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[Alex_UK]

I am very pleased to announce the safe arrival of my son, William Stanley, at 3.03pm on Thursday 21st June 2012. He is named after both mine and my wife's maternal grandfathers - nothing to do with a certain prince who shares his birthday, which I only just found out about!

Weighing in at 7lb 2oz, and taking his time to fully arrive (about 18 hours labour) Mum and nipper doing well, despite some complications over the past few weeks which should hopefully now be behind us. Spending a 2nd night in hospital, but hopefully bring them home tomorrow.

My daughter Tamzin was hoping for a little sister, not a brother, but seems to have taken to him well so far! (She did threaten that if he was a boy she would pull his willy off, then he'd be a girl - I'll be keeping a close eye on her! :eek:)

With a bit of luck I will be around the forum a little more now. :) Well, apart from scouring eBay looking for Scalextric sets of course! :) And a boy needs a hifi, doesn't he?! :eyebrows:

Here's a pic or three. :)

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu259/Alex_Steel1969/William/IMG_7472.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu259/Alex_Steel1969/William/IMG_7480.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu259/Alex_Steel1969/William/IMG_7482.jpg

[Jonboy]

Congratulations Alex on the the birth of William Stanley a fine set of names,


all the best

[DSJR]

Alex, I've already passed on our love and best for the four of you and look forward to visiting you all sometime soon :clap: :goodluck::respect::partytime::barrel::yesbruv::dr inking:

[MartinT]

Lovely. Avatar #1's cuteness is going to take some beating, though :)

[Stratmangler]

Congratulations!
All the best to the four of you :cool:

[DSJR]

Lovely. Avatar #1's cuteness is going to take some beating, though :)

Pics don't do her justice, believe me :lol: That smile is infectious and dad isn't just wound around her little finger, but her entire being :)

[Ali Tait]

Congrats and all the best mate. Hope you will be suitably wetting the baby's head! :cool:

[DaveK]

Congrats to both of you Alex but I know who, overall, had the most enjoyable part in the process ;) . All the very best to you all, the set is now complete so you can shut the shop and throw the tackle away :lol::lol:
Dave.

[Welder]

Well done Mrs Alex UK; you don't need any congratulations for your contribution do you Alex.:)

[Jonboy]

the set is now complete so you can shut the shop and throw the tackle away


My tackle is now shut after making 4, i'm now known as Jaffa

[Alex_UK]

Yep, I will shortly be making an appointment with Dr. Two-Bricks!

Thanks for the kind comments fellas! :)

[Ali Tait]

My tackle is now shut after making 4, i'm now known as Jaffa

Ah yes, thought I'd seen you in Stargate.

[Beechwoods]

Congratulations Alex! He's your spitting image!

[keiths]

Many congratulations to all.

[Spectral Morn]

Congratulations Alex and family :cool:

[Marco]

+1. He looks the spit of you, Alex, but don't worry, I'm sure it will pass!! :lol:

Seriously, major congrats to Mrs S and you, from Del and I. I'm sure you'll be in for lots of fun in the coming months and years. Here's to William Stanley! :champagne: :champagne:

Marco.

[snapper]

Congratulations Alex and family.

When my dad was a nipper, his hero was called Billy Steel. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Steel)


:cool:

[The Grand Wazoo]

Will you look at that! Didn't I say Billy Steel was the name of a superhero?!
He's perfect - now you're gonna ruin him by playing Britney at 'im!
All the best to you all matey.

[Canetoad]

Great news Alex. All the best! :)

[DSJR]

+1. He looks the spit of you, Alex, but don't worry, I'm sure it will pass!! :lol:

Seriously, major congrats to Mrs S and you, from Del and I. I'm sure you'll be in for lots of fun in the coming months and years. Here's to William Stanley! :champagne: :champagne:

Marco.

One was bad enough, I wonder what two will do to Alex's diet, wine consumption and occasional smoking habit??? :rofl: Mind you, whether he can afford to indulge is another thing :lol:

[Barry]

Arrived a bit late to the 'baby shower', but let me congratulate you both on your wonderful news!

