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A certain NZFFer became a Dad today! I don't think he's one to 'blow his own trumpet' which is why I made the topic. I'll let him post here if he wants everyone to know who he is!

Congrats again!

congrats to whoever it is, hope hee/shes healthy and doin well....

The proudest moment in a mans life, or so im told

victor_alpha_charlie wrote:

QUOTE (victor_alpha_charlie @ Dec 23 2008, 09:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

A certain NZFFer became a Dad today! I don't think he's one to 'blow his own trumpet' which is why I made the topic. I'll let him post here if he wants everyone to know who he is!

Congrats again!

Congratulations!!! Boy? Girl? Geek?

haha thanks Tom, guess I can't escape it now

Baby Ella, first child for my wife and I was born today, 10.37am. She's well and healthy, as is her Mum. I'd completely agree Masman, I'm the proudest father ever Thanks guys very much! (I'm hoping she'll be a geek too)



Looks like Dad needs some practice!

Congratulations Alister!

Alex

Well done Alister and Steph. Welcome Echo Lima Lima Alpha!!

Awwwwwwwwww wot a nice christmas present

Congratulations, and good luck sleeping for the next couple of years ...


Gary

Wonder if this amzing creature has aviation blood

my sis is ready too pop with her second, hope it aint on Xmas day , although it would be kinda cool.... ill be the 'best uncle' again

Albatross wrote:

QUOTE (Albatross @ Dec 23 2008, 09:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Baby Ella, first child for my wife and I was born today, 10.37am. She's well and healthy, as is her Mum.

Thanks for "going public" ... and for putting up the pics! There's really nothing quite as amazing as a new-born baby. Not even a whole squadron of Spitfires ... well ... you may disagree in around 16 years time

hahah yeah, you seen that add??...

2 most proud moments in a fathers life..., when the son is born, and when the son leaves at 16/18

Congrats Ali- you're going to be a poor man from now on every end of December having to fork on on birthday pressies and x-mas pressies within the space of a week!

Happy Holidays to you and the family!

Congrads Alister and Miss's MOM , ......... " Not even a whole squadron of Spitfires ... well ... " .. Just keep her ELLA close to an airfield

Congrates to you and your wife Ali.

What a beautiful baby girl. What the ultimate pressie.

take care and enjoy

Congrats. I have two daughters now 5 and 7.

Getting into the bathroom is gonna be hell in a few years and the clothing wars have already started. Mrs Bandit reckons I'll be a right $#%#@!! when they bring their boyfriends home for interegation...oops I mean to meet me.

Then I pointed out no good for nothing little wanna be is going near them without submitting a blood test and bank statement as I was a teenage boy once and know what they're like.

If they have to come around I'll be cleaning one of my rifles or sharpening my hunting knife. Who says intimidation doesn't work!!

Ten simple rules for dating my daughter...
Rule One
If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure not picking anything up.


Rule Two
You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them.


Rule Three
I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips.
Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose his compromise: You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will not object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not, in fact, come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric nail gun and fasten your trousers securely in place to your waist.


Rule Four
I'm sure you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilizing a "barrier method" of some kind can kill you. Let me elaborate, when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I will kill you.


Rule Five
It is usually understood that in order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day. Please do not do this. The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is "early."


Rule Six
I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter.
Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make you cry.


Rule Seven
As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget. If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating. My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process that can take longer than painting the Golden Gate Bridge.
Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car?


Rule Eight
The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter:
Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool.
Places where there are no parents, policemen, or nuns within eyesight.
Places where there is darkness. Places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness. Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka - zipped up to her throat. Movies with a strong romantic or sexual theme are to be avoided; movies which features chain saws are okay. Hockey games are okay. Old folks homes are better.


Rule Nine
Do not lie to me. I may appear to be a pot-bellied, balding, middle-aged, dim-witted has-been. But on issues relating to my daughter, I am the all-knowing, merciless god of your universe. If I ask you where you are going and with whom, you have one chance to tell me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I have a shotgun, a shovel, and five acres behind the house. Do not trifle with me.


Rule Ten
Be afraid. Be very afraid. It takes very little for me to mistake the sound of your car in the driveway for a chopper coming in over a rice paddy near Hanoi. When my Agent Orange starts acting up, the voices in my head frequently tell me to clean the guns as I wait for you to bring my daughter home. As soon as you pull into the driveway you should exit your car with both hands in plain sight. Speak the perimeter password, announce in a clear voice that you have brought my daughter home safely and early, then return to your car - there is no need for you to come inside. The camouflaged face at the window is mine.

Congrats Alister ...there will be less simming now!!!

haha Thanks Bandit, I'm going to print this one off for when the time comes

Thanks everyone! I sure hope she has some of Dad's flying in her genes, I want cheap travel one day so if she could be a real pilot, I'd be more than happy

But, like anything, all I did was bring her into the world with her Mum, and whatever path in life she chooses, I'll be there to help her along, and pick of the pieces if necessary. All I really ever hope for is a long life for me to share with her.

Edit: Yes, I think there will be less simming now, but it's a big part of who I am, so I guess I'll be aiming for quality flights, than quantity

Cheers all

Hey a big congrats to you my friend.

ps she was born the same day as me but in 2008

Well done Alister

Well done buddy, as a solo Dad I can tell you there is alot of fun ahead of ya