Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that I became a father today at 9:57am eastern time. My wife and I had our first child. She was a big one too! She weighed 8lbs 1 ounce, and was 20 5/8 inches, with a FULL head of hair too (lot's of it!) Well I'm back off to the hospital.. Had to stop by the house for a few things...

Squeak

Great!! Squeak!!,
Congradulations on your first child!
You'll want to love her a whole bunch.
There is nothing else like a little baby to
bring out all the coochie-coo's in a daddy!!
Again congrat's,
Nobby

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Congratulation Dad !

Your daughter is sure to become a tremendous inspiration to you in your music making. - Scott

btw: What's her name?

Congratulations Squeak. Just guessing here, but imagine your time on the forum is going to somewhat limited.

Best to you, your wife and daughter.

Eddie

Congratulation

it's the greatest event ever in someone's life, better than the best arranger you can get your hands on, only this one in the beginning will only plays the highest octave, very sharp notes mostly at night.
Congratulations again.

Eddy

Hello squeak_D

Congratulations to


Best to you, your wife and daughter .


9000Robby

Hello Papai

My sincere congratulations.

Chico

Tonite I was at the "Father / Daughter" dance at my 8 yr old's school. You have SOOOOO much fun to look forward to !

..... as father to a son and daughter, I've long said "every father wants a son, but every father NEEDS a daughter" .... but as Perry Como sang many years ago, when you're the father of boys, you worry, but when you're the father of girls, you do more than that you pray.....
... the only feeling that is greater is when she presents you with a GRANDCHILD ... I know, I'm there ....
the VERY best to you, mom and baby....
and don't worry .... you'll get plenty of forum time in the wee hours....
t.
PS Uncle Dave .... thanks for rekindling those father/daughter dance memories ..the BEST .... one of the great hilites: taking my daughter and 4 of her friends to Nassau Coliseum (NY) to see DURAN-DURAN ... as the commercial says "PRICELESS" ......
t.

CONGRADULATIONS ! Life is good to share with a child ! dano

Felicitaciones. I'd like to dedicate my next cigar to you.
Health and Happines!
Mario

Congradulation's to you & your wife Squeak!
I know how you feel as I have a daughter also
only had the 1 child, but I have 3 grandchildren, Oooooops now you know I got
married very very young.
Good Luck & the Best to you & your's
Denny

Congradulations,
I have a 20 year old daughter and I have loved every event and day of her life with us. There is a song "Butterfly Kisses" by Bob Carlisle. This song is the song I want to dance to with my daughter when she gets married some day. The words sum up all the years of her life with her daddy!
Give your new baby a big hug from all your friends on the arranger forum.
George Kaye

Best of Luck!!!...You will remember this day forever!!

Congrats!! I wish you the best!

Congratulations....this is wonderful news.

Congrats Squeak. This is truly one of the blessed days of your life. Enjoy it my friend. My "baby" daughter just turned 17 and my stepdaughter just gave birth as well so I am a new grandpa again to a beautiful baby girl as of this past Monday. Ain't it grand ??

Korg AJ

Daughters !!
I tucked my 8 yr old into bed after our wonderful time at the father/daughter dance, and then sat down at the computer to say goodnight to you all, when the phone rang.
It was my 16 yr old telling me that they were in a car accident, comming home from a dinner date. Everyone is fine, and it looks like it was not her boyfriends fault, but my heart is STILL racing! Talk about emotion!
This is what it's like, welcome to the show - it gets more and more complicated each day. I now live with 4 women and a Shi'Tsu, and Life is sure full of .....................well, I'll let you find that out for yourself. You're on your way ! G'night, Daddy !

Squeak,
congratulations and thank you for sharing your emotions with us.
It's really one of the peaks of life; as soon as I reach puberty I will probably have a son myself, the way Distarry did.
(Right now I feel like I have become an uncle.....)
Oops.......wasn't there an Uncle already on this board?
Dave, glad that everything is fine with your daughter.
Life is great and it's all about LOVE!
Keep loving!

