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Probably going to be holding our new baby in a day or two. Despite this being our 6th* kid, I'm having pre-delivery jitters, and just had to tell someone.

Anyway - this is a placeholder thread for likely to be soonish** cute*** newborn pictures.

*Oh, you're new here? I'm the one guy on the board with a whole pack of kids. All boys, including this new one. I'm a one trick pony in that regard.

**We're getting signs of pre-labor (ie, 4cm and painless contractions, etc)

***Ugly for those who aren't big fans of newborns. Seriously lizardlike, dude.

Congrats! I think mine is next. 20 weeks starting Monday, so we're halfway there.

Usually I'd be making clown car jokes, but I like you so congrats!

Also, we demand pictures when the little bologna loaf shows up!

Yeah, I'm expecting the "Vagina: Not a Clown Car" image macro any minute.

Congratulations! I hope all goes well with the labor and delivery.

/allMormonjokes

Seriously, congratulations! That's very exciting. Six, seems like a lot... But then again, my grandmother came from a family of twelve, so you've got a ways to go to really impress me.

stienman said:

Yeah, I'm expecting the "Vagina: Not a Clown Car" image macro any minute.

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I got this one!

So when does your TLC reality show about having a lot of kids premier?


If (when?) you have 3 more it can be "stienman and the nine men"

feel free to use that for your Indy doo wop band or your gay for pay porno.

P.s. Congrats

P.p.s. I am joking and not trying to be for realz mean. I know my sick burns can be too harsh sometimes.

One more and we can start making jokes about the Seven Brothers, the Seven Samurai, the Magnificent Seven etc.

P.s. Just kidding, man, just kidding...

I bow with respect to any woman who can push a watermelon through an opening the size of a tangerine not just once, but six times.

I salute you, Mrs Stienman.

Welp, looks like we're off to the hospital.

Good luck!

Push 'em out! Shove 'em out! Waaaaaaay out!

Wow 6 kids! I can't even imagine! Congrats!! Love that you're still getting jitters. Hehe

Woah, that is a lot of kids. Congratz!

I hope everything goes well! Deep breaths!

Have fun boiling water and ripping up sheets!

Good luck and congratulations in advance! Remember not to yell "Hike!" it turns out that is frowned upon. The doctors always appreciate a good catcher's mitt though.

Back home. Not laboring enough yet.... But soon, very very soon...

Have a name all picked out?

Damn, honkie, that's more than my family, I only have like four siblings.

The odds of 6 boys in a row are 15.6%

I'd make a mormon have lots of kids joke, but I'm too lazy.

Congrats, man! You're not breeding a secret work force to help you take over the world, are you?

I think you misplaced the decimal point, unless I'm missing something.

Congrats, stienman! Only three more to go before you can start your own Little League team!

Good luck!

Mathias said:

The odds of 6 boys in a row are 15.6%

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1.56% (1 in 64)

Adammon said:

1.56% (1 in 64)

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The odds are actually a little better than that, since the gender split isn't 50/50. There's actually better than a 51% chance for a boy. According to this article there's about a 1.79% (1 in 55.57) chance of six boys in a row (and only 1.35% chance of six girls in a row).

Nerds

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:

Nerds

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And proud of it.

Can't wait to see pics of the new addition!

Adammon said:

1.56% (1 in 64)

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Ah fuck, I always do that! I'm so used to multiplying shit by 1,000; not 100.
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Bumble the Boy Wonder said:

Nerds

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Nerds>>>>>>>>> Geeks.

The war is on.

I also hear that once you have a baby of a certain gender, the odds are greater that subsequent children will also be of that gender. I'm not sure if there's any legitimacy to that though.

Still no baby yet. (sigh)

But mom is in town (will be leaving again tuesday) and tomorrow our favorite midwife is scheduled to be at the hospital, so we're pushing things along today.

So I hear you are having a baby. This is news for congratulations.

I demand pictures when the baby is born!

Baby baby baby OHHHHH

I thought this thread was about the new Britney Spears lyrics.

stienman said:

Still no baby yet. (sigh)

But mom is in town (will be leaving again tuesday) and tomorrow our favorite midwife is scheduled to be at the hospital, so we're pushing things along today.

