| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 23 Sep 2010 : 04:34:23
A day long feared by many is coming... Next May, a Miniature Giant Space Hamster will enter the world!  
Mrs. Giant Space Hamster and I are quite stoked, and my parents are happy that they'll finally have a local grandbaby.
Oddly, betwixt me wife and I, I'm the one with all the baby experience. My kid brother (now a Marine!) was born when I was 16, so I've done all the baby stuff except the midnight feedings. That part doesn't concern me... Being a good daddy, now that's another story! 
It'll be a while before we can find out the gender -- we just got official confirmation of the pregnancy today. A lot of friends and family are thinking we'll have a girl, but I think the odds are against it -- there hasn't been a girl born into my family in over 100 years. We shall see. As long as it's healthy and happy, I'll be happy. 
If it's a boy, I'll make sure he's well trained in all aspects of being a Trickster. Being a male in my family guarantees he'd be a smartass! If it's a little girl, she'll have me wrapped around her finger by the time she's walking, if not sooner. I'm cool with that!
Gotta say, though -- the prospect of buying toys for a little girl is a bit daunting. I can buy toys for a boy, that's easy. Little girls are another story! It'll be weird buying toys for someone other than myself, though! |
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| ChieftainTwilight |
Posted - 13 May 2011 : 20:03:04
huzzah for babies! ^.^
you know, I'm jealous!! for various reasons, mostly the same, which keep on f-ing happeing... but all the same I am excited for you and give my Congradulations! :D
I so will be keeping up with any updates! >w< I love kids. |
| Lily M Green |
Posted - 13 May 2011 : 19:48:31
Hey, sorry it's late but congratulations on the arrival of the rugrat! |
| Crennen FaerieBane |
Posted - 09 May 2011 : 15:02:56
Congratulations. I just had a baby boy back in September. Get ready for your world to change! (In amazing ways, of course!) :) |
| Dennis |
Posted - 09 May 2011 : 14:52:26
Congratulations, Wooly! |
| Kes_Alanadel |
Posted - 09 May 2011 : 13:54:26
Congrats Wooly and family. Now comes the fun part! |
| Alystra Illianniis |
Posted - 09 May 2011 : 06:45:52
Also, since I didn't get to say it before- congrats! Better luck next time on the girl, though..... (And there will be a next time, right? ;) ) |
| Alystra Illianniis |
Posted - 09 May 2011 : 06:43:25
Ah, this makes me remember my own little one's birth. Not that there was much to remember- I was completely paralyzed and numbed by two epidurals, and it was a C-section. The whole thing took less than three hours. Two and a half from the time I got the drugs to when they wheeled me into the Or for the C-section, and less than ten minutes later, she was out. With only a single cry, too. She was such a quiet baby- now they can't get her to shut up, and she's only three and a half! |
| Ashe Ravenheart |
Posted - 09 May 2011 : 04:33:50
Congratulations!! |
| Kajehase |
Posted - 08 May 2011 : 12:00:19
Congratulations to you and your wife Wooly. Now go buy yourself a lot of coffee, you'll need it. |
| Joran Nobleheart |
Posted - 08 May 2011 : 11:08:30
Again, congratulations Wooly! All of our best here at Candlekeep to you and your family! You'll be able to witness something I found out... every time they look around, every time they see something, it's a true miracle. Watching them learn, discover and grow... it is a miracle happening before you. I wish you, again, all of my very best. |
| Brimstone |
Posted - 08 May 2011 : 06:29:09
Was he furry?
Congrats one the little one! |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 08 May 2011 : 06:22:26
Mrs. Giant Space Hamster tells me she timed it that way, so she could have a Happy Mother's Day present.
The delivery was smooth and easy... The nurse was actually surprised at how quickly it went, and called it textbook perfect. From when her water broke until the little guy was in her arms was 9 hours, 45 minutes.
8 pounds, 1.4 ounces, 21 inches long -- which surprises everyone, because me wife is a tiny little thing. I figured he'd be 8 pounds, though -- my mother was smaller, and I was well over eight pounds, and both of my half-brothers were more than eight pounds.
It was still a long day, but we're all healthy and happy. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 07 May 2011 : 16:17:59
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Today is the day! We're barely into the opening credits, but the show is started!
Congratulations to you and your new family, Wooly.
The Lady K and I wish only the very best for you all as you begin to share these first steps in the most amazing journey of the human experience. |
| Steven Schend |
Posted - 07 May 2011 : 14:05:57
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Today is the day! We're barely into the opening credits, but the show is started!
Best wishes for an easy, safe, and healthy delivery for the littlest Space Hamster and his parents today!
Now are you sure you two didn't time this just so Mrs. Wooly would be able to celebrate Mother's Day tomorrow? 
Again, warm wishes for all of you today.
Steven |
| Joran Nobleheart |
Posted - 07 May 2011 : 13:49:10
Congratulations, Wooly!!! All of my very best I send to you, my friend!! |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 07 May 2011 : 13:29:57
Today is the day! We're barely into the opening credits, but the show is started! |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 14 Jan 2011 : 17:21:45
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
I can't wait until you've both learned of the gender. Then we can start a Realms-naming contest for the child -- right here at Candlekeep! 
