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Off Topic => Not Boats => Topic started by: Will_Lee on October 17, 2010, 06:23:35 AM

Title: New helm for team Lee
Post by: Will_Lee on October 17, 2010, 06:23:35 AM
Dear All,

Edward Felix Lee. Born 15.10.2010  3.20am. 8lb 9oz (3.93kg).

All are well and thriving, and he is just getting us broken in and properly trained.

Best wishes to all (and sorry we missed the inlands)

Lucy, Will and Edward Lee
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: Stuberry on October 17, 2010, 07:39:43 AM
Congratulations to all! This is the start of a whole new adventure.

I look forward to meeting Edward.
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: Tom K on October 17, 2010, 11:55:35 AM
Congratulations to all!

I'll have to dig out my optimist plans for you :)
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: roland_trim on October 17, 2010, 01:20:10 PM
Fantastic news. 

If OK we'd love to visit before Edward has a greater mental age than I have  ;D
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: Will_Lee on October 17, 2010, 04:08:56 PM
Thank-you. Visitors would be most welcome in about a fortnight once we have found our feet.


Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: rich_taylor on October 17, 2010, 05:02:35 PM
Fantastic, you have now joined a development class that does not require a slide rule or formula to calculate "the sweet spot", you will still have sticky weekends and holes in the bank account so situation normal, enjoy.  We'll send essential emergency kit in the post.
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: chrislewns on October 17, 2010, 06:31:49 PM
Wonderful news. Congrats to all of you. From the lewns family
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: simon_jones on October 17, 2010, 07:29:44 PM
Congratulations to you all on the biggest adventure of your lives.
Welcome to the world of parent hood and all the sleepless nights,
smelly nappies and tantrums, but enough about Will.
Loads of love, the Jones tribe
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: paul_croote on October 17, 2010, 09:27:05 PM
Congratulations to both of you, great news, I expect the years of practice working 36 hour shifts as doctors is proving useful! I would love to drop in sometime when things settle down. Love, the Croote family
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: dave_ching on October 18, 2010, 07:01:12 AM
Congratulations!
Those Lees always seem to be just ahead of us.
2 weeks to find your feet?
I was thinking of at least 18 years.
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: Tim Noyce on October 18, 2010, 10:05:29 AM
Congratulations team Lee! :-D Looks like a fine specimen, Look forward to meeting him in person!
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: Neil C. on October 18, 2010, 01:11:32 PM
Congratulations! Glad to hear all are well.

When we had our first my boss gave me some advice: Don't worry, the first 25 years are the worst. It doesn't really get any easier after that, but at least your expectations go down a bit. :)
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: dean_ralph on October 18, 2010, 07:14:42 PM
congratulations wish you all the best of health.  Look forwards to meeting your new arrival
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: daryl_wilkinson on October 19, 2010, 10:23:07 PM
Congratulations!

The only advice I can give is....

Just when you think you can't cope anymore, with whatever it is that is sending you over the edge, that thing changes, thus giving you a rest for a bit. This roughly equates to around every three weeks. Knowing this doesn't make it any easier but does enable you to keep going through the really though bits.

Oh and take more pictures that you think, they grow up fast!

Lots of love from, Louise, Luke and Me.
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: phil_kirk on October 21, 2010, 01:26:29 PM
Also congratulations from the Kirks.

Have been away from the forum not ignoring your great news.

I've no advice to offer (not yet qualified like the others) but wish you all every happiness.

I can see the Optimist building sticky weekend coming along in the next few years.
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: Will_Lee on October 22, 2010, 07:13:22 AM
Thanks all. I am a nappy ninja (1st Dan).

(http://c0013522.cdn1.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/x2_3184b34)

"Can't interpret the err msgs, have mystery shutdowns, and the less said about the I/O the better."
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: phil_kirk on October 22, 2010, 12:33:02 PM
Very sweet picture.

I should think that baby's are the most demanding and also the most frustrated customers you can possibly have.  Demanding because they have not developed the British spirit of not trying to inconvieniance you too much and frustrated that you can't interpret their errs yet.

I hope he likes sleeping.
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: ross_burkin on October 23, 2010, 05:43:29 PM
I've started plans for the flying ant
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: rich_taylor on October 23, 2010, 07:45:06 PM
1st dan nappy changing in 7 days...I think not.  Currently you will be running "drill" in a controlled environment with a relatively willing participant. 

1st dan nappy changing is when you deal with a screaming toddler, throwing a wobbler, in a public place (usually a shopping trip) that has just blown the best part of the last three feeds out of his back passage, half way up his back and down both legs.  At this point you develop the ability to simultaneously pin down 4 flailing limbs (dodging the areas covered in pooh) with one hand while stripping, wiping up, refitting and redressing the little charmer with the other. 

Do this, without losing your temper, raising your voice or looking the slightest bit stressed and you will have achieved a Zen like state where you can truly say…..”I know nappy Kung Fu”. 

Strangely, in years to come, you will only remember one or two changes that went faultlessly.  The rest will be all the ones that went horrendously badly and oddly you’ll remember them with an endearing affection.
 
Pooh, the rating of Pooh, efficient handling of pooh and the cleaning of pooh will be the new gold standard.  You might, after some thought, experimentation and sleepless nights, consider it a possible new building material for Cherubs, on some diets it is unsinkable.
Title: Re: New helm for team Lee
Post by: Graham Bridle on November 01, 2010, 05:49:45 AM
This post missed me somehow, congratulations team Lee ! In 6 years time do you think anyone will notice if I swap Eddies ? Or maybe sometime in 2020 Team Eddie will get together and storm them !

Rich is right, but its not all about Poo, theres the sick as well, and the noise !