Members Brian Marshall Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 Two years ago today was the scariest/best day of my life. My daughter Olivia was born. The wife was in labor forever and eventually had an semi-emergency C-section. The wife was scared and woke up in the middle of being cut open. I spent the first few hours of her life holding her waiting for the doctors to put mom back together. Even then it took a few more hours for all the drugs to wear off to the point that mom could even hold Olivia. Since then I've had little free time to read/post on HC. We were pretty lucky. She was sleeping through the night at 2 months. Rarely wakes up screaming. Potty trained at 18~19 months. She was walking/running at 9 months. Most of my free time is spent playing, reading her books and keeping her out of stuff. She know all her letters and numbers 1-10. She's starting to figure out what letters words start with. She loves music and will dance to anything from twinkle twinkle little star to Anarchy in the UK. Anyway, here's a recent picture of her eating an awesome grilled cheese sandwich while we were out at dinner over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Picklebottom Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 very cool. congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members junior4 Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 little kid prodigy you have there. congratulations man, on a healthy and beautiful daughter. happy b-day to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aedes Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 she's a cutie. congrats--potty trained at 19 months damn. i have boys, they took way longer than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ollenorin Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 Yeah thats an early learnt {censored}time. I hope my son can make it this summer and then he's 30 months Also congrats, she is cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 i wanted to make a true bypass joke in here, but it felt weird. so here i am, explaining that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IRG Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 Congrats! Kids certainly do take up a tremendous amount of time and energy, and I'm finding an ever increasing amount of funds as well. It's worth it of course, but you gotta make time for yourself and the missus too. Balance in everything I suppose. I have a 6, 10 and almost teenager now. Plus 8 pets. I somehow still post here, but usually at work when I need a break from reality. But my new motto is "Play more, work less". I wasn't very good at keeping that work/life balance recently. Reevaluated how much time I've been working and away from the fam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 brian, i just picked up the latest version of the echobox. this one doesn't trail endlessly or oscillate. what gives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dap99 Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 Happy bday! And Junior4, your avatar makes my junk tingle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eti Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 Time well spent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jisatsu Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 My roommate's daughter just turned 3 yesterday and I think it's weird that her name is Olivia too. Congrats on her bday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members macadood Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members imbuedblue Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 Cute girl you have there. My oldest is also an Olivia. Anyway, two is a great age. Enjoy every minute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members k tone Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 I have 4 (3 daughters and a son) and having kids is the best experience a man can have. A lot of guys that I know who are having their first are hoping for a boy but the Daddy worship that a daughter gives is second to none. Congrats on your wonderful child. I am able to post here some from work but I rarely post from home. It is very busy in my household. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members plowkraut Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 That rules Brian. mmmmmmmm, grilled cheese..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Marshall Posted May 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 brian, i just picked up the latest version of the echobox. this one doesn't trail endlessly or oscillate. what gives? Echobox has a trimpot for more feedback. maybe someone f'd with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Marshall Posted May 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 I have 4 (3 daughters and a son) and having kids is the best experience a man can have. A lot of guys that I know who are having their first are hoping for a boy but the Daddy worship that a daughter gives is second to none. Congrats on your wonderful child. I am able to post here some from work but I rarely post from home. It is very busy in my household. Yeah, before she was born I kinda thought a son would be great... but you know what. She's just so freaking awesome. Always wants daddy for story time, playtime... but also for butt wiping time too. The last part I wish she'd go to mom for though. And yeah... I'm at work posting. My wife broke my notebook at home and I haven't even had time to go out and look to replace it. Not even sure I have the time to use it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 good job bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 Thank Jebus she doesn't look anything like her old man. Olivia knows what's up - grilled cheese FTMFW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron SS Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bricks & Bones Posted May 1, 2012 Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 Very cool.The idea of parenthood both excites and scares the living {censored} out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Marshall Posted May 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 Thank Jebus she doesn't look anything like her old man.Olivia knows what's up - grilled cheese FTMFW! yeah... she has hair.... and smiles sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Marshall Posted May 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 Very cool.The idea of parenthood both excites and scares the living {censored} out of me. Still does for me too. I still can't believe I have this little person living in my house who depends on us for everything.I think if it doesn't both scare and excite you there's something wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Marshall Posted May 2, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 2, 2012 Time to go home and eat cupcakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArrMatey Posted May 2, 2012 Members Share Posted May 2, 2012 happy birthday to her!I can't wait to have a kid of my own, I do want a bit more of a financial stability before I do so though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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