Today I will hold my son in my arms
 

He is born on 22 October, c-section.
Mother and son had to stay 10 days in hospital, and I had to miss them very much, life was and is not the same without your partner.

Today is a joyful day, next to my wedding day this day is going to be one of the happiest days in my life. I am very nervous, but looking forward to it. They are coming home!

In this country various traditional things are tide to this Coming Home thing. She will have her parents, and spiritual parents and my son her God Parents with her when she arrives here. They will do some ceremonial blessings to make sure our son is protected from bad influences. ( like a lazy father :winkwink: )
And then they will put him in his sleeping clothes, a set of clothes they blessed last week. All these things should help my son in some way they claim. I am more a simple minded thinker and mumbled in myself something about " Lets hope i dont get charge backs this year and the years to come "

Anyway, in the last 10 days I was not myself. But the neighborhood acted very supportive. Food was brought every day, fresh prepared warm ready to eat. Every one was chipping in, and I tried to stop them. But they did not take a NO for an answer. I asked my wife why they came to bring food every day, she said she called them all up and asked them to make sure i would eat

Thats true love right?

Well, i had to share with ya all this little moment of joy. In a few hours I tuck my son into his bed and tell him his first bed time story

Congratulations!

Congratulations and best wishes to you and your family.

Your lives will never be the same, especially your sleeping habits, but it will be worth it many times over as I am sure you already know.

That's neat! Best wishes to all!

Mine was born the 21st via C-Section. They only keep 'em in the hospital for 3 days here.

Congrats to you too!

Congratulations daddy

congrats man. where do you live that the neighborhood actually cares anymore?

Thank you!

This is my first child, and I am pretty new in this, but I am a light sleeper and have no problems waking up when my son needs me. I hope mom will get more rest since she is soon at home and I can support her. I am very good with kids, 17 years ago I had a work project with new born babies, and I learned the basics there a little. I hope they come in handy

Thank you Sally!

WOW, congratulations to you also! Here they keep mom and son 4-5 days after C-section normally, but our son was 1 week to early, so they did not take any risks, i was not even permitted to hold him in my arms, risk for bacterias and stuff. I understood, but felt bad. Again congratulations to your partner, and best wishes for your family

THANKS, I like the title DADDY... Me hope in the years to come to collect mugs and t-shirts with slogans like " Best dad in the world "

I moved to South Romania, bought a old farm there, and renovated it. I am in a very peaceful valley where social interaction is very needed, there is nothing here like in the cities, so people depend on each other. When you fuck up here, you can better move away, cause life is not so generous anymore.
My wife is a doctor and since we moved to here she is helping people here for free. I think she is for some people very important in a professional way, and I encouraged my wife to stay social and not commercial.

That she can call up everyone and pass on a wish list is something that is new to me. But i think she knows how to socialize better then I do.
I am just a simple minded worker with a limited imagination for social live.

On the other hand, when someone dies here in this valley, we all suffer as a group/community and say good bey on a traditional way. A long ceremonial dinner, a parade in the street with music and the deceased person on the back of a car saying good bey to the whole valley.

Everyone knows everyone here. A social network tighter then Facebook

I can write a book soon about living here. So much more different then Good Old Holland.

Thanks again everyone for the wishes!

Big congratz man! :thumbsup

Thank you Michael!

Wonderful news, I'm very happy for you and to know that it all went well in the end.
Children are the most precious thing in the world and they grow so fast, so be sure to enjoy them now.
Congratulations to you and your wife :)

Yes yes, you are right
In this modern world i do have more options to create longer lasting memories then 50 years ago. I`ll snap a lot of pictures and make sure when he is old enough, he can see himself grow up also.

My wife and I say " thank you for the kind words "

Cheers! thats one lucky kid, he's gonna do great!

having done it 3 times I can tell you 2 things.

1. It never gets old :)

2. Take as MANY pictures and videos as you can, it goes fast. Before you know it they are coming home frome school...dropping their books on the floor and cant wait to get away from you to hang out with thie friends.

P.S. Much heath and happieness to you and your family!