Great News Squeak! I have 3 stinkin' boys myself, but a great daughter-in-law, and now the other two are starting to bring girls around.
DonM

Hi Squeak

Just joining the party to bring my congratulations

Nice to see that life goes on, and being a father to
2 boys and 2 girls myself, I know how proud you most
be now.
GJ

Said about children:
"...when they're babies, they're so cute,
beautiful, charming, lovely and delightful
that you could eat them, but when they are
in the toughest teenages, you regret that
you did not just do that....."

Congratulations Squeak !!!

Surely this the start of an amazing adventure for all 3 of you.

Squeak,

Congrats !

Roel

Congratulations Squeak. I became a father to a baby girl just 3 months ago. I hope your baby stays hardy and strong, and I hope your wife recovers soon. That's a pretty big baby.
I hope she shares your love of music.

Larry

Congratulations Squeek!

I hope everything definately will be allright and perhaps she will be be a great performer too (later, much later)
For me I am not a father yet, only practising a lot...

Rene T

Congratulations SQUEAK and WIFE!!

What a wonderful event! She is a BIG girl! Hope your wife and baby are doing fine and YOU TOO!

I have two girls. They are adults now but the youngest one was 8 pounds 10 ounces when she was born! She is only 5ft 2inches tall now! They are my best friends as adults and were my best little buddies when they were growing up. Enjoy her child years they go so quickly! Mine are 23 and 28 years old now! Seems like just yesterday they were babies!

So happy for the three of you!

Sending lots of love,

-Linda

Congratualations Squeak ! Now a wonderful journey begins. All the Lords blessings to you and your new little one.

Congratulation Squeak!

so what's her name now?

Best of luck to you and your family


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Vic:)

Also living with 4 women now, ( grandkids live here for now at least ), a female Chow Chow, and a Shi Tzu, Uncle Dave ( He's all male though ..my 10 lb ball of rage and fury ). Fun isn't it ? ..lol. Wouldn't trade it for the world though..

AJ

congratulations!!

Thank you everyone for your kind words.. My wife and I are extremely happy to be parents.. However, after being in that delivery room, I don't think I ever want to see my wife in that much pain again... My hats off to ANY woman who has a child. We guys sure have it easy. We just help make them and (us good ones) help take care of them... The doctor said she was a totally healthy baby.. They can't find anything wrong with her. They even told us she scored a 10 on the newborn test (which is the highest!) She took to me from the start too. They brought her in last night to be fed at 2:00am, when she started crying, I picked her up, and not a sound from her.. She just stared at me with those big beautiful brown eyes and fell asleep... We've named her Katelyn Rose Provost. I gave her Rose after my mother. Katelyn, because my wife and I both adore that name... Well I'll keep you all posted.. I had to come home this morning because the hospital made me go home a rest. I've gotten 1 hour of sleep since my wife went into labor in the early evening of the 14th.. We almost had her on valentines day... Talk to everyone soon...

Squeak

WOW!!! Congratulations Squeak! What a wonderful miracle: a new life on this earth!

First of all, I pray that your family has a prosperous, successful future spiritually and physically and that you grow together as each day progresses! I hope that you all share the most precious, memorable experiences together that you can look back on and remember! It is so amazing to actually hear that a new life has been born into this world, that is the biggest miracle in the entire universe: a new life!

I know that you and your wife will make great parents and raise a wonderful family! Families are the most precious things in this world, they know each other in a way no other human can share, they share the most special memories with each other, they talk and share their feelings freely, and live for each other and promise that they will always be there forever! I also pray that your wife makes a speedy recovery and that your child has a promising future full of good health! My family and I have always discussed how strong women are, because they have to carry a heavy baby around for 9 months and then, on top of that, give birth and than devote her entire life to her child! My Mom has been there for me ever since day one and has devoted her entire life to me and my brothers! I am the way I am because she provided me with love and a peaceful atmosphere here at home!

