head to a local pond and fish with my wife at least one last time before we have a little one in tow.
Wish me luck and I will catch up on the conversation tonight or Saturday night.
One other note. My ESPN bracket is currently in the 97.1 percentile in the country. Not to shabby. Only missed the Duke game last night.
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Post by trent on Mar 27, 2009 12:08:26 GMT -5
Les:
I had not heard that you all were expecting. Congratulations! When is Mrs. Les due? Do you know gender? This is numero uno? Good times ahead my friend, good times...
T-
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Post by Tippecanoe Fly Fishers Admin on Mar 29, 2009 8:19:08 GMT -5
Thanks Trent. We are expecting a boy, Lief Jeffery, around May 6th. This will be number one for us.
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Post by flyfishingpastor on Mar 29, 2009 13:20:25 GMT -5
Les;
Congratulations! What a blessing. I look back, some 28 years gone by now, and remember the first time my daughter and I looked at each other - she completely captured my heart and nothing has changed since!
Pat
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Post by Tippecanoe Fly Fishers Admin on Mar 30, 2009 8:46:14 GMT -5
Thanks Pat - So instead of hanging out and fishing with you guys on Saturday, I get to learn about the birthing process.
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Post by radioflyer on Mar 30, 2009 9:07:20 GMT -5
Les, we'll be thinking of you but we don't mind of on Saturday you're not thinking of us. You've got something more important to do. Everything in your life is about to change...and all for the good! Let us know how things 'come out' and if we can help in any way. I'll happily donate a dozen Pamper Buggers... rf Good luck lil' Lief (emerger)
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Post by trent on Mar 30, 2009 10:59:55 GMT -5
Dude, women have been having babies for eons and seem to be pretty good at it. Men have been fishing for eons and seem to be pretty good at it. So, do you really want to upset the natural order of things and become cross trained in something that you will never be able to master due to the inability to obtain first hand experience??? Having said that, we went through all the classes with our first. Probably the most interesting thing was checking out our classmates and picking out the ones that seemingly had no business having a baby or at least were in for a rude awakening. You'll be able to pick them out. I'm sure our classmates all identified me as that person in their class.
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Post by rstaight on Mar 30, 2009 11:32:08 GMT -5
What happened to the good old days when they stuck us in the waiting room wearing a hole in the carpet pacing back and forth with 2 boxes of cigars.
One box if it's a boy and the other of it's a girl.
Anyway congrats and the best is yet to come.
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Post by Tippecanoe Fly Fishers Admin on Mar 30, 2009 12:31:22 GMT -5
Well the box of cigars are on order. I want to do at least one traditional manly thing. My assistant scout leaders gave me the great advice that all I need to know is which end to feed and which end to wipe. The rest sort of takes care of itself.
Our first class we learned why babies cry. I am not making this up. The lady teaching it was serious. Since my wife has sharp, accurate, and quick elbows I knew better then to ask any questions that I thought might be funny. My thought was if you don't know why a baby is crying, maybe you shouldn't be having one. I also found out that poop will changes color. It was two and half hours of my life that I will never get back.
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Post by trent on Mar 30, 2009 12:47:00 GMT -5
Speaking of poop, once that baby comes, you will become VERY familiar with it in all of its shades, viscosities, and odiferous variations. Mark my words, you will be talking someday and have an AH-HA moment and realize that you are having a serious and meaningful conversation revolving solely around poop. That's when it really hits home that your life has changed as you know it and you can't go back.
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Post by flyfishingpastor on Mar 30, 2009 13:33:00 GMT -5
Oh yeah, the bowel movement particulars will become too frequent parts of conversations in the future. It MATTERS!
Pat
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Post by radioflyer on Mar 30, 2009 13:38:42 GMT -5
Oh....and the spitup! Les, you might put one of those Mikes Carwash wiper protector sleeves over your ponytail when you burp the lil guy. ...just sayin...
rf
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Post by trent on Mar 30, 2009 14:01:21 GMT -5
RF: you haven't lived until you've been on the receiving end of projectile spit up. Sometimes the sheer volume is amazing when you consider the size of the source.
As for other unfortunate missiles, sometime when we are not within the hearing range of any polite company, I'll recount a tragic afternoon of baby sneezing and diarrhea.
Next time you are through Mike's, you might see if we can buy a gross of those and present them to Les as a baby gift. Sounds practical to me.
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Post by phishphinder on Mar 30, 2009 20:29:59 GMT -5
Les, Not only does the POOP change color, it derives and odor that can gag a maggot. It is cute when it is just poop but when it changes to s*^&t, that 's a different animal. Oh you have so much to learn. See you in a couple years.
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