No Realms-naming contests, here. We're having a little boy, and he'll be named after my dad -- who was named after his own grandfather, who he was virtually identical to.
Kind of odd how it worked out -- we told my dad on his birthday that he was going to be a grandfather, and we told him on my birthday that the little guy will be named after him! That wasn't planned, it was just how it worked out -- his birthday was when we found out, and my birthday was the first time we saw my parents after determining the gender. |
| Ergdusch |
Posted - 29 Sep 2010 : 09:50:56
Now, now, now! If that ain't great news!
Congratulations to you and your wife, Wolly!
Ergdusch |
| Hawkins |
Posted - 28 Sep 2010 : 23:53:40
Congrats! |
| skychrome |
Posted - 27 Sep 2010 : 21:47:47
Congrats Wooly! Kids are so much fun, no matter how bad the lack of sleep! |
| Alisttair |
Posted - 24 Sep 2010 : 17:59:30
Congrats Wooly. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 24 Sep 2010 : 02:06:51
quote:
Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
And the youngest responds in the sweetest voice ever, "But Cthulhu's getting loooonely!!"
Do me a favor, fellow scribes. If you find out Cthulhu is getting lonely, warn me? I have precious little sanity left...
Heh. A similar scenario once played itself out when Narnra encountered a special "Even Azathoth Deserves A Hug" plush-doll. Upon which she asked one of life's *Big Questions*... "Do gods get lonely?" |
| Ashe Ravenheart |
Posted - 23 Sep 2010 : 20:11:35
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Gotta say, though -- the prospect of buying toys for a little girl is a bit daunting. I can buy toys for a boy, that's easy. Little girls are another story! It'll be weird buying toys for someone other than myself, though!
Well, I've never really encountered much of a problem with that. Little Narnra has found her own niche for toys -- whether they be classic "little girl" dolls or, for example, "alien" monsters like my Neon Genesis Evangelion stuff, or my Ben Reilly "Scarlet Spider" classic action figurine. She loves and plays with them all. In fact, we'll often visit "both sides" of the toy store shelves -- in other words, boys and girls toys -- when she's in the mood for something new. And practically everything I own, toy-wise, has been handled at least once by her gentle hands.
Strangely, though, she's taken an intense liking to my extensive Cthulhu-plush collection. *shudder*
Heh... Did I forget to mention the story of my last visit to the FLGS?
I went in just to see if they had some Shadowrun books. As I'm going through the shelves, a gentleman with two daughters (ages 5 & 8, I believe) walks by saying "No <name of youngest>, we can't buy a plushie today."
And the youngest responds in the sweetest voice ever, "But Cthulhu's getting loooonely!!"
Do me a favor, fellow scribes. If you find out Cthulhu is getting lonely, warn me? I have precious little sanity left... |
| Knight of the Gate |
Posted - 23 Sep 2010 : 17:39:13
Well-done, O Hamster-in-Chief! |
| The Sage |
Posted - 23 Sep 2010 : 17:06:06
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Gotta say, though -- the prospect of buying toys for a little girl is a bit daunting. I can buy toys for a boy, that's easy. Little girls are another story! It'll be weird buying toys for someone other than myself, though!
Well, I've never really encountered much of a problem with that. Little Narnra has found her own niche for toys -- whether they be classic "little girl" dolls or, for example, "alien" monsters like my Neon Genesis Evangelion stuff, or my Ben Reilly "Scarlet Spider" classic action figurine. She loves and plays with them all. In fact, we'll often visit "both sides" of the toy store shelves -- in other words, boys and girls toys -- when she's in the mood for something new. And practically everything I own, toy-wise, has been handled at least once by her gentle hands.
Strangely, though, she's taken an intense liking to my extensive Cthulhu-plush collection. *shudder* |
| Ashe Ravenheart |
Posted - 23 Sep 2010 : 16:31:17
Just remember, you must post any adventures that Wooly the younger has. |
| Dalor Darden |
Posted - 23 Sep 2010 : 16:15:44
I'd say that the brood is only just beginning! I've got seven now...see if you can keep up! |
| mensch |
Posted - 23 Sep 2010 : 15:08:59
Congratulations!
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Gotta say, though -- the prospect of buying toys for a little girl is a bit daunting. I can buy toys for a boy, that's easy. Little girls are another story! It'll be weird buying toys for someone other than myself, though!
Regularly reading from the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting by way of a bedtime story will make sure you won't have that problem for long! At age 2 he or she will ask for a spiffy Manshoon action figure and Seldarine minis, I'm sure of it. |
| Kes_Alanadel |
Posted - 23 Sep 2010 : 14:49:46
Conga rats Wooly!!! |
| Bakra |
Posted - 23 Sep 2010 : 12:50:06
Congratulations! Make sure you buy some really big fluffy dice. Then place them above the crib. |