Well, congratulations to you! I also want to congratulate Larry as well for becoming a new father just recently, 3 months ago! I also wish you and your family a prosperous, successful future spiritually and physically! Wow! Now we have two new Dads on this forum!

Life is full of miracles...Enjoy your new family and have fun spending precious time with them,
Ryan

PS: Uncle Dave, sorry for the bad news. I am glad that everything ended up ok and that your daughter is safe. There is nothing worse than the news that something bad may have happened to your family member...again, I am glad that your family is safe at home.

It was ALMOST bad news. Whew....! I'm so grateful.

Dave, You want bad news?? I'll send my 17-year-old up there to date your daughter!
DonM

Now, why would you punish your son like that?

Could be a match made in Heaven, or the internet.
Don

Congratulations Squeak

I wish you the best, to you and your family...

Hi Squeak,

Congratulations, your life is sure gonna change. Enjoy

Eric

Hi squeak_D
Congrats- on the birth of your daughter!!
When do the music lessons start???
Best wishes,
jedi

Congratulations Squeak on your first born, and a daughter at that.
Personally, I would also like to have a daughter. My family has all sons, all my cousins are boys. Now my cousins, getting married are only producing girls. I wonder if they can do it intentionally. Who knows, but its happening, and they are seeming to produce daughters. I really like that as now I have several nieces, filling in the gap of sisters that I never had.
May you enjoy your daughter's love and she yours.
God Bless.

Squeak! I just read this and my eyes were full with tears remembering my own childrens birth. The best of wishes to you and your family! And if you ever need good advices about childrens raising, you´ve got a lot of expertice here!

Regards, Michael

Well the wife and I are back home and settled in with the baby... She and the baby are doing fine.... Upon checkout from the hospital the doctors told us they couldn't find anything wrong with the baby and that she is perfectly healthy... The doctor that delivered her told me that in her 30+ years in the field she has never seen a child that had as much hair as ours.. She came out needing a haircut! I tell ya she was the cutest baby in the nursery too.. When I went down to the window to look at her, there was a crowd already there looking at the newborns, and everyone was talking about our little girl and how cute she was. All the other newborns were sleeping, but ours always had her eyes wide open and was full of movement... She looked so cute with the pink bow they put in her hair... Even nurses not assigned to our room were coming in to see her because everyone was talking about how cute she was... I'm very happy being a father. I know my time on the forum and with my keyboard will be limited, but that really doesn't bother me. I'm a father now and I have a wife and daughter to provide for, so that's where I want to focus all of my time and attention. I'm going to try and post a pic of her on my picture page at MSN.. When it's up I'll notify the forum.. Well talk to everyone when I can....

Squeak

Congrats to you and yours squeak.
Me...2 boys 20 and 21.
Enjoy your life and watching them grow.
Children are a joy.

CONGRATULATIONS.

Keep on the good work !!!!!

Quote: "However, after being in that delivery
room, I don't think I ever want to see my wife in that much pain again..."
My wife once decribed the pain to me and enlightened me with a way to experience it..
1. Grab your upper lip firmly
2. Pull it up over your forehead.

Yeah...that about does it.

My congratulations on the baby.
Say goodbey to a nice night, having a sleep till noon , having all quiet for playing the keyboard,....no no playing father it will be.
Have joy and cherisch the moment with your child. Soon it will be smoking and zapping on television and use your stereo on level 10.
( just joking!)
I wish you the best!

Congrats and best wishes. we HAD a saying in Ireland when told of a Birth in a family --we would say " may she be the mother of a Bishop" However since the most famous Bishop in Ireland ran off with a lady from the states (I think) we tend not to say it anymore!!!!! I recall my first child he is now 31 yrs old We had 3 boys and took a rest we then had alot more. No body showed me how to parent so gradually the children taught me. Best wishes Pierce in Ireland

Congratulations!!!!
I'd also like to add that as of 4th Jan this year, I tied the knot in Brazil, finally after 11 years!! Hope I still get opportunities though to enjoy the PSR!

Regards
Simon



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