how old

[auntie]

How old are we here?...I mean that in a good way. I'm curious because I met someone today who is 46 and had their first child..(mom was 40)...and it made me think...how people today start their families later.

I'm 50 this past year(guess I should have lied about that!)..and I had my first child at 22. I just can't imagine having a child at 46..but it does seem it's much more common? How about everyone here. I know Colson's little guy is due soon too...had me wondering about the rest of us. What can I say..I'm nosey!



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[2goofycampers]

I'm 46, DH is 51. we had our one and only when I was 21 and DH was 26. I could not even begin to imagine having a baby now... I'm sure you would hear "what a cute grandchild you have" alot. At this age the recliner sounds alot better than a rocking chair.

[AlyLynn]

I just hit the big 40 this year, and DH is 53. We had our first when I was 26, and he was 39. We have 4 great kids, ages 2-13. (I don't mind telling a fellow Long Islander our real ages! :goodvibes )

[tinah159]

I am 45 and my DH is 35. I have 3 kids, the youngest is 17. I cant imagine having a little one at this stage of my life..I have a 2 year old grandson and am glad to play with him and send him home! I just dont have the patience anymore.

[genhand]

I'm 28 and my DH is 44 (45 this november). We had our DD, when I was 23 and he was 40 and our DS when I was 26 and he was 42. My DH was never married before me and no children, in fact he tought he would never have kids before he meet me!:confused3 But 2 is enough for us! DS at 2 doesn't sleep through the night yet! :scared1:

[auntie]

I am 45 and my DH is 35. I have 3 kids, the youngest is 17. I cant imagine having a little one at this stage of my life..I have a 2 year old grandson and am glad to play with him and send him home! I just dont have the patience anymore.

I feel the same way about my niece and nephew...love em to pieces, like to spoil them but home they go! My youngest will be 17 in June. I can't imagine having a four year old at this point in my life. I look forward to my older son having children..I'd like to be a young grandma..like you.(although you are 5 years younger than I am!) Nice to be able to really play with them, and then send them on their way! He tells me I'll be waiting a while.:rolleyes:



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[tinah159]

My DGS is so great...I am looking forward to taking him to FW soon..

[jimlin]

58 AND 55, NO kids and don't miss them.

Jim

[stacktester]

42 last week and trying to hold, hold , hold. Anybody got any secrets lol.

[loveDmouse]

We both turn 34 this year. We have been married almost 14 years. Our kids have four legs and fur and that is how we like it. :thumbsup2 We don't plan on having kids.

[Rhonda]

I'm 43 and DH is 44. We got married at 18, and had our DS at 19. He's grown and married, and so Barclay is our kid now! We've been going to the Fort for about 20 years. :goodvibes

[auntie]

42 last week and trying to hold, hold , hold. Anybody got any secrets lol.




I was 39 for at least three or fours years till my youngest started to catch on! Hey..given the alternative...what are ya gonna do?;)

[auntie]

I'm 43 and DH is 44. We got married at 18, and had our DS at 19. He's grown and married, and so Barclay is our kid now! We've been going to the Fort for about 20 years. :goodvibes

I was like you..married at 19..although we didn't have our first till four years later, I was almost 23. I look at my own daughter who is 20...and I CAN NOT imagine her married at this age. She seems SO YOUNG! I guess my parents thought the very same thing. :rolleyes: If she marries the guy she's dating now..I'll..I'll..I'll... I don't know what I'll do..but it will defintely involve MEDICATION.:headache:



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[CaptKen]

I'm so old I remember when the Mississippi river was a trickle and the Gulf of Mexico was a pond.

[ILoveDisney&Cruising]

Wow, I feel so odd. (no, not a typo - didn't mean to type old, but what the heck, most of the time I feel old, too!) :lmao:

DH is 44, I'll be 44 in June. Our 2 DS's are 9 & 11. Some days I really want more. If I were just a little younger, I think 3-4 (5?) would be a good number.

I often regret missing the boat in having more after 2nd was born, but he was SO colicky & screamed the entire 1st year of his life, my nerves couldn't take it. Then, all of a sudden, before I knew it, I was old(er) and fat(ter)! :sad2: If I could roll back time and have a do-over, I'd have more. But we had 3 miscarriages before the 1st was born, so I try to be content to have what I have! :-)

[Shannone1]

Chad and I are both 35. We met when we were 14, started dating at 16, married at 18 and had our first child at 21. We were the first of our friends to get married and have kids. Our oldest is almost 14 now and I have friends my age with toddlers and newborns. One is still trying to have her first baby.

