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  • C Chris Austin

    I have a 3 year old boy.

    Christian Graus wrote:

    Although, there's been a lot of sex lately, so I am scared she may get pregnant in the meantime ( she's off the pill, not sure why, she doesn't want more )

    I am ready to get snipped today. We weren't trying for long, probably less than 2 weeks, before we hit pay dirt.

    Christian Graus wrote:

    Congratulations.

    Thanks man.

    Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?

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    Chris Austin wrote:

    We weren't trying for long,

    Well, that sucks. Being able to say 'honey, aren't we supposed to be trying' for two years, is a glorious thing. Four years apart is what ours are, too. My first was a daughter tho. Either way, kids are a lot of fun. I could go back to having babies again in a second, but not while having a 12 and 8 yo to run after at the same time :-)

    Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )

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      Congratulations mate. We have an 8 month old and I was wondering how long it will take to forget the hard stuff about having a baby and start thinking about the next one. Three years seems just about right! Congratulations again, I hope you kept all the baby paraphernalia

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      Josh Gray wrote:

      Congratulations mate. We have an 8 month old and I was wondering how long it will take to forget the hard stuff about having a baby and start thinking about the next one. Three years seems just about right!

      It seemed that around two and half years old I started to miss the 'baby' stuff. But, I didn't think we would want to deal with one in diapers and one seemingly fighting to stay in them.

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      Congratulations again, I hope you kept all the baby paraphernalia

      Thanks Josh. We kept everything except the stuff our little crusher destroyed.

      Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?

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        Chris Austin wrote:

        We weren't trying for long,

        Well, that sucks. Being able to say 'honey, aren't we supposed to be trying' for two years, is a glorious thing. Four years apart is what ours are, too. My first was a daughter tho. Either way, kids are a lot of fun. I could go back to having babies again in a second, but not while having a 12 and 8 yo to run after at the same time :-)

        Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )

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        Chris Austin
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        Christian Graus wrote:

        Well, that sucks. Being able to say 'honey, aren't we supposed to be trying' for two years, is a glorious thing.

        I was hoping for at least two months.

        Christian Graus wrote:

        but not while having a 12 and 8 yo to run after at the same time

        My wife's uncle did it. How he manages is beyond me. He is the most easy going man I have ever met.

        Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?

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          Chris Austin wrote:

          We weren't trying for long,

          Well, that sucks. Being able to say 'honey, aren't we supposed to be trying' for two years, is a glorious thing. Four years apart is what ours are, too. My first was a daughter tho. Either way, kids are a lot of fun. I could go back to having babies again in a second, but not while having a 12 and 8 yo to run after at the same time :-)

          Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )

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          Christian Graus wrote:

          I could go back to having babies again in a second,

          Ill swap! We've had no more that three hours of consecutive sleep in over three months. One advantage I guess is there is next to no chance of another one coming along in a hurry.

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            Christian Graus wrote:

            I could go back to having babies again in a second,

            Ill swap! We've had no more that three hours of consecutive sleep in over three months. One advantage I guess is there is next to no chance of another one coming along in a hurry.

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            _Damian S_
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            Well, put some effort into it then!! My two boys are 17 months apart... working out well so far!! One's 8 and the other almost 7...

            Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010

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              Christian Graus wrote:

              I could go back to having babies again in a second,

              Ill swap! We've had no more that three hours of consecutive sleep in over three months. One advantage I guess is there is next to no chance of another one coming along in a hurry.

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              Christian Graus
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              You're too sensitive. I never stayed up with either kid, I don't have the equipment to feed them. I know men who got their wives to express milk and did the red eye shift, but, not me.

              Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )

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                Well, put some effort into it then!! My two boys are 17 months apart... working out well so far!! One's 8 and the other almost 7...

                Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010

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                _Damian S_ wrote:

                Well, put some effort into it then!! My two boys are 17 months apart... working out well so far!! One's 8 and the other almost 7...

                I had a dream nightmare she was preggers with twins the other night

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                  You're too sensitive. I never stayed up with either kid, I don't have the equipment to feed them. I know men who got their wives to express milk and did the red eye shift, but, not me.

                  Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )

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                  Christian Graus wrote:

                  You're too sensitive. I never stayed up with either kid, I don't have the equipment to feed them. I know men who got their wives to express milk and did the red eye shift, but, not me.

                  It's not a question of feeding, he wakes because he wont resettle himself not because he's hungry. Unfortunately our house is not big enough for me to sleep far enough away from him to not be woken up. We've done the controlled crying thing, we've followed the advice of the baby health care center, of tresillian[^], of some of the books available on the subject, tried every old wives tail etc it's just the luck of the draw that we ended up with a baby that doesnt like to sleep.

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                    _Damian S_ wrote:

                    Well, put some effort into it then!! My two boys are 17 months apart... working out well so far!! One's 8 and the other almost 7...

                    I had a dream nightmare she was preggers with twins the other night

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                    _Damian S_
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                    hehe... that would be fun! NOT...

