To Mr. and Mrs. Fabs

[BILLY D.]

Congratulations. Glad to hear everyone is doing fine.

I didn't expect you to hide the birth in another post though. Whats babys name?

Give Mrs. Fabs a hug for me and give yourself one too. If you don't know how to give yourself one follow the directions. First, place your right hand on your left shoulder, then place your left hand on your right shoulder, now squeeze gently. You just gave yourself a hug.

Best wishes, Bill

[buckhunter]

Yo Fabs,

Missed the post about your new arrival. A big congradulations from the Buckhunter family. Now get ready to sell most of your guns for diapers. Naw just kidding. Post the details, again.

All the best

Dale

[multibeard]

Where are the pictures!!!!!

[BILLY D.]

Originally posted by multibeard
Where are the pictures!!!!!

Yes, Good idea. If Fabs is anything like me he's probably screwed himself into the ceiling by now and has about 15,000 things on his mind.

I was always a basket case after the baby came. The wife was always cool as a cucumber. Which only goes to prove, women do handle stress better than men.

Bill

[Gunslingergirl]

I meant to say congratulations on the other thread, but didn't want to hijack it.

I also second the motion for pictures.

GSG

[fabsroman]

Here is a post from the mods forum that I posted last night. After you read it, you will understand why I haven't posted on here yet. Suffice it to say that the only people other than you guys that know about the birth is my immediate family that you will see in the pics. I haven't even called my other family and friends about it yet. Hopefully, you guys get the draft that I think of you all very highly, even though we do tend to get into some good debates every once in a while.

Mommy and baby came home today at 11:30. Man, it is great being a father, and Billy, I haven't screwed myself into the ceiling. In fact, I have been a lot calmer about most of this than my wife. Later tonight I'll take some pics of the baby in the "nursery". As far as diapers are concerned, I found them on sale a couple of weeks ago at Target and had an additional 20% discount off of them, so I stocked up on them already. We have plenty of sizes ranging from newborn to #5. Now, I am looking for a sale on and a 20% off coupon for college education. LOL

Anyway, here it is:

Last Tuesday, my wife went to her obgyn and was told that she was 3cm dilated and that we would probably have the baby this weekend. That didn't happen. Sunday night/Monday morning she kept me up all night thinking that she was having contractions, which I highly doubted. On Monday, she went back to the doctor and was told that she was still 3cm and while she was having "contractions" they just were not productive. The doctor was worried that my wife would not be able to deliver naturally so they were going to schedule her inducement later that week. All day, she kept asking me if the doctor's office had called with the date for the inducement, and finally they called around 3:00 in the afternoon to tell her that the inducement was scheduled for Wednesday morning at 9:00. Now, my wife started worrying about complications with the inducement, etc. Mind you, this was the last day before tax returns were due and I was extremely busy. So, I didn't get to bed until 2:30 in the morning on Tuesday and I had made an appointment with a client to meet him that night at 8:00. Now, my wife woke me up at 4:30 in the morning telling me that she was having contractions. After the previous night, I didn't think much of it. Then, at 5:30 she told me that she had called the doctor's office and they wanted her to go to the hospital. We got to the hospital at 6:15 and they told us to go to the waiting room. My wife's contractions were so strong that I thought she was going to break all the furniture in there. Finally, at 7:00 they sent somebody in for us, but they still didn't have a birthing room ready so they were going to do an exam in a triage room. The exam showed that she was 6cm dilated and 100% effaced (i.e., the baby was on her way soon). The nurse was shocked since this was my wife's first pregnancy. She was telling the staff to get room 7 ready quickly.

My daughter, Arianna, was born at 11:35 yesterday morning (i.e., April 17th). She weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces and she was 21 1/4 inches long. My wife was in labor a total of 7 hours and 10 minutes and everything is going rather well. Mom and baby were almost discharged today, but Arianna had a little trouble breathing last night (i.e., she had a short, quick respiration) so the pediatrician decided to keep her at the hospital until tomorrow morning when he could look at her again and get her vitals from tonight. She really did well today. She is more alert. She has her eyes open a lot.

I have been spending most of my days at the hospital. I was there from 6:15 to 11:00 yesterday and I stretched the visiting hours out today from 8:30am to 10:30pm to 8:00am to 11:00pm. I am going to be back at the hospital tomorrow morning at 8:00 and hopefully both of them will be discharged around 11:00am. The car seat and everything at home is ready. I introduced Nitro to a towel that she was swaddled in and after sniffing the heck out of it he laid down on it with his head right in the middle.

I am one proud dad.

[fabsroman]

Here is mommy, daddy, and my siblings. With uncles and a dad that look like this, this girl's boyfriends had better treat her really good.

[fabsroman]

Here is Arianna and daddy.

[fabsroman]

Here is mommy, daddy, and Arianna.

[fabsroman]

This is Arianna at the hospital waiting for daddy to carry her to the car and take her home.

She has been a really good baby so far. She didn't cry even though I had to carry her 100 yards to the car and it is 55 degrees here. I sheltered her from the wind and covered her up with the blanket, but it still was a little cold. She really doesn't cry much during the day either. We will see how it goes tonight.

