Grandchild #17 has arrived.

**Rick Y** · 7th May 15, 12:38 PM

After 40 hours of labor culminating in a c-section, my grandson finally got here!. 9 lbs 10 oz, 22.5 inches, and a full head of hair! This makes a total of 17 and, in total, represents a significant amount of our Christmas budget!

. Parents have yet to agree on a name for him so I'm going to call him Nameless. The father is a veterinarian who had to amputate a leg from a cat and then adopted the cat and called him Legless so little Nameless will fit right into the family. Now I will try to get the picture to post. (Believe it or not I WAS trying to smile for the photo!! Hmm....

**Richrail** · 7th May 15, 12:40 PM

Congratulations, and best wishes for a happy healthy life.

**Jack Daw** · 7th May 15, 12:43 PM

Congrats to the entire family (especially the mother)!

**GMan** · 7th May 15, 03:49 PM

What a great joy!

**Kiltedjohn** · 8th May 15, 12:29 AM

Congratulations to all the family.

**Liam** · 8th May 15, 04:17 AM

Congrats Grandpa!

**Pleater** · 8th May 15, 04:57 AM

Oh - he's gorgeous, all that hair - and he has your nose.

Seventeen eh? Less a family, more a tribe.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**AlabamaCelticLass** · 8th May 15, 12:39 PM

Congrats and best wishes! I don't think I've ever seen that much hair on a newborn... he's precious!!

**cessna152towser** · 8th May 15, 01:16 PM

Congratulations. Seventeen grandchildren. You are beginning to rival some of my Canadian cousins in the procreation game. I'd hazard a guess the high fertility rate in North America may be caused by something in the drinking water

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**Rick Y** · 8th May 15, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by AlabamaCelticLass

Congrats and best wishes! I don't think I've ever seen that much hair on a newborn... he's precious!!

Well, honesty forces me to admit that the size of our family isn't strictly due to my virility. We only had two biological children then went the adoption route for the other six. Much more fun that way; you get to be choosy and pick out the best.