I know lots of people choose to wait until their lives are more settled...but I am GLAD we had our kids when we were younger. By the time our youngest is 18 we will only be 46 :cool1:

[dean_and_monica]

I will be 37 and DH turned 38 today. We are still trying to have kids. We got married late, just 2004. It was the first for us both. We had a miscarriage last year. It gives me comfort to know that women can have kids later in life. I know we're all different, but it gives me a little hope that it's not too late :).

Monica

[We4mickey]

I just turned 46 this week or as I look at it, one year closer to AARP. DH is 48. We got married when I was 19, almost 26 years ago. Gosh, that seems like such a long time. We were high school sweethearts. Had our first DS when I was 22. He is 23 now and the other DS is 18. Older DS has a girlfriend with a 4 year old. I consider him our grandson. He has been in our family since he was a little over a year old. We took him on his first DW trip when he was 2 1/2, what FUN that was. Can't wait to take him back.

[terri01p]

dean and monica I have a close friend that's been trying to have children for as long as I can remember, she just turned 40 and on her birthday last tuesday delivered a healthy baby boy. She has had at least two miscarriages that I personally can recall...I guess the time was right because she just poof got pregnant and thus the story..hehe

[LONE-STAR]

Me and the DW are both 29. We have been married 7 years. No kids, but we figure that will change in a year or so.

[ynottony99]

I will be 48 in April. I have my beautiful DD who is 16.:love: My oldest step son has a son who is 5. I am always quite happy when someone thinks my DGS is my DS!!! ;)

[homebrew2]

I'm 64 and I can out drink, out work, out cuss....OOOPPS sorry wrong forum:rolleyes1

Got two DD's 33 and 30, three GS'S 9, 2, and 9mos.....two GD'S 6, and
2 mos :love: :yay:

[momoffive]

I'm 36 ouch and DH is 39. My kids ask how old are you Mommy, and I tell them and their responce is, "OOH..Daddy is winning!" and I say yep. We tried for a long time to get pregnant and just when we were giving up got pregnant with multiples. First pregnancy gave a beautiful DD and then less than 2 years later blessed with 4 more. My kids all just had B-days and are now DD9 and the quads 7. They are finally at an age that we started camping again. DH and I used to go pre kids, but with so many so fast that hasn't been an option until recently, and they all LOVED FW!:thumbsup2
momoffive

[Escape Artist]

I'm 46 and dh is 47. We got married at 21 wanted kids when we were young, but that didn't happen. The only major drugs I've ever done were fertility drugs (had a $600/day "habit" there for awhile), but in 16 years managed to have 3 kids, for whom I am eternally thankful.

I had my 1st at 31 and last one at 40. PG at 40 is a lot harder than at 30! When I'm with my 6 year old, I keep waiting to get my first "oh, this must be your granddaughter" comment, but it hasn't happened yet! :lmao:

I think some of the big differences now are: people who "gave up and adopted" back when I was little, now they can use medical technology and keep on trying longer for success. And some people wait longer because they graduated from college with outrageous loans and have huge mortgages, or just never met (or stayed with) the right person long enough.

It's interesting to me that where we lived in California, lots of moms had their kids in their 30's. Here in Texas, they have 'em young! So maybe it's a regional thing, too. I stick out as an "older" mom a lot more here than there!

Sue in Texas
...wanted 4, but took too long having the 1st 3... :confused3

[DznyRulz]

I'm 41 and DW is 42. Our DS just turned 16 and thankfully he hasn't shown any interest yet in driving.

[des1954]

I'm 53 & DH is 54. We're still waiting to have our first baby!:lmao:

Seriously... we tried & tried (got real good at practicing) went to a fertility specialist, did the drugs, etc, etc, but no go. Invitro was too new then, too expensive, not covered under insurance, and absolutely no guarantees.

We got real good at spoiling other peoples kids. Unfortunately, we lived too far away from NTSammy5 to spoil his kids... which is a good thing, because they would probably have ended up on prozac or something!!:rotfl:

We settled for a lot of trips to FtW & raised cats, instead!

[disney4dan]

Well, I'm 43 and DW doesn't look a day over 29 (If she wants to tell you her age, great, but not my place!). We met while in high school, started dating while in college and then got married a year after graduation. Our first was born when we were 26. Our second came along when we were in our 30s, and my wife still tells the story about asking the doctor why so many tests were being run for the second child. She said, "I don't recall you running this many tests for our first pregnancy?" the doctor replied "I don't remember you being over 30 then either!" :lmao: . Seems so long ago now.

We love the 3 kids, and are glad mother nature decided to help us get an earlier start than we had been planning. Who was it that said "Life is what happens as you're busy making other plans"? So true.

[Gatordad]

you are all a bunch of old farts.