(Scalextric? Phah - you need to be looking for curtain material for the nursery! ;))

Never mind the 'Cheap as Chips' challenge. We want to know what the 'My First Hi-Fi' will be.

Congrats again

[Ali Tait]

Fisher Price of course!

[Beechwoods]

I had one of these... :)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1425/1455866616_77c2db119d.jpg

[Ali Tait]

Meee toooo!

[Mothman]

Alex, Congrats to all on the happy birth

[DaveK]

Congratulations Alex and family.

When my dad was a nipper, his hero was called Billy Steel. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Steel)


:cool:

Ouch David, that was (unknowingly) cruel ;) . I knew the name Billy Steel rang bells but couldn't remember why but clicking on your link brought it all flooding back. Up to the age of 12, in 1952, I lived in a little village in north Derbyshire and, although both Sheffield teams were geographically much closer our gang were all Derbyshire men and hence took pride in the exploits of Billy Steel and Derby County. At 12 I moved to Manchester for a couple of years and got hooked on ManU, an affliction from which I still suffer :lol: .
But 60 years just faded away like mist for a few moments before I again began to realise how old I am :eek: :eek: .
Thanks for that ;) .
Dave.

[webby]

Many congratulations to you and the missus Alex!

I'm two and a half years down the road from you /tired smilie

[Marco]

I had one of these... :)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1425/1455866616_77c2db119d.jpg


Playing this?


http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6861/mypussybelongstodaddy.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/171/mypussybelongstodaddy.jpg/)

:eyebrows: :eyebrows:

Marco.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Congrats Alex and Family!
Chuffed for you matey
Love the new forum avatar ... You have set your self a challenge now to always get a pic of the two of them :)

[John]

Great news Alex

[Puffin]

Fantastic news. Lovely pics. I thought you had been a bit quiet on here recently, now I know why. I have just become a grandfather and it's fantastic.

Rob.

[Alex_UK]

Fantastic news. Lovely pics. I thought you had been a bit quiet on here recently, now I know why. I have just become a grandfather and it's fantastic.

Congrats on becoming a grandfather Rob. :)

Thanks everyone for the lovely messages. Billy and mum came home yesterday tea time and despite my wife telling me "all he does is sleep" he spent all night being a grump, waking up Tamzin several times too - net result, didn't get to sleep until 3.30am, then 2.5 hours of broken sleep. Hey ho, goes with the territory!

[Macca]

Congratulations Mr & Mrs Alex! - no kids here but my brothers both have youngsters. I don't know how they cope, I couldn't do it, just looking after the cat is hard enough. Anyway I suppose if you need a full nights sleep you could always kip in the Landy ;)

[DSJR]

Congrats on becoming a grandfather Rob. :)

Thanks everyone for the lovely messages. Billy and mum came home yesterday tea time and despite my wife telling me "all he does is sleep" he spent all night being a grump, waking up Tamzin several times too - net result, didn't get to sleep until 3.30am, then 2.5 hours of broken sleep. Hey ho, goes with the territory!

Welcome back to the real world Alex and Mrs Alex. methinks your little princess is going to be asking you two firmly to send him back at some point soon :lol:

[Tim]

Nice one Alex and congrats to you both. Sorry its a bit late, but I have been away from home for a few days and just logged in today, after getting back late last night.

:cool: have this on me!

[Bazil]

Congratulations Alex a fine boy, the age difference looks about the same between my daughter and son (2years 8 months). They are now 20 and 18 and have always been great mates.

[Mark Grant]

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu259/Alex_Steel1969/William/IMG_7482.jpg

Congratulations Alex and Mrs Alex.

That's a beautiful picture.

[aquapiranha]

Congratulations! You have your hands full now!


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[Alex_UK]

Thanks again for the further kind wishes. The little so and so has slept all day again, so I guess that'll mean he'll be nocturnal again tonight... Ah well!

[DSJR]

I'd have thought he'd have had legions of grandparents round for a celebratory drinkie and loads of cuddles with himself and Avatar #1, thus keeping him awake :)