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Al Donald
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Post by Al Donald »

Hi everyone, Al and Denise are delighted and proud to announce the birth, this morning, of our baby son, John Murray Donald, weight 7lbs 13oz. Mother and baby doing well. Father feeling the weight of responsibility on his shoulders! Hopefully he will make an appearance on a beach sometime soon. Might take a little longer to get him on a board!!
A :D :D :D day!
Cheers, Al
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Post by Matt »

Blimey Al, that's a surprise! I wondered what you've been up to for the last year. Congratulations to you both.
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Post by Neroli »

Excellent news :D

Look forward to seeing you all on the beach sometime soon.
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Post by Ian Long »

Fantastic news, the Donald dynasty continues....

Congratulations; look forward to seeing you looking bleary eyed next time we meet :wink:
If found, please return to the pub.
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Post by Adrian »

Congratulations

I think you missed a couple of steps in the communications process!!!!

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Post by Al Donald »

Adrian wrote:

I think you missed a couple of steps in the communications process!!!!
Yes, sorry, it's been quite a momentous and life-changing year! I haven't seen you in ages, but quite a lot has happened, so hope to catch up with you all either on a board or a bike before too long - if I'm allowed out!

Thanks everone for the congrats. We're all back home now and, dare I say it, enjoying family life!
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Post by Richard »

Great news Al and best wishes to the family, cheers, Richard & Alison
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be brave

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comiserations to both of you ,say farewell to the comfort zone
freedom is a thing of the past
shit ,vomit, arguments and sleepless nights are in store
If I were you Al I would try and return him back to where he came from.
tricky I know but the longer you leave it the harder it gets.

Valium ,antidepressants,alcohol and the Samaritans are the only solution

Be brave, be very brave

Lord Timid

PS

Congratulations :!: :!:
What do you mean not ENOUGH wind ?
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Well I never!!!

Post by gerrys »

Congratulations to you both, glad everyone is doing well. He'll soon be teaching you all the things you'd forgotten..... :D 8)

Look forward to seeing you all sometime.

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Post by Viv Powell »

Congratulations to you both and big hello to little John :D :D .

Only another 18 years before you get your freedom back, most of it anyway, I'll get back to you when I find out when the financial drain finishes :shock: , worth every penny (sorry pound!) though.

We are looking forward to the birth of our 1st Grandchild in late Sept early Oct :D . Should be much less stressful, just hand her back when anything needs cleaning up :wink:
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Post by MartinF »

26 years on, and still not got our freedom back.

Add to which, I just became a grandfather last week.

Congrats Al.
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Post by NigelP »

I am late to the party, but congratulations.

I am sure enjoying the delights of the the late night feeds and the consequences.

I highly recommend taking loads of photos in the first few years because time goes so quickly.

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Post by Al Donald »

Thanks again, Viv, Martin, Nigel.
Fortunately, Denise has the feeding 'equipment' and also I'm a heavy sleeper, so generally miss the night-time mayhem!
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