I'm gonna be a dad!!!

[Azrael52]

Ok, I meant to announce this at the Cape dinner, but I got to picking on Scott and defending my mustache, and I forgot about it until afterwards. We're expecting . . .


. . . to adopt one of our foster kids. We've been getting all of the paperwork in order since prior to Christmas. It's a terribly involved process. I felt like I needed to be on the couch of my shrink to answer the questions, really. "Which parent are you closest to? Why? Which family member are you less like? Why? What was your childhood like? Why? Why is your right forarm bigger than your left? Same goes for your bicept. Why do you like rainbows so much? Unicorns?"

Yeah, I know, huh? But we did finally get through all of that. Now, we've only got the homestudy to go through. There, they do a homestudy similar to the ones that we've had to do for foster care, but they also go into the answers that you provided to all their questions.

Well, we got a great surprise, today, when we took him to a routine court procedure. While there, I testified, along with everyone else envolved, and the judge said afterwards that she felt that we needed to speed things up, b/c as far as she was concerned, he had already been with us for over 6 months. They originally said August 6, but then had to push it back to August 20. We'll go to court for the final time (I believe) and it's at that time that we'll get the title from the bank . . . er . . . something like that at any rate.

I'm very excited. I haven't talked about it much on here or in "real" life. I didn't want things to fall through and then have to explain everything a million times. I feel confident, now, however, that I can post the news without having to issue a retraction.

So, I just wanted to say . . .

IT'S A BOY!!!

[Ben Morgan]

Hey, congrats!

[Sally Sensational]

YAY! WOOT! HURRAH!

(waves to Julius)

[Azrael52]

Yeah, I figured we couldn't hide it much more, anyway, since my wife was starting to show. I mean, she's only got, like, 3 months, you know?

[sk716]

Again. congratulations, Ray.

You have also received a half-dozen of so congratulations from your former co-workers who I passed the news on to after you stopped by today.

[Kyuubi]

Just don't let him grow a mustache.



There's a reason the word is spelled must-ache.

[hellokittykat]

That is so awesome, Ray! It's so wonderful that I literally started to get all gooey feeling. :redface:

Your son's a lucky guy. :biggrin:

[sk716]

That is so awesome, Ray! It's so wonderful that I literally started to get all gooey feeling. :redface:

Your son's a lucky guy. :biggrin:

He's a little cutie, too.

And Ray's already got him identifying comic book heroes, so it's all good.

[hellokittykat]

He's a little cutie, too.

And Ray's already got him identifying comic book heroes, so it's all good.

That's what I wanna hear! We're not gettin' any younger; we have to start cultivating the next generation of nerds. :biggrin:

[heystacy]

Congrats Ray & Wife. I was wondering where you are, after wondering where MB was.

[sk716]

Congrats Ray & Wife. I was wondering where you are, after wondering where MB was.

Eric is far too busy playing GTA 4 to bother with the likes of YABSers, he's got important killin' and stealin' to do.

[Aggie]

That's great Ray, congratulations to you and your wife...and son. *smile*

[saintsaucey]

Congrats man, just remember you chose yours everyone else got stuck with theirs.

[Sabrinaset]

Yaaay! Is this one gunna be Az53?

[TomStillwell]

Just remember to not let him make the same facial hair mistakes you've made...

[Bob Violence]

Congratulations!
And why do you like unicorns so much?!?

[Hybrid2]

Congratulation!!


Yes,that's it.no joke comment.

no i'm not gona make one now.


stop looking at me!No joke here go away.Read the next post.

[cedardryad]

Congrats! Babies, babies everywhere. Man everyone is getting pregnant or having kids in another form. I feel left out.

I love hearing about successful adoptions.

[Darediva]

Yeeeeehaaaaaa! A new comic nerd for YABS: THE NEXT GENERATION

Huge hugs, Ray to you and the family.

[sk716]

Hey Ray, Eric says "That's great, I'm really happy for him." Then he turned on the 360.

He also mumbled something about you having someone to teach how to play football... which actually didn't make a lot of sense but he was already killin' and stealin' by then.

