bigugli Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Congartulations old son. May you have many years of mischief and fishing trips together. Time to dust off that rocking chair and have the Mrs warm up some milk and cookies for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douG Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 That's gotta be great news, John. I always thought that newborns looked like a tomato casserole, but I guess that's just me. Congratulations to your entire extended fambly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookinforwalleye Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 wow John that is super congrats,thats the only thing missing in my and my wifes life! All you guys with grand kiddies are lucky guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeontroller Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Congrats John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handlebarz Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Congratz John hears to a long happy healthy life fishing with his grandpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Congratulations Grandpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
express168 Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry2Rs Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Hi John; Please let me add my congratulations to all of the above. Garry2R's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twocoda Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Ive been a Grandparent for three years now...now you need to decide what the babe is going to call you ...i think your going to be surprised at how many different ways there is to refer to a grandfather/grandmother...personally...we went with Nanny and Poppa....reason being is ...Poppa is alot easier to say for a babe then Daddy.. CONGRATULATIONS John!!!!!...your gunna love it ! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJQ Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Fantastic!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappieperchhunter Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Congratulations. If your kids have been out of the house for awhile and you have got used to being #1 in your wife's eyes...well I'm sorry to be the one to tell you that this is about to change. You are now officially #2. And not a close #2 either.... A very very distant #2. But it has it's perks. My grandson who's 3 in July is out with "Gemma" shoveling the driveway right now...while I'm sitting here in my PJ's with my coffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnF Posted February 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Matt's (the proud father) generation in our family have been pretty inventive about coining grandparent handles. Wendy's folks were renamed Granny (yeah, I know, boring) and Bumpa (that's inventive) but the prize goes to Matt and his brother for naming my Mom Gabby. That's what they got out of Gramma and boy, did it catch on. She's now only known as Gabby by half the population of our town. Even her old friends call her Gabby. She loves it. Wendy and I are just going to wait to see what the little guy comes up with for us. Anything will be good. Here's a pic of the little prince. I'll get him a better hat for fishing, and some polarized shades. I've already got a couple of rod setups ready. One's a short ultralite spinning rig and the other is a 4'6" rod with a Pfleuger Underspin trigger reel, like a hybrid baitcaster/spinning reel. I don't think he'll be ready for real baitcasting for a few years. He may actually be happier with a Spiderman rig (or whoever the superhero of the day is when he's ready) but these others will be ready for him. JF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappieperchhunter Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Matt's (the proud father) generation in our family have been pretty inventive about coining grandparent handles. Wendy's folks were renamed Granny (yeah, I know, boring) and Bumpa (that's inventive) but the prize goes to Matt and his brother for naming my Mom Gabby. That's what they got out of Gramma and boy, did it catch on. She's now only known as Gabby by half the population of our town. Even her old friends call her Gabby. She loves it. Same with my daughter Erika. My mother-in-law used to always say Erika was her sweet little Chickie. So Erika started calling her Chickie right back and it stuck. All Xmas and birthday cards and gifts from then on where signed from Chickie. Debbe's mom loved it too..and everyone who knew her well just started calling her that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Great news John, congratulations & and best wishes to the entire family, but specially for the little guy !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketchenany Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Welcome to the club John. I have 3 and on other coming in June. They are great if you don't mind having things broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikeslayer Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Congratulations. If your kids have been out of the house for awhile and you have got used to being #1 in your wife's eyes...well I'm sorry to be the one to tell you that this is about to change. You are now officially #2. And not a close #2 either.... A very very distant #2. But it has it's perks. My grandson who's 3 in July is out with "Gemma" shoveling the driveway right now...while I'm sitting here in my PJ's with my coffee Congratulations and blessings to you and yours John. BTW, being #2 has some awesome benefits. Abuse Use them to your full advantage. Regards, Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Congrats John! what a great start to Grandfatherhood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 That's way cool John, put a smile on me face indeed. Congratulations to all the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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