[fabsroman]

Here are her stats.

[Allen]

Congratulations Fabs.

She is a beautiful little girl and wow, a full head of hair. In my family and extended family none of the babies had that much hair at their first 1st birthday. Take good care of them.

Allen

[Dan Morris]

Nice looking tribe! Dad, just wait 15/16 years when the lil darlin is smarter than Mom n Dad......been there.LOL
Dan
:D

[wrenchman]

That kid has more hair then me did the mom have hart burn? lol
By the way if no one has told you yet life has just changed and will never be the same .

[fabsroman]

Dan,

My dad continues to say that he was the smartest man on Earth to his kids until they turned 13. Then, he was the dumbest man on Earth to his kids. I just heard it yesterday.

Even though I have 7 years of higher education and my wife has 6, I am sure that we will be the dumbest people on Earth to Arianna once she turns 13.


Wrenchman,

My life has changed so many times that it is insane. I wrote a long post about this before. Life changed when I started racing bicycles at age 14 to age 17. I spent about 3 hours a day on a bicycle along with school work and soccer. Life changed when I got my first car at age 17 and had to work to pay for it. Life changed when I graduated high school. It changed again when I started college. It changed again when I graduated college and started my first job as an auditor. It changed again when I passed the CPA exam. It changed again when I went to law school. It changed again when I graduated law school. It changed again when I quit the firm I was working at and started at another. It changed again when I quit that firm and started working for another. It changed yet again when I went on my own. Life changed when I started dating my wife. It changed when we bought this house, when we got married, and when she got pregnant. Life changed when Arianna was born. Oh yeah, I started riding hard again and have my first race on Sunday. Life will change again when I buy my first rental property in the near future. It will change again when we have another child.

Life will continue to change.

Chance favors a prepared mind. We have done so much preparing and reading before this baby that things are going rather smoothly right now. I got a ton of work done before the baby was due, so I don't have to worry too much about work this week. The baby's room was finished weeks ago and we have baby supplies and clothes coming out of the wood works. We have almost every product that Graco makes.

Life is what you make of it. Right now, I am so happy that it is insane. I wouldn't change anything and I look forward to every change in life that comes along. Yep, there will be some things that we are unprepared for, but that is life.

Okay, I think this post is almost as long as my other one a couple of months ago when somebody told me that life will change. Heck, life changed when my wife found out she was pregnant.

[Dom]

Congratulations and best wishes to the Fabs family!! Lookin' good, Waidmannsheil, Dom.

[Duffy]

Congratulations, Fabs! What a beautiful family! I'm so happy to hear that all is well.

Yep, being a father is a pretty cool thing, huh?!

Again, congrats!

[Mil Dot]

Well,
First off Congrats on the newborn!

Second birthstone is diamond:( !

Third My little girl turns 15 tomorrow and has found out her birthstone is diamonds:rolleyes: !

Good luck with the new addition, the adventure begins.

Mil Dot

[M.T. Pockets]

Let me add my congratulations as well.

[fabsroman]

Mil Dot,

I am well aware of the fact that her birth stone is a diamond. My wife got a set of diamond earrings as her "push present". That is the first I have ever heard of a push present, but my friends have been telling me that this is how it is supposed to be. Thing is, neither my dad nor my father in-law have ever heard of a push present. I think this is something that was started by the jewelry industry. My wife has enough money in diamonds that we could buy a nice new car, but I guess that is the way it goes. She could say the same thing about my bicycles.

Last night was a lot better than the night before. The night before Arianna cried forever and I was up forever trying to calm her down. Last night, it only happened a couple of times. During the day, she is just fine. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

[Dan Morris]

Push Diamond??????????????sheesh, out here they just take the wife 4 wheelin...............lol
Dan
:D

[Lilred]

Fabs....
what a beautiful lil girl!!!!
Bless her heart...and I hope mama is restin well.
She has a head of hair like Jessica did when she was born....betcha mama will be playin "beauty parlor" in no time.
And i do think ya'll did a good job with the name...perty.

Now...I noticed you said she aint cried yet...lol...now is the peaceful time. All they do is sleep...eat and sleep.

Right now, I am so happy that it is insane. I wouldn't change anything and I look forward to every change in life that comes along.

Now..I got the biggest kick outta that. Not bein cynical here ner nuthin Fabs...but you wait ....oooohhhh yeah...terrible 2's. Jess is 3 and shes still in the terrible 2's.
Kids will drive you plum insane..but you'll love em nevertheless.
I caint wait the day Fabs hears those famous words...." LOOK Daddy...my poop is green!" :rolleyes:
lmao....congrats to you and the mrs.
:D


PS. She might like bein wrapped tight in blankets. Next time she is fussy at night...try it. Newborns ain't used to havin all that room ya know...sometimes they miss it in there...esp bein close to mama all the time.
I used to take warm (not hot now mind you) blankets out of the dryer and wrap Jessica in em...she loved it.