So anyway, I think that qualifies as a heartfelt congratulations from Monkey Boy.

[heystacy]

Eric is far too busy playing GTA 4 to bother with the likes of YABSers, he's got important killin' and stealin' to do.

Sally told me. Poor guy is entranced to GTA.

[bert]

Ok, I meant to announce this at the Cape dinner, but I got to picking on Scott and defending my mustache, and I forgot about it until afterwards. We're expecting . . .


. . . to adopt one of our foster kids. We've been getting all of the paperwork in order since prior to Christmas. It's a terribly involved process. I felt like I needed to be on the couch of my shrink to answer the questions, really. "Which parent are you closest to? Why? Which family member are you less like? Why? What was your childhood like? Why? Why is your right forarm bigger than your left? Same goes for your bicept. Why do you like rainbows so much? Unicorns?"

Yeah, I know, huh? But we did finally get through all of that. Now, we've only got the homestudy to go through. There, they do a homestudy similar to the ones that we've had to do for foster care, but they also go into the answers that you provided to all their questions.

Well, we got a great surprise, today, when we took him to a routine court procedure. While there, I testified, along with everyone else envolved, and the judge said afterwards that she felt that we needed to speed things up, b/c as far as she was concerned, he had already been with us for over 6 months. They originally said August 6, but then had to push it back to August 20. We'll go to court for the final time (I believe) and it's at that time that we'll get the title from the bank . . . er . . . something like that at any rate.

I'm very excited. I haven't talked about it much on here or in "real" life. I didn't want things to fall through and then have to explain everything a million times. I feel confident, now, however, that I can post the news without having to issue a retraction.

So, I just wanted to say . . .

IT'S A BOY!!!


I think you may have actually told me this at CAPE. . so I may have already told you congrats.

but congrats again!

:)

[Shades0077]

That's some kind of awesome, Ray. Congratulations, man!

But what does this mean for the future of the Eric and Ray Show? Will we see a shift from the shiftless shenanigans to shenanigans of a more wholesome nature?

[Cam63]

Yeehaa ! Congrats, Az' !

as for for the boy, you poor, poor kid...

[TCJohnson]

Thats extremely admirable of you! You are one of my new heroes.

[Deathstroke]

Congratulations, that's a fantastic thing for you and for you to do.

[sk716]

That's some kind of awesome, Ray. Congratulations, man!

But what does this mean for the future of the Eric and Ray Show? Will we see a shift from the shiftless shenanigans to shenanigans of a more wholesome nature?

Not likely.

Hopefully, we'll get a couple of episodes shot while Eric is on summer break, he's taking Trig for the first summer semester, so it'll be late summer before he'll have more free time.

But I have to say, The Eric & Ray Show will probably see very few more episodes before saying good-bye altogether.

Eric is most likely headed out of state for college in another six months to a year. And he's trying really hard to make it as soon as he can round up some scholarship money. Last time we talked about it, he mentioned Auburn and I believe he intends to apply for transfer for the Spring semester.

Vic is about to be a brand new Papa himself, Baby Ringslinger is due in early June.

We do, however, have a working plan in place to replace The Eric & Ray Show and still manage to keep the whole cast involved. Stay tuned.

[Lester C.]

This is awesome news. Ray and his wife are going to make excellent parents.

[stealthwise]

Congrats, that's really exciting news!

[Dark Galaxy]

Congratulations to you and your wife! That is so exciting!!

[Alan Lynch]

Congratulations Az! Great news indeed.

[Flamebird]

Congratulations, Ray!!!

Now you have someone to pass those quarter comics on to.:biggrin:

[Solaris]

Congrats, Ray---and blessings to all of you! :smile:

[hellokittykat]

Not likely.

Hopefully, we'll get a couple of episodes shot while Eric is on summer break, he's taking Trig for the first summer semester, so it'll be late summer before he'll have more free time.

But I have to say, The Eric & Ray Show will probably see very few more episodes before saying good-bye altogether.

Eric is most likely headed out of state for college in another six months to a year. And he's trying really hard to make it as soon as he can round up some scholarship money. Last time we talked about it, he mentioned Auburn and I believe he intends to apply for transfer for the Spring semester.

