So, I've got some big news........

[G-MONEY]

Congrats. You wont miss boating season. We do emergency infant care for the foster system. Just started it. There is life jackets for Baby's. Infants. Take them with you on the lake. They boat puts them to sleep.


For sure I will take the baby on the boat just not the one party trip or when it's 115 at the river....



Your life just got better and a whole lot more value has been added to it. Just remember to make the wife and kids your first priority in life and you will love the frustrations that come with it all.



She already comes first..... now that my baseball career is over

Our boys are old enough they don't have to wear life jackets anymore. And they love having the infants around.


One more thing you will find in a few years your not he one on the water. The kids will be and you will be stuck behind the wheel of the boat. But it is worth every bit of it.

I'm already stuck behind the wheel after my 5 min run

[Moki]

I'M GOING TO BE A DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations! This means 20 years from now, we will still have G-Money jr. posting hot pics on Tigeowners -- (friends if girl, girlfriends if boy)

1 down, 4 more to go to catch up with us.

We are thinking of a water birth on the swimstep, get them started early right..................

[G-MONEY]

Congratulations! This means 20 years from now, we will still have G-Money jr. posting hot pics on Tigeowners -- (friends if girl, girlfriends if boy)

1 down, 4 more to go to catch up with us.

[zad0030]

And the cats in the cradle with the silver spoon......

[dogbert]

Nice going, G! Make sure you add a tube to your baby shower register

[dogbert]

There you go. When they are little, you have to start by not asking and just getting them in. Then they will grow up always willing to try. If you baby em too much, they will just sit in the boat.

We take kids all the time, that just won't get in the water, bummer for them.

Not my kids. My oldest was jumping off the back of the boat as soon as he could crawl. Of course, he managed that at 7.5 months and then proceeded to walk (well, it was more like an out-of-control-run) at 8 months. He loved the boat. We didn't have a Tige back then, but we did have a cuddy so that was nice for extending the boating time.

My youngest used to be afraid of getting his head under water until about 3. That's when his brother pushed him off the sundeck. It was all over after that. He would tube until he fell asleep (literally). I learned how to drive him to the dock without waking him up.

[G-MONEY]

Nice going, G! Make sure you add a tube to your baby shower register

I already have one shhhhhhhh

[slacker661]

Congratulations.Kids are so much fun also the most frustrating.Now the payback from your childhood begins

[kko]

I'M GOING TO BE A DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!

no big deal man its just going to change your WHOLE LIFE no big thing!! for the better of course had my first (and last) almost 7yrs ago best thing ever. so congrats and let the fun begin.

[Lunchbox]

Congrats man... I may be in the same boat as you... We just don't know yet... Hopefully I get the new boat before we find out so she doesn't have second thoughts on getting a new one...

[anhaney]

I'm already stuck behind the wheel after my 5 min run

Sounds like your ready for this then.

[FIC]

Congrats! I grew up on the water and both of my sons grew up on the water , when they were 10 & 14 we joined the Tampa Bay Water Ski Show Team , they now are 17 & 21 both ski at Cypress Gardens , the 21 year old is attending USF and the other is a junior in Hi School you will find no better sport to spend maximun time with then skiing , and theres no age barriors like other sports , we trained , played , and spend most of are time together ,Im looking forward to the day that I can ski with my grand children .

[jacques2727]

Belated congrats on the whole daddy thing.
Couple of questions for you experienced parents out there though. Seems I am due to be a dad for the first time in January. I just bought this boat last year and have no plans of slowing down this summer. What are the safety issues with taking a 5 month kid out on the boat? Are there special lifejackets and such designed for them and stuff like that? Or is it just a bad idea to take a kid this small out on the lake?

[ragboy]

We took them, from like 8 weeks old with Jessica. RJ also. They make special jackets, but for the most part, that little, they will probably be in someones arms.

Here is jesse at a few months old, in her special vest, and you can kinda see her carrier in the background, where she would sleep.

I would try not to go out when its really rough or in bad weather until they are old enough to ALWAYS be in the vest, prob about 6 mos.

[anhaney]

Belated congrats on the whole daddy thing.
Couple of questions for you experienced parents out there though. Seems I am due to be a dad for the first time in January. I just bought this boat last year and have no plans of slowing down this summer. What are the safety issues with taking a 5 month kid out on the boat? Are there special lifejackets and such designed for them and stuff like that? Or is it just a bad idea to take a kid this small out on the lake?

I can get you a baby vest that is designed for infants. They are not to expensive. We took the baby on the boat when he was 5 days old.