New Arrival

[FamilyDub]

...and no it's not a new car (and goes some way to explaining why I've been so quiet this year with runs & pub meets)!

On 7th November, the missus delivered our first child by caesarian, a beautiful baby girl called Lily.

She was delivered at 7lb 5oz, twelve days late (takes after her da) and surprised us as we thought it might be a lazy boy.

Everyone's doing great and she's 4 weeks old today -- I'll post a pic when I've got a minute later.

And no, we're not looking at 4x4s or SUVs... an Evoque for the missus, perhaps

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[reserved for a wee pic]

[A.J.M]

Was wondering where you had gone!

Congrats on the new arrival, hope all is well.
Have you managed a good nights sleep yet?

[FamilyDub]

She's great & actually sleeping really well. 9pm-2am and then 3am-7am last night.

I'll be at a meet again soon.

[tonytifoso]

Congratulations to Maw, Paw & Wean!!

Don't believe what anyone tells you about girls being more expensive than boys. Based on my kids, the boy works out at approx 3 times more expensive and is still costing substantially more despite both kids having "flown the nest".

[Andrew[MG]]

That's great news! Best wishes to the family and good luck with two ladyfolks in the house.

It's quite handy that you already have a family car then :-)

[Allandwf]

Congratulations to you both. Best wishes.

[FamilyDub]

Andrew[MG] said:

It's quite handy that you already have a family car then :-)

...and an appropriate user name!

Although, if a fully-folded iCandy fits in the half-full boot of a 116d, I'm fairly sure it'll also fit in the back of an E46 M3...

[OlberJ]

Nice one chief, well in.

M135i should be on your list!

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OlberJ said:

M135i should be on your list!

Cheers one & all.

The M135i looks like a special car. Maybe in 3-4 years.

Been looking at the new AMG A-Class thingy (A25? A45?) and even at Focus ST Estates too. Still hankering after an E46 though..

[steelej]

Congrats mate, surely a 5 door R32 is on the cards?

John

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steelej said:

Congrats mate, surely a 5 door R32 is on the cards?

John

cheers

The numbers have been crunched and TBH, I can't get on with the running costs to performance ratio...

[Humper]

FamilyDub said:

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She was delivered at 7lb 5oz, twelve days late (takes after her da) and surprised us as we thought it might be a lazy boy.

Congrats, tho I cant quite get my head round how you reckoned your wife might give birth to an armchair?

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Humper said:

Congrats, tho I cant quite get my head round how you reckoned your wife might give birth to an armchair?

I see what you did there.

[chunkymonkey71]

Top News!

[kmm]

Congrats to you and the family. My wee one was 1oz lighter and arrived the same way.... she will be 18months on the 22nd, how time flys. The S4 avant was a good family car, but i really needed something more pratical, so bought an RS4.

I'm hoping to arrange a family BBQ in the summer, so perfect time to come along and show her off.
kmm - baby Emily
flipflop - baby Summer
Avril - baby Elise
Another girl joins the ph family.

[993AL]

Congrats and well done I don't think you'd have got away with suggesting 'R32' as a name

[kiwifraser]

Congratulations!! Great news

[SSC!]

Congrats, welcome to the baby girl club (they are the best clubs btw ).

Ave xx

[istoo]

FamilyDub said:

Cheers one & all.

The M135i looks like a special car. Maybe in 3-4 years.

Been looking at the new AMG A-Class thingy (A25? A45?) and even at Focus ST Estates too. Still hankering after an E46 though..

Congrats! Great day' same as my missus bday.
As a fellow VAG man, I sold my 90quattro and bought an e46 m3, have 3 kids' all fit in the car... Have an a6 avant also, but the m really is a briiliant all rounder, and on winters as capable as the old Q