Vic is about to be a brand new Papa himself, Baby Ringslinger is due in early June.

We do, however, have a working plan in place to replace The Eric & Ray Show and still manage to keep the whole cast involved. Stay tuned.

I know I've been overly emotional lately, and I hope that will disapate now that I've made it through the year mark of Dad dying and that the divorce that has been in progress since July will be final soon, but wow, reading that made me really sad. :frown:

[Bo Bo]

Congratulations! :biggrin:

[Gail Simone]

"whole world ending
new generation of ray
no future moustache"


YAY! Congratulations!

[Cam63]

I'm donating Ray some of my toe hair.

[Cream Filled Taco]

Awesome, Ray! If he's old enough, you guys can compare starter 'staches!

[Azrael52]

Awesome, Ray! If he's old enough, you guys can compare starter 'staches!

He's already got me beat by a mile. He is 2 1/2, after all.

Thanks to everyone for the congrats. It's really cool so far. As for handing down my quarter comics . . . he'd better back the #@$% up!

Ahem . . . sorry.

[Sarah Beach]

Congrats to you and the wife! That's very cool.

[sk716]

I know I've been overly emotional lately, and I hope that will disapate now that I've made it through the year mark of Dad dying and that the divorce that has been in progress since July will be final soon, but wow, reading that made me really sad. :frown:

Did you not read the last bit of that post? We have a plan, like a Phoenix we shall rise from the ashes!!!

[Crowley]

It's illegal to buy kids off of eBay Ray! :wink:

Congratulations!

[Shades0077]

Not likely.

Hopefully, we'll get a couple of episodes shot while Eric is on summer break, he's taking Trig for the first summer semester, so it'll be late summer before he'll have more free time.

But I have to say, The Eric & Ray Show will probably see very few more episodes before saying good-bye altogether.

Eric is most likely headed out of state for college in another six months to a year. And he's trying really hard to make it as soon as he can round up some scholarship money. Last time we talked about it, he mentioned Auburn and I believe he intends to apply for transfer for the Spring semester.

Vic is about to be a brand new Papa himself, Baby Ringslinger is due in early June.

We do, however, have a working plan in place to replace The Eric & Ray Show and still manage to keep the whole cast involved. Stay tuned.

Stupid real life and responsibilities getting in the way of my amusement!

[Azrael52]

No sir, all these years, it's been your stupid amusement getting in the way of our real lives! Hmpf!! Hmpf, I say!

[hellokittykat]

Did you not read the last bit of that post? We have a plan, like a Phoenix we shall rise from the ashes!!!

I did read that, but it's still the end of an era. :frown:

[Hurricane]

Ok, I meant to announce this at the Cape dinner, but I got to picking on Scott and defending my mustache, and I forgot about it until afterwards. We're expecting . . .


. . . to adopt one of our foster kids. We've been getting all of the paperwork in order since prior to Christmas. It's a terribly involved process. I felt like I needed to be on the couch of my shrink to answer the questions, really. "Which parent are you closest to? Why? Which family member are you less like? Why? What was your childhood like? Why? Why is your right forarm bigger than your left? Same goes for your bicept. Why do you like rainbows so much? Unicorns?"

Yeah, I know, huh? But we did finally get through all of that. Now, we've only got the homestudy to go through. There, they do a homestudy similar to the ones that we've had to do for foster care, but they also go into the answers that you provided to all their questions.

Well, we got a great surprise, today, when we took him to a routine court procedure. While there, I testified, along with everyone else envolved, and the judge said afterwards that she felt that we needed to speed things up, b/c as far as she was concerned, he had already been with us for over 6 months. They originally said August 6, but then had to push it back to August 20. We'll go to court for the final time (I believe) and it's at that time that we'll get the title from the bank . . . er . . . something like that at any rate.

I'm very excited. I haven't talked about it much on here or in "real" life. I didn't want things to fall through and then have to explain everything a million times. I feel confident, now, however, that I can post the news without having to issue a retraction.

So, I just wanted to say . . .

IT'S A BOY!!!

Hey, man, congrats. That's great news.