OT: It's a Boy!!! (Notre Dame loses again)

Submitted by MGoCooper on

So, today we found out that we're having a boy, which I'm totally stoked about. I would have been thrilled with a girl too, but it's our first child, so naturally I wanted a boy first. The great part is, that during the game Saturday night, my wife (A Notre Dame grad) made a bet with m.e After Notre Dame scored the go ahead touchdown with some thirty odd seconds left, I said Michigan still had time to at least tie this game. So high in her revelry was she, she told me that if by "some miracle" Michigan won, I could decorate the baby room any way I so chose, boy or girl. I had been jokingly threatening to decorate the room in Michigan colors and such even if it were a girl for months. The topper, was that I had made a comment that I was going to make a Bo Schembechler baby mobile above her crib. That every time it spinned, it says "The Team, The Team, The Team". Having no clue if something like that were even possible, she agreed. Turns out it is possible! I have a few engineering friends that I graduated with from Michigan that say it's easily doable. All we have to do, is find little stuffed toy heads of Bo, which aren't easy to find, but I'm sure we can do something. 

Her face when Michigan scored was one of biblical hatred, Which was made it even better,  when my friend informed her that the Bo Schembechler baby mobile was indeed possible. Her only consolation is that I told her I wouldn't hang a picture of The General, with the caption "To Hell With Notre Dame" at the bottom.Glorious night, Go Blue!

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UMUC

September 12th, 2011 at 8:36 PM ^

Looooong time lurker, 1st time poster...  Had to pop the cherry seeing this thread.  Have twin boys due in 2 weeks!  Extremely fired up.  Do I really know what I'm in for in the 1st 3 months???   

By the way, my wife gave the hall pass to head to AA on saturday 4 hours away, with the phone in my hand the entire time just in case.  She is a keeper!!

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UM Indy

September 12th, 2011 at 11:08 PM ^

we're both in Indy from our user names.  We have twin girls that are almost 12.  It's been hard at every stage - just in different ways.  I suspect you're in pure survival mode right now - feed, sleep, work, etc.  Gets easier from a constant supervision standpoint, but more challenging from a discipline standpoint.  I'm taking one of the twins to the Minnesota game - will be her first!  Will the other one next year!

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kyeblue

September 12th, 2011 at 8:16 PM ^

Congratulations! My son, soon to be 4 year old, woke up in the middle of his sleep the other night, just in time to watched the final minutes of the game with me. 

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HAILtoBO

September 12th, 2011 at 8:19 PM ^

I was born 30 minutes before the 1991 Michigan vs. Notre Dame game... Yup the one where Desmond decided to do this... 

Edit: Forgot  this. Congratulations!!!

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FreddieMercuryHayes

September 12th, 2011 at 8:22 PM ^

I, unlike many of the previous posters, have no children.  But I do have a dog.  I'm told it's pretty much the same thing except that dogs are a bit harder because they can't feed themselves like a baby can.

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mgoblue7

September 12th, 2011 at 8:27 PM ^

congrats, i found out a month ago my wife and I are expecting a boy in early Jan. I have been slowly working on getting the room decorated in maize and blue. I have already bought him a Denard jersey and got the wife to agree that if Michigan can win the national championship we will name him after Brady Hoke.

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pullin4blue

September 12th, 2011 at 8:32 PM ^

Congrats. I thought I wanted a boy, but 16 years ago my wife had a girl. I took her to the b-ball games to watch the fab 5. She convinced me to get club seats and is always there for football and hockey games. She will make someone a great wife. She can't cook anything more than Mac and cheese but can tell you a lot about football and hockey. You don't have to have a boy to transmit your love of u of m sports, you just have to have someone who wants to spend time with you and thinks you know everythig about everything. Parenthood is wonderful!

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LSAClassOf2000

September 12th, 2011 at 8:50 PM ^

I have a 5 year-old daughter and a 4 year-old son.  Kids really do change things, but I love them both dearly. Incidentally, my family rivalry comes this Saturday, as my wife is an Eastern  Michigan alum (I did my graduate work at Eastern, but my undergraduate years at Michigan are the proudest of my academic career). I keep telling her, "2-1 is a decent start,  right?"

Hopefully, I have two fine additions to that campus in Ann Arbor in their beds right now. 

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fuzzy247

September 12th, 2011 at 8:55 PM ^

My wife and I just had our first kid (girl) a month ago. As we discussed names weeks and months before I was trying to come up with Michigan related names just to get a reaction out of her. One of us came up with Maizey Blue. My wife actually thought it was cute. But unfortunately Maizey wasn't on her top 3 list but we did keep Blue as the middle name! At first I thought the OP's bet was going to be about naming the baby Denard. That would be awesome... But good luck with the mobile. Maybe you can post a picture of the finished product?

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TorontoBlue

September 12th, 2011 at 9:01 PM ^

something to look forward to is taking your kids to the Big House as often as possible.  i did that with my son growing up.  he's 30 and lives in atlanta now but we both get a pass one weekend a year to have a father-son bonding weekend at a UM home game of his choice.  brought his 5 year-old along this year for his first game.  three genrations - awesome.

Good Luck & GO BLUE!

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acnumber1

September 12th, 2011 at 10:02 PM ^

ANY MGOBLOG child born between now and forever must be named Denard!

If said child is a male and is the first born, it must be named Denard.

If said child is a male but NOT the first born, it may be named Denard but may not be named anything other than Denard.

 

If said child is a female and is the first born, she must be named Denard.

 

If said child is a female but NOT the first born, she may be named Denard but may not be named anything other than Denard.

 

If said child has any siblings already named Denard....they've joined a fast-ass family!

 

Denards all around!

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Lebowski

September 12th, 2011 at 10:08 PM ^

At least it was for me. My daughter had just turned 3 (this Feb.) and then sang "The Victors" randomly while riding with me in the car.
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<br>"No it's not 'The Victors' Daddy, it's 'Da Bictors!'"
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<br>Love that kid. Have fun on the journey. Congrats!

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mattyd22

September 12th, 2011 at 10:52 PM ^

9 and 6 to their 1st game this weekend. They've had to deal with a lot of tsio b.s. (mostly at school). Wife and I are hoping this weekend makes them Wolverines for life. Look out for a baseball commit in 2020 and a qb/ath and track star in 2024!
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<br>A guy can dream right?

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StephenRKass

September 13th, 2011 at 1:58 AM ^

If you really go all the way with maize and blue, or wimp out with baby blue and a paler yellow.

Regardless, I hope you and your wife get on the same page. This is not the kind of bet I would insist on collecting.

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RedGreene

September 13th, 2011 at 9:17 AM ^

 

I have a Bo Schembechler bobblehead doll I would happily decapitate and contribute to this endeavour (no disrepect intended to the coach).

Congrats and go blue

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