[fabsroman]

lilred,

Thanks for the advice. We have tried a swaddling blanket at night, but that didn't do much good. During the day, we can keep her in her car seat in the house and she is fine with that, so we tried it last night but it didn't do any good. However, she was better last night than the night before. We actually got some sleep last night.

With all that said, I might try the warm blanket tonight if we have a problem.

You are talking about the terrible 2's, and my dad was talking about the terrible teens tonight. So, exactly when are kids at a good age? Life is what you make of it. Nothing is ever perfect. I had a rough night last night and a rough start to my morning, but I kept my chin up and the rest of the day turned out pretty well. Life is what you make of it, and kids are what you make of them. Nothing good comes easy.

[huntingvet]

Congratulatins Fabs! Parenthood is really a blast. I have a 3 year old and a 6 month old. I enjoy each day better than the last. Hope you do too.

[fabsroman]

She slept for 5 hours straight last night, and then 3 hours straight after that. I am finally able to be coherent enough during the day to get some work done.

Huntingvet,

Each day is a blast. She makes some cute face or she stretches some weird way that only makes me wish I had a video camera rolling at the time.

[buckhunter]

Thank God the baby looks like Mama. Its a trip being a father for the first time. I found out I really didn't know squat when my first arrived. I was paranoid about everything. Is it too hot is it too cold. Turn the heat up turn it down. Get the sun out of her eyes. That diaper is too wet. On and on. We'll it got easier with the second. You'll change my friend again and again. Just roll with it and don't take it too seroiusly. We all have been thru it and our kids survived and so will yours.

Way to go.


Dale

[jon lynn]

Bautiful baby, tell mom she done good!:)

[skeeter@ccia.com]

Fabs, I just came x this post...wish you and yours the very best. Enjoy because they do grow like wild weeds in the yard...next thing you know you have to give them away in a wedding...but just remember they well forever be daddy's little girl....I use to tell every boy that came to visit them that they are in charge of the most priceless thing I own so they better take care of her...seemed to work....one guys mother that I happened to know back in our childhood days told her son this when she found out her son was seeing my daughter....Her dad is a big hunter and when you see all those game mounts on his wall just remember he has one plaque with your name on it....so you best behave.....These words stuck in his mind forever...he no longer dates my kid but we are still friends...his wife and family, my daughter, her new hubby etc....so I gave him the plaque to have for his new born daughter.....lol......the name you choose is my niece's name too...hard to remember at first....but is nice...congrats and best to all.....Skeeter and family.

[chapster1]

Let me be the first English man to congratulate your wife and you ,:)

[royinidaho]

Fabs, sorry for the belated congrats. I haven't been around for a while.

Good to see a happy family.

From the pics I can say this, though.

You can tell your daughter got her good looks from you....... Her mother still has her's.;) ;)

From a series of 7 experiences, it will be long before 13 years when the dumbness thing sets in.:D

[fabsroman]

Thanks Roy. Sorry to hear that you haven't been on a lot lately. I hope everything is going well for you.

[Valigator]

Fabs all the best to your new family....just logged on and read this, good for you......

[fabsroman]

Thanks Val.

Glad to see you back online. I was wondering where you have been.

[BILLY D.]

Knowing Val I would suppose she has been playing construction engineer.

She's the type gal that could dig a hole for an outhouse, brush herself off, scrub up and attend a debutante ball and never miss a beat.

I admire and respect women like you.
If we are ever in combat together I'd be honored to share a foxhole with ya. You got more testosterone than some of the men depleting the oxygen supply.

Hey girl, you sure you don't have any older sisters?

Best wishes, Bill

[mrmiskin]

Congrats on the new addition, another sportswoman enters the world. :) :) :)

[fabsroman]

Billy, why an older sister instead of a younger sister? Other than that, I agree with your entire post.

[skeet]

Any sister of Vals will do...perfectly. Almost as perfectly as Val herself!:D ;)

[Jonesy]

You have a wonderful road ahead of you Fabs. Don't know what I'd do without my kids.

It's great to see that you're close with your siblings, it's something to aspire to. Wow Fabs, your sisters are knockouts!

They grow up so damn fast. Here are my girls, Codi's 16 and Celie is 7.

[BILLY D.]

Originally posted by fabsroman
Billy, why an older sister instead of a younger sister? Other than that, I agree with your entire post.

Well pardner, I know about how old Val is and I ain't talkin' while the flavor lasts. I am also cgnizant of the saying "theres no fool like an old fool". Any younger than Val would fall into the category of "holy crap I got kids older than that".

I just wouldn't feel right in that situation. I don't need situational type heart palpitations. It would be a great ego booster but I have enough ego as it is. I have nothing in life to feel bad about. I get up every morning at the crack of noon and can look in the mirror and say to myself "you are one lucky SOB" and be happy with life. I would like to share it with someone though but I have one minute problem, I can find women older or I can find them 20 to 30 years younger than I. There is a big dry spell in the middle for some reason. The one reason is most are married and I will not go that route.

GEEZ how'd this get started, it's sounding a lot like Dr. Phil.

Say goonight Fabs, and to all a good night.

Bill