I have a new son

Congrats Dude! Kids are a joy. Some will tell you otherwise; not me. It's all good. Best wishes.

That is awesome man. Now get ready for the dreaded Post Nuptial Shutoff :P

Congrats!

Awesome! Enjoy every minute of it. Even when it's frustrating...just stop for a second and marvel at the gift life has given you.

It goes fast, and my daughter is only 1-1/2.

Congrats!

Congrats, Tony. Parenthood is wonderful. Ever since adopting my son, that song from "Tommy" is much more meaningful. (It's a boy, Mrs. Walker, it's a boy. A son! A son! A SON!!!)

Awesome!! We could only have 2 because of miscarriages and pregnancy problems, but they are a joy!!

Like another poster said, and you\'ll hear it all the time, but the time will absolutely fly by.

Don\'t let a career or anything else get in the way of being a family man and spending time with your son. Those are fleeting moments that you can never get back.

Coach his teams. Go to all his games and practices. Don\'t miss a school or churh program. Take him fishing. Do everything you can with him. I promise you it will make you two extremely close and you\'ll never regret a minute of it.

Congratulations! I hope he is as healthy as can be.

Congratulations! Hope you are prepared for every single person on the planet to question every single thing you do in raising the child.

napper wrote:

Congrats, Tony. Parenthood is wonderful. Ever since adopting my son, that song from "Tommy" is much more meaningful. (It's a boy, Mrs. Walker, it's a boy. A son! A son! A SON!!!)

Cool! :)

And congrats, Tony.

Darren Skuja

Letsrun, eh?

10 responses until something negative. I was wondering how many when I was typing the original message. As you say Skuj, that's letsrun!

And to sp!kes, yes there are many on here who "know" me - as in know my online persona, anyway. And no, I am not insucure, I am as proud and happy as I have ever been!

thanks everyone else for the kind words.

sp!kes wrote:

do we care? do we know you? this is a public forum, why would you post such a thing? Are you unsure that the recent events are good? Are you scared or something? Do you need reassurance? Are you grossly insecure? WTF?

Tony,

Congrats, my child, also a boy, was born on Tuesday night. Very cool stuff.

As far as the post above, 2F'ing funny!

...who are you?

Congratulations Tony! Your first child?

congrats! my daughter's almost five months old and obviously the greatest thing ever for us.

Tony,

Think of how you felt at the proudest moment in your life, like when you won some championship.

When your son scores his first goal, or hits his first double, you can multiply that feeling by ten.

Enjoy and remember: It's all about the love.

Having kids seems to strange to me. I'm 22 now and can't see the big deal in having them. But then every single person I talk to says its the best day of your life. It's like no one sees the joy in them until they have them (I am mostly referring to men). I know women usually want to have them but as a guy I have trouble understanding the whole thing. I mean I probably will have them someday and see what everyone os talking about but what is the feeling like that is so life changing?

Also how old were alot of people when they had them on this board. 25? 30? older?

You stop living your life entirely for yourself and start living it for others. That outlook changes everything you do and every important decision you make. Look at all the skydivers who quickly shut down their hobby when their first child is born as an example. It's putting a child's interest in front of their own.

Although I adopted my oldest daughter when she was six and I was 30, my first biological child came at 31.

And actually, when my third daughter was born, I posted it on here as well. Congratulations Tony!