Re: Happy birthday, Sn!pe!

[email protected] (Sn!pe) wrote in
news:1qdis41.1stpcrner1d7oN%[email protected]: 

> Merlyne <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> > 
>> > My birthday was lovely, thanks; my two boys came to visit,
>> > the younger one with his good lady in tow.  He's become
>> > a father in the last couple of years so of course he brought
>> > my little grandson with him.  He's such a cute little lad, a
>> > real delight to be with.  
>> 
>> I agree. Grandchildren are awesome. And you get to spend the day with
>> them, load the up with sugar and send them home.
>> > 
>> > It's nice to have a grandchild near at hand - my two teenage
>> > granddaughters live in Australia so I'm lucky if I get to see
>> > them face to face once a year.  As it happens, they're back
>> > in dear old Blighty next week, so we'll get together then.  
>> >   
>> 
>> That's nice!
>> Australia is so far away!
>> 
> 
> I'm a bit glum at the moment.  A couple of weeks ago my youngest told
> me that they were expecting a second baby.  It would have been
> absolutely lovely but I've just heard that they lost the baby at 12
> weeks.  It's a very big disappointment, obviously.  
> 
> I know that this is really not uncommon;  apparently 1 in 4
> pregnancies end in spontaneous abortion.  In fact it happened to the
> first Mrs Sn!pe and me before our eldest was born but it's still a
> blow for all that.  
>   
> Ho-hum, life goes on, I'm sure they'll try again.  Mrs S number 1 and 
> I went on to have 4 kids in the end.  
>     

That's too bad :(
Most people I know wait until after the 12 week mark to annouce for that 
reason.

How old is your youngest?