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keep us informed.
also

LESS POSTING, MORE BABY HAVING!

Congrats and good luck Stieny!

hi ho hi ho it's off to the doctor we go....


(what? Hospital didn't rhyme. You come up with a better one for me then.)

stienman said:

hi ho hi ho it's off to the doctor we go....


(what? Hospital didn't rhyme. You come up with a better one for me then.)

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Use it as the British would, leave out the "the" before hospital. Good luck, and I hope that this is a good off to hospital going.

Yay, free internet access in the labor and delivery room. Now I can zone out while she's in excrutiating pain.

Anyone want to play Portal 2 co-op?

I'm down.

Allen who is Quiet said:

I'm down.

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So's the baby's head

Oh, I'm guessing this will be stienman's crowning achievement.

I hope everything goes smoothly!

North_Ranger said:

Oh, I'm guessing this will be stienman's crowning achievement.

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2:43am
18"
7 lb 3 oz

HUZZAH! Congratulations!

Awesome!

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations! Now just keep the little podling away from any paintings of evil Carpathian warlords.

Those things never come at a decent hour do they? Always seem to be in the middle of the night! Congro rats anyway though!

My nan once told me babies come in middle of night because of something to do with moon and the tides.

My nan is a loon.

Congratz! Does he have a name?

LittleSin said:

My nan once told me babies come in middle of night because of something to do with moon and the tides.

My nan is a loon.

Congratz! Does he have a name?

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Stienman the seventh.

Cheers!

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2:43am
18"
7 lb 3 oz

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Congratulations Stienman!

Yaaaaaaaay baby!

Congrats, I can't wait to start reading the post that you will make while tired as hell...

Man, that's the most badass-looking baby I've seen in a while. He looks like some New Jersey mobster in a massage parlour, ready to pull a gun from under him.

That is a good thing

Many congratulation, Stienman, Mrs Stienman and Tony Sopra.... I mean, Stienman Jr. #6.

Whoo-hoo to you and the Mrs.

He's beautiful. Now get to work on the next one!

Cajungal said:

He's beautiful. Now get to work on the next one!

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He needs more?

Congratulations! He does look remarkably chill in that photo, for having just been evicted from the only home he's ever known

Please sir, can I have some more?

Emrys said:

He needs more?

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It's important to the forum that this remain one of our running gags.

I'm Adam Davis and I... am addicted to infants. It's been 20 hours since I last had an infant (claps from fellow infant addicts)...

Not to further the addiction in others, but here are a few other pictures of the new baby along with my family: http://gallery.me.com/stienman#100001

Cajungal said:

It's important to the forum that this remain one of our running gags.

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Ah, building future membership. Gotcha!

Emrys said:

Ah, building future membership. Gotcha!

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Yes, the Halforums Babies. We'll be pitching that to major networks in a while. That or building an unstoppable army of internet toddlers.

YES.

Now someone draw it!

Cajungal said:

YES.

Now someone draw it!

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UKE!

Congratulations! I would wish you soundless nights, but I guess you're used to that by now. What's his (eventual) name?

Urquhart Phineas Davis.

Heironymous Aloysius Steinman

Artemus Diomedes Davis.

Alphonse Sebastian Clutterbuck

stienman said:

UKE!

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I wish my webcam still worked.

We're going with Ezra, so now our kids are Grant, Hunter, Micah, Asher, Gideon, and Ezra.

As long as nothing odd happens, we'll be leaving the hospital tomorrow morning.

Chances of something odd happening (jaundice requiring treatment) are not zero, but we'll see how things go. Nothing critical, just might mean more time in the hospital for Ezra.

it's Ezra a girls name?

It is more commonly a boy's name, but like Micah it is occasionally used for girls as well.

Interestingly, Ezra is a more popular boy's name than Gideon. I would have expected Ezra to be more rare.

Our female pediatrician is named Micah. She's fantastic

Are the other kids better then Ezra?

I am so sorry.

LittleSin said:

Are the other kids better then Ezra?

I am so sorry.

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Hah, I thought of the same joke. Someone had to say it!

