It's a Boy and update on Paul

[JensYJ]

Hi everyone,
I wasn't able to make it to the last meeting so I couldn't tell everyone. But Paul and I are definatly having a big boy. His name is going to be Connor Lee Cleary. And it looks as if he takes after Paul. Paul was nearly 11 pounds when he was born, I feel so sorry for his mother. I, on the other hand was only 5. But Connor is already weighing in at almost 3 pounds when he should only be weighing about 1.5 pounds. So it looks as if I might have to give birth at the begining of July as opposed to the end of July, but I won't be complaining.
We still have no word on whether or not Paul will be back home in time for the birth. We can only hope and pray that he will. As of now, the only news that I have heard is that they are looking at coming home sometime around early August or late July. But nothing for sure, and still no exact date. He is doing fine, he just missess home. But he has still kept the fourwheeling spirit. He just recently asked for Rick Russell's videos #14-17 so that he can watch on the ship, and he always gets his JP magazine, Off-Road Adventures, Peterson's and some others every month. If I don't mail them off in time, he is emailing me asking me every day if I have mailed them out. So he still has it. He is also become addicted to Ebay again. So I always wind up with strange packages on the front steps of the house with pieces in them that I wouldn't even know what to do with. I guess that there is no stopping him. Other than that, we are both just hanging in there with the help of people like Rick Austin and Jim B. and the support of others in the club. Thanks guys.
Jenn

[toynrnd]

CONGRATULATIONS! Nice name. Where did you guys come up with the last name??? ;D Keep us informed, and please let us know if you need anything!

[BIG J]

if you tell us what he's been buying off of e-bay we can probably tell you what he's planning on building. perhaps it will be a car seat with a full roll cage.

[JensYJ]

Jason,
That wouldn't really surprise me. He is already talking about how Connor is going to be in the garage with him. But I told him not till he is either two years old or has been walking steadily for at least three months on his own. I can see that emergency room visit. "So Mr. Cleary, how exactly did your son get metal shaving in his knees? And why was he covered in grease?" His first words are going to be gears, or axle, or something like that.

[toynrnd]

TWO YEARS OLD! By then his hands will be getting too big. 5 months is perfect. Noah's hands fit into all kinds of places now. Of course, he can't tighten a bolt real tight, but I figure if the bolts fall out, they must not have been important.

And you don't worry about Paul getting grease on Connor. Worry about Paul. Worry that as Paul holds Connor up underneath the vehicle, Connor doesn't spit up mashed bananas in Paul's eyes. Then Paul would brush against a hot exhaust pipe, and scream like a little school girl!

BTW I need 4 rear tires from old riding lawn mowers. Time to start planning a monster Radio Flyer!

[BIG J]

he's probably scream like a guy who burnt himself welding

[Lyle]

JensYJ said:

His first words are going to be gears, or axle, or something like that.

Hi Jen,

Congratulations to you and Paul! Danny started hanging out with me when he was about 2, and watching me work on my old Mustang. I knew he was going to be a true gearhead when he put his pedal car up on some bricks, crawled under it, and started beating on the bottom side with his little plastic hammer... and cussing. It was about then that I realized he was listening to me, and learning to talk. :-) Dan is now 21, and is an auto tech at a dealership in Annapolis. All in all, not a bad way for a kid to go. Good luck! :-) And... enjoy the next few years! They grow FAST.

Lyle

[JensYJ]

Lyle,
That is hilarious, I hope that you got a picture of that. I have a feeling that Connor will be taking after Dad however, I want him to become a firefighter like me eventually, but with a father like Paul, I don't think that you can help but to become a gearhead, shoot, he is starting to wear off on me. I can do my own tune up and change my own oil, and other stuff like that, about a year ago I would have just left up to the guys at Jiffy Lube, but now I wouldn't even dare mention jiffy lube in the Cleary household. I do have to admit though, you all are definatly a different breed, not saying that that is a bad thing. I fell in love with one so it can't be that bad at all. ;D Oh and latest rumor now is Paul will be back on June 30th. Who knows though.

Jenn

[MaddRamm]

Congratulations Jen!!!!! That is soo awesome!!!!

If you ever need help, just remember I too am on this side of the water!

[kwrangln]

Congrats on the news. Probably wondering who the heck this is, but Paul will know. I tried to call the last time I was down in Va, think it was about x-mas, but no luck. Can ya have him drop me an e-mail when he gets back? Once again, glad to hear everything is going well.

Ken "was the western, now the northern, wheeler" B.

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