Big news for HPM & Treebait

“After the baby was born, the panicked humanpackmule went to see the obstetrician.

"Doctor," he said, "I don't mind telling you, but I'm a little upset because my daughter has red hair. She can't possibly be mine."

"Nonsense," the doctor said. "Even though you and your wife both have black hair, one of your ancestors may have contributed red hair to the gene pool."

"It just isn't possible," HPM insisted.

"Well," said the doctor, "let me ask you this. How often do you have sex?"

HPM seemed ashamed. "I've been working very hard for the past year. We only made love once or twice a month."

"There you have it!" the doctor said confidently. "It's just rust."”

“"Gone hiking, that is. I'm finally on the way. GSMNP, should arrive there about 11:30 P.M. tonight.

Good luck with the baby.

Red hair! Hmmmmmmmmmm.”

“Rust never sleeps.”

“Nah, HPM has a mess of redheaded relatives, his mom's blonde, my dad's blonde, I have green eyes and brown hair, so who knows?”

“Har har.

BTW that was treebait posting as me.”

“D'oh! He played hooky from work today so I didn't have the computer all to myself.”

“The scouts in our troop got together and bought us the kelty backpack. HPM has set up such a good outdoors program they're not giving him any opportunities to not go backapcking.”

“how cool! use it lots during lil' packmule's first year because in the second you won't be able to carry him/her for long in that thing!”

“The scouts in our troop have volunteered to carry all of the gear, too!”

“G-d @%!$# #*@&$* &*&!!!! hospitals and doctors! I do not have preeclampsia ( high blood pressure) nor any complications. So what do they do today? Hold me 4 hours for MORE d@Mn blood tests that keep coming back normal and just tack another $600 on to my bill each time they do this. @$$wipes! I hate them!”

“Okay, I feel better now.”

“I can vividly remember the biggest culture shock of my life.......





Living with a pregnant woman.
Hang in there, HPM, it gets better.”

“ut-oh. poor treebait! that seriously sucks, i'm sorry. i'm planning on growing any babies i might have in the cabbage patch. i don't know why you didn't think of that...
;-)”

“When you get home, HPM, just put on your yard clothes and start cleaning something.”

“Just remind her that in a few short weeks, you will be the one deciding how many ice chips per hour is good for her.

"I don't know dear... You just had a whole spoonful 5 minutes ago. You heard the nurse... My mother what?..."”

“Nah, HPM doesn't have to clean anything but the littler boxes twice a week and occasionally vacuum. I just hate the fact that none of my docs or rn's listen to me AND waste my time and money.”

“I also hate hospitals with remarkable passion.”

“HPM: giving her a foot rub is always a good idea.

A true engineer would design and build a machine that dispensed ice chips on demand straight into his wife's mouth, while he sat down and read the latest Popular Mechanics.

And last, you'll never know the true joy of incipient fatherhood until you hear your wife say the following phrase:

COUNT FASTER!!!!”

“Two more weeks, two more weeks, two more weeks.........”

“My son was two weeks early, HPM...”

“What, HPM, you think everything will be back to normal then? In 2 weeks, your life as you know it will end. So will mine. In a short time there'll be a li'l badgerette running around chasing the cats.”

“Yikes!!
Not ready, not ready, not ready.....”

“It's all a matter of perspective!”

“True, your life as you know it is over!


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!!!


And it never never NEVER ENDS!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
<cough><cough><cough><cough>

damn evil laugh....”

“I hate to say it HPM, but you will have to suffer through the post partum, before it gets better.....”

“"I also hate hospitals with remarkable passion."
treebait
02:43:11 PM
08/22/02

im with you on this one...
i hate all dr and hospitals.
i only go when im very sick!]
last time i went i came home with a 5 lb 13oz little boy and that was 10 yrs ago.
but its better to be safe then sorry.
so grin and bear it”

“When I was in the hospital last summer for a severe kidney infection all the nurses said the kidney hurts worse than childbirth, including c-section, so I'm not concerned on that part. I'm a little concerned about postpartum depression because I think I'm prone to it.

I gotta run. Spending my entire morning p1$$ed off made me really tired so it's nap time!

Toodles!”

“Narf.
I wanna nap too!
*pouts*”

“Actually many babie are easier to care for than toddlers. Their favorite pastime is sleeping.

Worry less. Enjoy!”

“And crying in the middle of the night. But you can cure that with a bottle (or whatever) in the mouth. There is apparently no limits to the number of times a 4yrold can ask "Why?"”

“i think i would rather have a baby and deal with the nightime feedings then have my 14yr come home and tell me
"mom, ive got a boyfriend"
now thats scary and i never want to go through that again”

“Ok - this is good and all. But I'm a little upset that HPM hasn't started planning ONF ECT 2.

Just kidding - I'm holding our new arrival as I type this. Life will change - but for the good.

Sleep now.”

“10:23am Tuesday August 27th. Treebait delivered Laurel Rose Long by c-section after nearly 24 hours of induced labor. Laurel was 5lbs 15oz and 19 inches long.


Treebait and Laurel”

“Woohoo! Congratulations HPM and Treebait!

Welcome to the world, Laurel!”

“Way to go, 'Bait! WOO-HOOO!!!!”

“oh, WOW! that is sooooo incredibly cool. i guess she couldn't wait that 2 weeks, after all. CONGRATULATIONS!!
:-)”

“Well they both look healthy. Am I right?

Welcome to the Parenthood!”

“CONGRATULATIONS!

When is the next one?”

“...Oh by the way, your's and my youngest share middle names. Good choice but stop copying me!”

“Both are fine and I am about to fall over.

Labor was induced due to possible complications related to high blood presure. seeing as Treebait is diabetic the doctor decied to induce 2 weeks early before anything bad could develop.

Laurel is VERY active. The other infants in the nursery just lie there and sleep. She's pumping those legs and arms and trying to GO!

I'm thinking I'm going to have a hard time keeping up with her.

Her eyes were so dark blue that they looked royal blue like a sierras sky. I wonder what color they will end up as.”

“Ahhh.... a cute little TT newbie!! Congrats !!”

“Thanks for letting us know, but you should get a nap now, while you can - that is unless you still haven't finished the nursery.

Give Mom our best.”

“A-mazing”

“Congrats, welcome to the world Laurel.”

“MAGICAL! Children are one of the greatest miracles and blessings of life. Very happy for you both, congratulations, and welcome to the world, Laurel Rose "Leaflet" Long!”

“LOL!
I'm still waiting on one piece of furniture!

I need to crash. Until later y'all.”

“congrats”

“That's great HPM! Congrats to you and the Mrs.!”

“congrats!!!!

How she's a "Reggie Rocket" type!



although an "Eliza Thornberry" would be cool too!”