                    Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010

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                      Christian Graus wrote:

                      You're too sensitive. I never stayed up with either kid, I don't have the equipment to feed them. I know men who got their wives to express milk and did the red eye shift, but, not me.

                      It's not a question of feeding, he wakes because he wont resettle himself not because he's hungry. Unfortunately our house is not big enough for me to sleep far enough away from him to not be woken up. We've done the controlled crying thing, we've followed the advice of the baby health care center, of tresillian[^], of some of the books available on the subject, tried every old wives tail etc it's just the luck of the draw that we ended up with a baby that doesnt like to sleep.

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                      _Damian S_
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                      Hang in there... one day you'll wake up and it will be 7am (or 9am as it was for us with our first one after a late night out) and panic because the baby hasn't woken up... and you'll be punching air because he's slept through the night!! Of course, I'm at the other end of the scale now - ours won't sleep in any more!! Rain, hail, shine, light, dark, in between - the little blighters get up at between 5 and 5:30am!!

                      Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010

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                        Christian Graus wrote:

                        You're too sensitive. I never stayed up with either kid, I don't have the equipment to feed them. I know men who got their wives to express milk and did the red eye shift, but, not me.

                        It's not a question of feeding, he wakes because he wont resettle himself not because he's hungry. Unfortunately our house is not big enough for me to sleep far enough away from him to not be woken up. We've done the controlled crying thing, we've followed the advice of the baby health care center, of tresillian[^], of some of the books available on the subject, tried every old wives tail etc it's just the luck of the draw that we ended up with a baby that doesnt like to sleep.

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                        Josh Gray wrote:

                        it's just the luck of the draw

                        Yeah, that's all it is. Every baby is different, you'll be amazed later at how much of their personality they were born with. And as was said, you'll get through it. It's just time.

                        Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )

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                          Josh Gray wrote:

                          it's just the luck of the draw

                          Yeah, that's all it is. Every baby is different, you'll be amazed later at how much of their personality they were born with. And as was said, you'll get through it. It's just time.

                          Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )

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                          Christian Graus wrote:

                          Yeah, that's all it is. Every baby is different, you'll be amazed later at how much of their personality they were born with. And as was said, you'll get through it. It's just time.

                          Yep and we have a happy, smiling, giggling, healthy baby who's much loved by his parents and other family so we really cant complain.

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                          • C Chris Austin

                            And I thought I was still hung over when I heard the stuff about GM. Wow. Too bad they didn't do it to all of the banks and anybody else begging for taxpayer money. And, I nearly forgot. While at the GDC we negotiated two new contracts. The company is going to be busy, I am glad I sold it. And, most importantly, My wife and I just found out we expecting our second child in November! I'd rather share it with this group since we've bonded and all that since the soapbox has become forum non grata :)

                            Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?

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                            Vikram A Punathambekar
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                            Congrats, and congrats again! What is GDC though?

                            Cheers, Vıkram.

                            Carpe Diem.

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                              Congrats, and congrats again! What is GDC though?

                              Cheers, Vıkram.

                              Carpe Diem.

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                              Chris Austin
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                              Thanks, I appreciate it. The GDC is big annual game devlopers conference. Mostly useless like the MS events but occasionaly it's worth the time and money.

                              Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?

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                                Christian Graus wrote:

                                You're too sensitive. I never stayed up with either kid, I don't have the equipment to feed them. I know men who got their wives to express milk and did the red eye shift, but, not me.

                                It's not a question of feeding, he wakes because he wont resettle himself not because he's hungry. Unfortunately our house is not big enough for me to sleep far enough away from him to not be woken up. We've done the controlled crying thing, we've followed the advice of the baby health care center, of tresillian[^], of some of the books available on the subject, tried every old wives tail etc it's just the luck of the draw that we ended up with a baby that doesnt like to sleep.

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                                Yusuf
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                                shhhh! don't let my wife hear ya! :laugh: :laugh: She puts the kids in our bed and sneaks to their bed. They jump and play while making noise on top of me. I sleep like a baby and she can't sleep on the other room. :laugh: :laugh:

                                Yusuf Oh didn't you notice, analogous to square roots, they recently introduced rectangular, circular, and diamond roots to determine the size of the corresponding shapes when given the area. Luc Pattyn[^]

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                                  And I thought I was still hung over when I heard the stuff about GM. Wow. Too bad they didn't do it to all of the banks and anybody else begging for taxpayer money. And, I nearly forgot. While at the GDC we negotiated two new contracts. The company is going to be busy, I am glad I sold it. And, most importantly, My wife and I just found out we expecting our second child in November! I'd rather share it with this group since we've bonded and all that since the soapbox has become forum non grata :)

                                  Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?

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                                  Yusuf
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                                  Congrats! Don't feel bad. Before you knew it, they will all grown up. I can't believe my last one is almost a year!

                                  Yusuf Oh didn't you notice, analogous to square roots, they recently introduced rectangular, circular, and diamond roots to determine the size of the corresponding shapes when given the area. Luc Pattyn[^]

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