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by jellimonsta 2 views

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Hello old timers. I have been absent for quite a while. I see some of the old regulars still burn daylight here. :)
How is everyone doing? I have been pretty good. Had our 2nd child, changes positions and moved house over Christmas holidays. Otherwise, nothing new here. :D

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by jaqui

has gone to pot, Jelli is back. ;)

gonna share the hoots? ;)
[ ok so hoot is what they call smoking crack not weed, shoot me ;p ]
I hope the new position is a step up for you.

where are the pics of the new addition?
birth day?
birth weight?
gender?
name?

by boxfiddler Hot topic

I thought a hoot was a jolly good time. No wonder my students look at me funny when I talk. :D

by charliespencer

Must be a Pacific coast thing. Down in the U.S. South, it's an adjective describing something so funny it made Aunt Louisa June pee her pants.

Hey 'monsta, welcome back.

by tig2

Great to see you!. Where are piccies of the new JelliBaby? How are you and the wife doing?

Never move house over Christmas holidays. You live in snow. Bad timing!

Keep coming back, Jelli. We've missed you!
:x

by jellimonsta

Hope your Christmas and New Year was a good one. You are right about picking a bad time to move, but that was when our old house sold, so we had to do it. :0

Anyway, I will try to stick around this time and not go AWOL again. :)

by jmgarvin

Is that the new kiddo in your profile pic? Congrats on the new addition to your family and a Happy New Year to you!

by jellimonsta

OK, our second was a Son. We called him Isaiah and he was born on May 26th (so he is almost 8 months now) at 6lb 15oz and 19 1/2 inches. He came a few weeks earlier than expected but is healthy.
He is probably the most easy going kid I have ever met. Such a blessing to have around!! :)
Here is a pic of him (its a month or two old now though).
http://tinyurl.com/2sb8s6

Here is a newer one.
http://tinyurl.com/23vdao

The position is kind of a promotion (basically a pay raise) :D

*edited because I can't type any more. :p

by rob mekel

Looking great and very healthy, way to go Jelli.

Kind of a promotion, you're not sure it is a promotion ?:|
Oh well, a pay raise is not that bad, is it :)

As long as the money is coming in and all are healthy it's fine, isn't it.

Rob

by jaqui

since we both know that all the women would have been demanding the details, I figured lets get the jump on them and post the demand. :D

you can't mention a new baby without giving the details, or the women will never forgive you. ;)

how many weeks early? you are extremely lucky, generally, early babies don't have good health for the first year.

I hope he doesn't develop an interest in older women, my stepdaughter is 14 this year. :p

by jellimonsta

He was probably close to 37 weeks, so that is pretty much considered full term.
However, he was scheduled for c-section delivery about a week after he decided he wanted out. :D

by rob mekel

Nice to notice you're still around :^0

Been a busy boy then, 2nd child, new positions, moving ... way to go.

Good to have you back :)

Rob

by rob mekel

Holidays were great. Nepal is a amazing country. Very hospitable friendly people.

Will send you a peer about it all.
Rob

by dmambo

Add up the stress scores from the major events in the past year and I'll bet you're pretty close to a new world record.

Hope you're past the no-sleep period.

Welcome back to TR.

by jellimonsta

The move sucked, the position change has been OK (but busy). However, my son... he is a dream. I don't think he has added any stress whatsoever. :D

by maecuff

It's snowy here today, but I rarely have to wield the snow shovel. That's my husband's job. :)

by maecuff

I don't mind that part at all. I just love kids when they're babies and toddlers. Not that I don't love my kids NOW, but the stress and the problems seem to grow as they grow. When they're little? They're just fun to be around. They're always happy to see you. They laugh a lot. You can actually WATCH them learn and when they do, you can see the pleasure they get from figuring something out. All that, and they're really snuggly, too. :)

by jaqui

I was teasing. :D

kids are great, until they get independent and don't pay attention.

odd, I was given a huge compliment by one kids parents while flying from Chicago to Seattle one time. Their son stuck his head up and looked over the back of the seat, saw me and just beamed with joy, and crawled over the seat to come visit me.
He started grabbing at my glasses and the pen in my pocket. [ typical 8-10 month old activity ] I just said to him "You don't want to be doing that" he stopped, looked at me, thought about it and stopped trying to get my glasses and pen. :D
[ first time he ever stopped those activities willingly. ]

about a minute later he started to cry. I noticed he was rubbing his ear and got his bottle from his parents, gave it to him. He took a drink and the swallowing equalized the pressure and stopped the pain in his ear. :)

Both items just amazed his parents. :D

by nicknielsen

Again!

[i]...the stress and the problems seem to grow as they grow.[/i]

With both of mine pretty much on their own, one of my rare pleasures these days is to tell first-time parents of newborns "Enjoy it while it's easy!"

they only [b]think[/b] it's hard then...

by maecuff

I spent so much time just staring at them and making sure they were breathing. Not sleeping when I COULD have been sleeping because I was worrying that something could go wrong while I was asleep...

Then they got older and I realized, Damn, I could have been relaxing all that time. :)

by jamesrl

...changing diapers or dealing with teenagers....

Not a difficult decision here. Babies may not understand you but they listen and they want to understand.

Teenagers don't want to listen, don't want to understand, don't want you to understand, get upset when you don't listen and understand them. Some of them get pregnant, do drugs, get into trouble....

Changing diapers and mopping up puke is easy when they are little. Dealing with teenagers' crises is hard.

James

by maecuff

I have a 20 year old son and while he is one of the great joys in my life, he's also been a major cause of trama and stress.

And he was such a sweet little baby. :)

by jellimonsta

I have been pretty good. Although, I have had a headache for 6 weeks. :0 My wife is trying to get me to see a specialist.
"It's not a tumor, it's not a tumor... at all!" *in my best Arnie voice*. :D

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