[Boomer1]

I'm 38 and DH is 40. We met when I was in high school and he was in college. Married at 21, first child at 25, second at 27, third and final at 29. Last year I returned to school to pursue a degree in Nursing. This semester I had my clinical rotation on Maternity/ Labour and Delivery. I would say that we had many first time Moms in their late 20s early 30s. I did not see many first time Moms under the age of 25. I remember people being after me after we got married wondering when we were going to " start our family". The pastor at my parent's church told me he was praying for us. There was alot of pressure to get pregnant earlier and most people did. I felt rather old when I had my first but that was my choice and I do not regret it. My DSIL just had her first last year at 40 , she and her DH had given up hope but miracles still happen.:yay:

[Rhonda]

you are all a bunch of old farts.

Ok dad. I notice you didn't follow that up with your age!!! Come on! Out with it! :thumbsup2

[Momof626x3]

I'm 34, DH is 37. I was married at 23, had my first at 24, my second at 28, and third at 29 (SURPRISE!). I get to ship my last one off to school in the fall so I can finally eat those bon bons!!:woohoo:

[DisCamper]

i turned 40 3/10

[proudmomof4]

I am 41, DH is 38. My first 3 children are from my first marriage, I was 19 for the first, 21 for the second and 25 for the third, had the 4th with current DH when I was 30. DH had no children before he met me so he got a ready made family and made himself more of a father to my kids than my ex ever has been.

[Gatordad]

i'm 40 but act like 8

[PrincessMom98]

I am 41 and DH is 50. We were married at 24 and 33 and our kids are DD9, DS4 and DS2. First 2 kids I needed fertility drugs but DS2 was a surprise (a happy one) born 2 days after my 39th Bday.

It is interesting how the age people have children changes in different regions. I thought that I would be an older mom in my kids schools, but most moms are about the same age.

[stacktester]

i'm 40 but act like 8

I wouldn't have guessed a day over 3. :rotfl2:

[DisCamper]

Cheryl said i act 15

[BigDaddyRog]

Im 39, Gina is 37(but still gets carded when she buys alcohol or my cigs)and is a much prettier lady than I deserve. We've been married for 18 years, so it goes without saying that she has the patience of a saint for dealing with me and all the baggage that comes with me. In all reality, I AM MY WIFES 1ST CHILD!!! And she's raised me well.
We had our 1st daughter Laci, 4 months after our wedding. Everyone was sure we'd never last a year and were only getting married because she was pregnant....gee, I hope they're wrong!!!
Had our 2nd daughter Misti, 18 months later....she'll be 17 next month and Im considering putting her up for adoption;) she's a tough pill to swallow, but only because she's as smart-a$$ and stuborn as dear old dad!
Thought we were finished with two...avg American family with 2.3 children, that worked for us....but that .3 wasn't finished yet, and 11 yrs ago we had daughter #3, Tori..the only one who has successfully mastered the art of Daddy Manipulation....spitting image of her Mother, inside and out(and concieved on Disney property)!
Ok, 3 kids, all girls...we better stop here, Im getting old and tired...but apparently NOT THAT TIRED!!!! I shoulda just went to sleep that night!!!!
Here's daughter #4, Kenzi......this child is from another planet!! Im not sure what color the sky is in her world...but the only reason I know she wasnt switched at birth is because of her love of music....5 years old and knows all the words to every early Madonna song, and (I quote) "doesnt really like Madonna's new stuff" (Madonna hasnt put out any "new stuff" since Kenzi was an infant!!!) Of coarse Britney Spears and Hannah Montanna run a tight race with her as well.

My wife LOVED being pregnant.....she'd have another one in a New York second if there were no complications with our last two. But, as it is...we actually ARE finally done.....and Laci just gave us the coolest grandson, Cayden, 9 months ago. Shes a very young (but surprisingly patient) mother (18 yrs old) and of coarse we have ALOT of responsibility in teaching her to be a good parent(good by OUR definition, and we dont really care about anyone elses definition), so although Gina didnt get to be pregnant again...she does play a vital part as MeeMee while Laci is finishing her graduating year of High School.

There it is....my life in a nutshell......probably not the roads everyone would have chosen, and definately not an easy road.....but I have nothing to hide from the world. And My wife and I, who "probably wont even make it through the first year together"....have grown old,....and pretty darn happy, together. We're living our own Happily Ever After.

[Brer Bear]

:worship: Rog, you are much better man than I! I've got two sons, aged 15 and 9...the Good Lord knew if he gave me a DD, I'd keep her locked up til she was 30 and wouldn't let her date till she was 40! How do you handle prospective suitors to your brood? 12 gauge!?

I'm 40 and DW is 38....I'm happy cuz she tells me I am!


you are all a bunch of old farts.

