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Title: I'm going to be a grandfather
Post by: keith_h on August 14, 2017, 06:36:27 AM: My oldest daughter and her husband stopped by yesterday to inform Rene and I that we are going to be grandparents. The doctor still has to pin down an estimated delivery time frame but it will be sometime around next April or May. Not sure if I'm ready for this but then again you never really are.
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Post by: jacko on August 14, 2017, 06:39:10 AM: Congratulations Keith. Ours are a joy and I'm sure yours will be too. It'll change your life.

Graeme
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Post by: tubeperson on August 14, 2017, 06:42:30 AM: Congratulations Keith! That is quite the blessing.
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Post by: edwardofhuncote on August 14, 2017, 06:58:57 AM: Adding my Congratulations, Keith. :)
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Post by: growlypants on August 14, 2017, 08:20:04 AM: Yea, Congrats! (It's definitely an eye opener, when it happens. You'll have to first decide what you want to be called...!)
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Post by: pauldo on August 14, 2017, 08:29:17 AM: Congratulations, grand-kids are the best (or maybe watching our children learn parenting is the best...).
Find a fun name for yourself - my wife and I are FarmPa and FarmMa since we bought the farm.
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on August 14, 2017, 09:08:07 AM: Congratulations! We just got back from spending a week with grandsons 1 & 2 (#4 will being making his appearance momentarily); I kind of gulped at the thought at first, too, but I can assure you, grandkids are better than kids by far!

Peter (Who really wishes they didn't live 1,2, & 3 time zones away....)
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Post by: keith_h on August 14, 2017, 01:50:20 PM: Thanks for the good thoughts.

Peter, My daughter lives at what I consider an ideal distance of about an hour away. Close enough to not make visiting a chore but far enough people just don't pop in unannounced (works both ways).
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Post by: mica on August 14, 2017, 02:54:59 PM: Wonderful news, Keith!
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Post by: hammer on August 14, 2017, 02:58:47 PM: Congratulations! We have two: a 3-year old grand daughter and a little guy who's only 3-months old. It's great to see the kids, play with them, take care of them BUT...be able to hand them back to their parents when the time is right.

P.S. It's also great to see our daughter having to deal to the same highly self-determined, headstrong 3-year old that we needed to parent when she was that age.
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Post by: slawie on August 14, 2017, 04:03:25 PM: Congratulations Keith wonderful news.

We have been fortunate enough to have our 2 grandsons (4 yo and 9 yo) visiting us in Australia for the past 3 weeks.
My son married his high school sweetheart while we were living in the Bay area back in 2000.
We all moved back to Oz and then they made the announcement they were moving back to San Jose 2013.
I had not seen the boys for over 2 years and wow! they grow up fast.

Savour every precious moment you can have with the little ones. It does not last all that long.

I hope the time up to the birth is trouble free and the delivery goes without a hitch.

The circle of life! Congratulations all round.

slawie
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Post by: Philip-M-Bass on August 14, 2017, 06:57:07 PM: Many, Many Blessings MR. KIETH!!!

Wow , a new Alembic player!!!

All the Best to you & your family!!!!
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on August 14, 2017, 07:26:53 PM: Quote from: hammer on August 14, 2017, 02:58:47 PM

P.S. It's also great to see our daughter having to deal to the same highly self-determined, headstrong 3-year old that we needed to parent when she was that age.

I'm pleased to report that #2 (turned 2 in July) is more than sufficiently active & energetic to get my revenge on his father!

Peter (Who right now is even missing stinky diapers)
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Post by: ryan_p on August 15, 2017, 11:21:18 PM: Congratulations, Keith on the impending Series III ( is that acceptable Alembic lingo for grand children)?

My son is 5 and a half and it's puzzling seeing my very strict Mum indulging him with all she told me was bad for me.😂
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Post by: edwin on August 16, 2017, 05:44:12 PM: Congrats! At 56 with a 5 year old, I'm not sure I'll last that long, but it sure is nice to live vicariously through all of you!

Edwin
Who is facing rotator cuff surgery because of rambunctious Xander.
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on August 16, 2017, 09:26:10 PM: Good luck with the surgery, Edwin. Fortunately my shoulders are OK (pretty much alone among my body parts), but Florence had her left RC repaired in '98, right RC repaired in '13, right total replacement in '15, and left total today. (Told her it would have been easier to dump her & find a trophey wife than to replace her a piece at a time).

Peter (who needs to stop typing & get some sleep to go back to the hospital bright & early - night, all)
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Post by: hammer on August 19, 2017, 10:29:21 PM: Edwin

Sorry to hear about your impending rotator cuff surgery. Just keep in mind that being a grandparent at 80-85 is just as great as being one at 60.
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Post by: keith_h on August 20, 2017, 05:47:18 AM: Quote from: edwin on August 16, 2017, 05:44:12 PM
Congrats! At 56 with a 5 year old, I'm not sure I'll last that long, but it sure is nice to live vicariously through all of you!

Edwin
Who is facing rotator cuff surgery because of rambunctious Xander.

Sorry to hear about the injury and surgery. With the 60 being the new 40, or so they say, there is plenty of time for grandchildren.

Speaking of They Say. I've always wondering if they are friends with Somebody Did It?
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Post by: rv_bass on August 20, 2017, 08:34:37 AM: Congratulations,Keith, that's a wonderful thing! :)

Edwin, good luck with the surgery!
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Post by: moongerm on August 20, 2017, 01:11:41 PM: Congratulations Keith!
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Post by: artswork99 on August 31, 2017, 06:18:49 AM: Congratulations Keith and Rene!
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Post by: keith_h on September 01, 2017, 07:01:33 AM: Thanks Art. Long time no see.