Of COURSE Forum Hipsterthulu makes a MUSIC joke. *scoffs disdainfully*

I don't get the joke, Cajun/Sin Help me out here..

Fantastic joke. Loved it. It was... Good.

CrimsonSoul said:

I don't get the joke, Cajun/Sin Help me out here..

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I've never known Ezra to be a girl's name. Also, I think it is a great name choice. In fact, I am impressed with all of your name choices, except Hunter. Tsk. Why don't you cater your naming to my whims, Stienman? WHY?

Ezra's a good name.

And at home, you can call him Blast Hardcheese!

Emrys said:

Ezra's a good name.

And at home, you can call him Blast Hardcheese!

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Thick McRunfast! Clod Bonemeal!

Cajungal said:

Thick McRunfast! Clod Bonemeal!

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Big McLarge-Huge!

Emrys said:

Big McLarge-Huge!

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BOB JOHNSON! Oh, wait...

Thunder vonSauerkraut!

Cajungal said:

BOB JOHNSON! Oh, wait...

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Smoke Manmuscle!

Gristle McThornbody!

Roll Fizzlebeef!

Phallus McSexualName

Have a belated Congrats!

So... have you picked your favorites and started saving for their college?

Cajungal said:

So... have you picked your favorites and started saving for their college?

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With that many kids he'll have a dorm named for him at BYU.

Cajun's post made me lol, and then I started to wonder exactly what ARE your college savings plans for your kids?

Invest in oil. Sure to succeed.

Biannoshufu said:

Cajun's post made me lol, and then I started to wonder exactly what ARE your college savings plans for your kids?

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Unless I make it big, our plan is to match whatever scholarships and grants they get. We won't be able to pay for their education, but we will provide some support as long as they also show some drive and commitment to completing their education.

Saving for college is so last century. These days all the cool parents save for therapy.

Congrats stienman!

With undergrad degrees becoming as generic as high school degrees, I'm going to encourage my kids to go to state schools, which are significantly cheaper than private liberal arts universities. You still have the same opportunities post-grad. I went to a private liberal arts school, and I'm still paying off 15 grand of left-over loans after my scholarships. I like to think that because I've been through the ringer and inside-out through the world of academia, my kids are going to benefit a lot from financial loopholes that I can help guide them around. The only advice my own parents were able to provide for me when I was 18 was: "go to college - make sure it's a well known school too."

They come from an old world understanding that a Ivy League diploma equals a high paying job. While that was probably the case up to the 60's and 70's, times have dramatically changed. Anyway, I was the first generation in my family to touch and trudge through college waters, so when it came to financial shit, I didn't know where to look for extra money.

Steiny, if I makes you feel any better, I don't believe that any parent is obligated to pay for their kid's education. It's a team effort, and in the end I think the kid appreciates it a lot more if they have to pay for some part of it. That said, the real question is which is it going to be for your brood - BYU or Utah State?

Mathias said:

That said, the real question is which is it going to be for your brood - BYU or Utah State?

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What? No Sparty? I thought you were trying to save money.

--Patrick

Heh, no kidding. I actually don't care where they go, as long as they enjoy it, and as long as they are improving themselves. My wife and I both went there, but we're not rabid fans. Good thing, too, since the wolverines have been sucking as of late.

Mathias said:

Steiny, if I makes you feel any better, I don't believe that any parent is obligated to pay for their kid's education. It's a team effort, and in the end I think the kid appreciates it a lot more if they have to pay for some part of it.

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Amen to that. I paid for my whole damn education, undergrad and masters and I'll tell you this, in general, I took school, especially my undergrad, a hell of a lot more serious than the kids whose parents paid for everything.

My wife got a reasonable shot of me and Ezra:



He's still pretty jaundiced, but not bad enough to need treatment.

Aww. I love how he's holding your thumb.

What a cute little potato!
And the baby's cute too.

AWWW! Frickin.... cute. That is just so cute.

Captions, please? ^^

North_Ranger said:

Captions, please? ^^

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One does not simply sleep into Mordor...?

North_Ranger said:

Captions, please? ^^

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Soon, mortals... for now, I sleep

You should rename his middle name savage out of respect