Great news, congratulations to you and your family Tjeezers!

They are home now

Life will never be the same anymore

I wish everyone a nice day, and thanks in advance for all the wishes

congrats buddy!!

Thank you, I hope so to. For sure I will help him grow up on a good way

Merci, I will follow your advice!!! Thanks for the wishes

Merci many times. I will make sure my family gets the best home in the world. I already love it!

Thank u Riggo!

Congratulations Congratulations Congratulations :thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

I will never forget the day my son was born.. Its amazing.

Congrats.

big congratulations man, happy health to you all!

Congratulations! :thumbsup

oh Harry I am so happy for you. I know how excited you are to hold your baby for more than a few seconds. Give your son a huge kiss for me

Congrats Harry! I wish you and your new family much joy.

sounds like Eastern European traditions good luck with your neighbors bringing you anything good in North America heh
Congrats on bebe boy :thumbsup

Congrats :thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

Congratulations! 10 days thats a long time.

Glad to hear they're finally coming home. Let the fun begin.

My wife is pregnant with #2. She's due in May :)

Jesus I could be home starving to death and none of my neighbors won't bring me shit.

Anyway congratulations!

Congrats!

That all sounds like such a wonderful way of getting a new family off to a good start. Congrats and my best wishes to you and yours.

Congrats on getting them both home

ohhh, you are so sweet! Congrats on your baby, and may he really be blessed!
(and may you get no chargebacks in the next 10 years)

congrats man!

Great news! Congratulations!!!! :)

Thank you, Merci, appreciated!

Thanks, yes indeed, the day our son was born will be a special day for the rest of my life, was about time more days of the year become special!

Thank you, health is very important indeed. Last months I only wished for health cause I suddenly realized the importance much more. When it is regarding your first born child, you`ll do anything to make sure he gets healthy. I stopped smoking since my wife was pregnant just to make sure i would not make little mistakes here and there that add up to a bigger mistake.

Thank you!

Thanks Angel, yes it was a long time waiting, and it felt very bad in a way. But the first seconds of my son in my arms toke all those moments away and made up for it

Thank you Jennifer, i hope your doing well also

Thanks, yes, Eastern EU traditions indeed, they value traditions very much, it is something they keep alive and it has a lot of positive points. When you life in a valley like here you suddenly see that traditional way of life is the best way to go.

Thank you!

Ahhh nice, give your wife our congratulations and we hope for a lot of Luck and Health for you!

Thanks OP, well, I understand your point, I was having this in Holland also. my neighbors could not give a fuck about anyone but themselves. In the more developed countries traditions made place for capitalism and greed. I am sure when you are living here, and you tell your neighbor you have no food, they invite you for dinner. Of course, you can always fix a roof, chop some wood, clean a garden...
Here we exchange sometimes things between each other and keep the cooperate world out of this valley.

Thanks TA, my wife says HI!

I could not say it better. You smashed the nail on his head. Thank you for the wishes

Mission accomplished.
+ my mother in law is here commanding me left and right
I forgot about that :) Oohh well, I do my best to stay stable and calm

Thanks to all of you for taking your time to post here!

indeed it is, I grew up there, I saw both ways :)

Thank you, I am most of the time very sweet and helpful. My wife is a princess, mother of my son, she deserves erverything.

Oohh yeah, 10 years no charge back, i`ll swap one of my ribs for it.

Thanks mate, my wife says THANK YOU also :) She is reading over my shoulder all of the nice posts!

Thank you TB, We are very happy and hope to enjoy our son every day!!!

Congrats man :thumbsup

Congrats and all the best on your special day

congratzz

Congratulations. Sounds like your child is being welcomed into a solid home with lots of love.

Big Thanks!

Thank you! It is a very special day, and memorable in many ways!

Thankzz

Yes, this is the case. I have worked years for this moment, made it like this that I can ENJOY every single breath he takes without having to worry direct about anything. He just had his first Bath And enjoyed it very much.

He is so small and cute, it is a true miracle!

Congrats! Kids change your life....definitely did mine (for the better, obviously)