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To clap my hands and skip about in a elephantine manner?

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 15/06/2017 23:11

I'm going to be a grandfather! Woo hoo! They haven't tuppence to rub together, so there'll be 3 generations under one roof. Still, DD is doing well after the throwing stopped, he's working all the hours God sends, and with luck I shall see New Person into their teens, as opposed to my DF who got less than 7 years of DGF hood. Wish us luck.

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Pashazade · 13/07/2018 17:04

Aww. Just think of it as the next big adventure. You'll be joining them soon enough and I'm sure you can FaceTime/Skype every day!

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 13/07/2018 11:03

Oh God, it's really happening. Rental sorted, most of the packing done, van booked. Got to keep busy or I'll have hysterics.

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BoreOfWhabylon · 11/07/2018 01:25

You appear to have taught him to skip about in an elephantine manner Disgrace!

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 11/07/2018 00:21

Spot on, Bore. Yesterday he did something unusual: he stood unsupported, and then jumped so his feet left the ground twice. Then he tried to take a step and fell over. It looks like he's got his CofG sorted, but only vertically. We'll miss him dreadfully, but not the bit where two ageing ex-bikers/climbers with fucked legs have to chase a tiny maniac round a large house.

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BoreOfWhabylon · 10/07/2018 11:25

I can work out 'Idge' but 'Obbries'? Am guessing strawberries.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 10/07/2018 11:00

”ello ampa!"
"Hello Little Prince! What do you want for breakfast?"
"Idge! Obbries!"

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 06/07/2018 23:05

Tell you what though, he's getting to the nerve wracking stage. He made it out of the living room, up the stairs and into the bathroom in under a minute yesterday. When he was found, he was hanging off the bath and working his feet up the side.

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BoreOfWhabylon · 06/07/2018 08:57

On our own

Yes, of course. It's good that you will have the arse-kick to take your minds off it a little.

Been telling myself for years that I should start clearing stuff. Somehow never get round to it though.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 05/07/2018 22:23

Bore: it's going to be that moment when we get back to the house on our own. Of course, the following morning the clear out and redecorating starts, so we'll be too busy to mope. I reckon I've got two full bookcases to go to Sue Ryder, about half a ton of gardening rubbish, shitloads of old clothes. Upstairs landing needs a new ceiling, all the doors need painting, couple of skirting boards, etc etc etc.

To be honest, we've needed a kick up the arse for years.

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BoreOfWhabylon · 05/07/2018 10:16

But you are soon going to be moving up there too, Disgrace? Unless I misunderstood an earlier post of yours? Not the same as living with them but a new chapter for you all.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 05/07/2018 00:01

We're moving them Monday week. Long drive north, unload, run round picking up appliances, overnight on their floor, run back. 22 and a half years since we brought DD home from the hospital, and stood staring at this tiny person who'd been given to us. The house is going to feel very odd indeed.

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PrincessFiorimonde · 03/07/2018 18:41

Ahhh! Hope you all enjoy the new chapter that'll unfold between the hills and the sea.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 03/07/2018 09:38

Less than a fortnight before they're off. He's very nearly walking. We caught him clinging to the stairgate with his feet the other day. Here's a picture of other bad habits being encouraged.

To clap my hands and skip about in a elephantine manner?
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squirrelnutkins1 · 29/06/2018 07:46

How lovely 🙂

BoreOfWhabylon · 27/06/2018 08:00

Between the hills and the sea will be the perfect location for many many rambles featuring poking things with sticks as well as giving opportunity for much inspection of rock pools, sandcastle-building (with moats!) and driftwood and shell collecting.

Mini-Disgrace will have a rich store of golden memories of his childhood.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 27/06/2018 00:27

DSIL has dug him a hole, and in true Disgraceful tradition, he's digging himself in deeper.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 27/06/2018 00:24

Ten months old. He's been for his first visit to the beach. DD and DSIL have been flat hunting, they've got a place subject to references, and DSIL's transfer will be through in two or three weeks. We've found a decent 3 bed for us, just have to get our place ready to sell. We'll be between the hills and the sea, and hopefully a long golden afternoon to our time here.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 21/06/2018 00:49

He's learning cunning, and no longer makes a noise when escaping the room or trying to eat the router. You might be in the kitchen, and something warm brushes past a bare calf, causing you to squeal. Then he'll wipe his dribbly breakfast smeared face on your leg. I'm going to miss it.

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thornyhousewife · 17/06/2018 14:09

Disgrace - my partner and I lived with my parents when our first baby was born, and we all moved out after ten months.

I can happily reassure you that the bond between child (now 8) and grandparents has remained very strong. There are many sleepovers.

BoreOfWhabylon · 16/06/2018 20:55
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TransplantsArePlants · 16/06/2018 20:35

Shit.

I called you a Whore when you are ackchewly a Bore.

How long have you known you were a Bore? Grin

BoreOfWhabylon · 16/06/2018 19:36

@TransplantsArePlants

Did you just misname me?!?

That's, like, literal violence!!!

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TransplantsArePlants · 16/06/2018 16:40

Thank you Whore. Much needed relief Smile

BoreOfWhabylon · 16/06/2018 15:31

Aww, Transplants. I put the link there because it's such an antidote to all the horrible stuff that's going on.

TransplantsArePlants · 16/06/2018 07:58

I found this linked on Feminism Chat

Am now crying. In a good way

Thank you so much

Your bond with that baby will not end here Flowers

My teens boys love their grandparents because their grandparents have never jusdged them

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