Wife and I are rather excited. Would have been pleased with either a boy or a girl but grandpa here is happy with a boy. He's not due until April but I wasn't going to let his first Christmas go by without a little something.
I ordered this up for him.



A tactical baby diaper bag!! Wait until my daughter opens the box she will know exactly where it came from!

Very cool!
Congrats!

Congratulations! We were blessed with our first grandchild in October 2016. They are FUN!!!

And I had to chuckle...good on you for selecting the tactical diaper bag. I bought my son a Maxpedition Versa-pak for his "daddy bag".

He loves it! Your son-in-law will, too!!!

Congrats again.

That's awesome

Congratulations!

Congratulations! Our first grandchild, a girl, will be arriving about then. We haven't decided on a Christmas gift.
Where did you order your bag?

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Originally posted by sjtill:
Congratulations! Our first grandchild, a girl, will be arriving about then. We haven't decided on a Christmas gift.
Where did you order your bag?

Congratulations to you as well!!
I got the diaper bag here Tactical Baby Gear they got some other tactical baby stuff too. Fun place to shop!

Congrats on growing the family!

Children are a blessing, grand children even more and great grand children are even more special.

Congrats to the OP and a very Merry Christmas to one and all.

Very nice.

For the last 6 months, I have doing the grandpa thing.
It's so wonderful.

Awesome news and cool present!

Its the best nickname I've ever had. Also the best job I've ever had.

So a few years ago we had the youngest with us. I had to go and get some blood drawn. We were sitting in the waiting room when the nurse opened the door and said "Richard?" I got up to go with her and he yelled "dat not richart, He's Gwradpa". Of course he was right and everyone broke up laughing.

Don't take it lightly, its a tough job. No matter what else happens, your job is to be on the side of the little one. You've got to have his back no matter what. Mommy or Daddy can be parents or mean, but your job is to always be a dependable buddy. Don't worry, he (or she) will appreciate it. And they'll have your back when needed.

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Originally posted by rburg:
Its the best nickname I've ever had. Also the best job I've ever had.

So a few years ago we had the youngest with us. I had to go and get some blood drawn. We were sitting in the waiting room when the nurse opened the door and said "Richard?" I got up to go with her and he yelled "dat not richart, He's Gwradpa". Of course he was right and everyone broke up laughing.

Don't take it lightly, its a tough job. No matter what else happens, your job is to be on the side of the little one. You've got to have his back no matter what. Mommy or Daddy can be parents or mean, but your job is to always be a dependable buddy. Don't worry, he (or she) will appreciate it. And they'll have your back when needed.

Sound advice. Thank you! Now I got to find him a mini smoker!

OK, here's another thing I did. A while back I went to Lazyboy. Ordered myself a deluxe recliner, the kind really lazy folks buy. It has an electronic recline function. Its smooth and doesn't have clunks or stops. You can recline or not to any position. The key is that manual ones clunk and do as they want.

Fair enough, but I went all the way. I bought a fat mans chair. Didn't need it for me, but I wanted room for a friend.

So when my grand kids came to visit, I sit in my chair. And the baby lies with me. Except I have my wife or DIL place the baby facing me. Then I can watch the entire sleep or wake up process. Worse, or better, as they get a little older they know who the old guy is looking at them and get comfortable with it.

Lots of other advantages. Its how I taught the youngest to count. Kind of held each toesie as I counted 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. He knew his numbers before he could walk. Lots of fun times for us.

He's 5 now, and we're still best buddies.

Gone through the wonderful emotions you're having. It made me feel old at first but then it turned out great...

YOU.ARE.GOING.TO.LOVE.THIS.CONGRATS

Congratulations!!!!!!!

But wait until you make that announcement about your first GREAT GRANDCHILD!

BTDT.

I see giddy behavior and much baby talk in your future.
Congratulations having the smartest grand baby you ever saw.