Old ones smell better than the newer fresher ones!!!:rotfl:

[JCJRSmith]

I will be 48 in May, SWMBO will be 43 in September. I have three kids - a daughter, Jessica, who just turned 24. She was born during my first marriage. Cindy and I will hit 20 years married this November. We waited 4 years after marrying then had my son, Joshua, who will be 16 in June. He is a high school sophmore and prospective computer geek like his dad, studying computer technology at the local vocational/technical school and pert near a straight "A" student. Also a soccer player. My youngest is going to be 10 next week, a scary-intelligent young lady. I wouldn't be surprised if she turns out to be a computer geek as well.

My oldest presented us with a granddaughter when she was 18 while she was a senior in high school. She had the baby in March (DGD Marissa will be 6 next week) and graduated with her class. She and Marissa's father split up not long after, and she married a young man named John, 25, who is a trucking supervisor for a shipping company in Cincinnati. He is also a decorated Army Reservist who may be deploying back to Iraq this summer. He and Jessie have 2 sons, Roman (2) and Shamus (will be one in June).

Hey, wanna see pictures of my grandkids? Do ya? Course ya do: http://notsonormalfamily.blogspot.com

[cyberdeb]

I am 46, married at 19 (too young and naive), had first child at 20 and 2nd at 25, divorced by 27 and very, very happily remarried at 30 to dh who is now 47. Had our daughter at 30. Only one at home now, 15 almost 16 year old teenage girl. :scared1:

[ram101]

I am 38, DW is 40. When we met she already had 2 girls DD20 and DD17. They were 6 and 3 when we met. Since their father is a dead beat and in prison they never had a father other then me.
We had the DS at 27/29, DD8 at 29/31 and the twin DD4 at 33/35.
We used to kid about having 12 :scared1: :scared1: ....Wow there is nooooo way!! 6 was Eenough!

DD20 is in her 2nd year of college (Deans list x2:banana: ) and Our Disney vacation fund this year went to pay for DD17's trip to France with school:confused: . (Dont know if I should be happy for her or mad at her for taking the mouse away from us!!!)


Momoffive... I don't know how you survived with quads. Its funny how people always complain about how tough a time they had with one. The twins were and are a handful. They seem to feed off each other and have always worked as a team to get into things. One will distract while the other gets into something!! I can't imagine 4 at once!!:worship: :worship:

[RvUsa]

Ok, I am 39 going on 100, my Dw Erica is 32 and our son Matt is 5 going on 18. We got married in 99 and had Matt in 02. I knew Erica's family and her mom long before I knew her. She was away at school, when a friend from HS started dating her cousin, and their family kinda adopted us. Now my friend and her cousin are married, (he is the CM we visited in Fl) and they have a son 2 months older than Matt.

[drafthorsecrazy]

I'm 49 and holding on to the slippery slope of the 40's with my fingernails firmly attached to anything I can grip. My DH is 59. We met when I was in high school and a GF of mine was babysitting his children from his first marriage. We were married when I was 18. Everyone thought I was marrying him for his money.....so for years I joked and told people that we couldn't get divorced yet because he wasn't rich enough for me to "take him for everything he had". Now, after almost 31 yrs. he is semi-retired I tell everyone I missed his peak and we are stuck with each other for life. My husband has 2 sons from his first marriage, 38, & 36. You'll notice there is only a 11 & 13 yr difference in their ages and mine---DH claims it was like raising 3 kids . I know I felt like we grew up together over the yrs. When I was 21, we had my one and only child.....another son. I had a houseful of male testosterone!! To compound that, when my step sons had children, they each had a son. Last year, my son's wife gave birth to a baby GIRL!!!! Now after years and years of buying boy clothes and toys I can finally buy things pink and frilly.:woohoo: I am currently babysitting, and I have been for 3 days straight now and I can say I am TOTALLY exhausted and I'm looking forward to sending the little darling home this evening. My hat goes off to any woman taking on parenting during their 40's.

[stacktester]

Im 39, Gina is 37(but still gets carded when she buys alcohol or my cigs)and is a much prettier lady than I deserve. We've been married for 18 years, so it goes without saying that she has the patience of a saint for dealing with me and all the baggage that comes with me. In all reality, I AM MY WIFES 1ST CHILD!!! And she's raised me well.
We had our 1st daughter Laci, 4 months after our wedding. Everyone was sure we'd never last a year and were only getting married because she was pregnant....gee, I hope they're wrong!!!
Had our 2nd daughter Misti, 18 months later....she'll be 17 next month and Im considering putting her up for adoption;) she's a tough pill to swallow, but only because she's as smart-a$$ and stuborn as dear old dad!
Thought we were finished with two...avg American family with 2.3 children, that worked for us....but that .3 wasn't finished yet, and 11 yrs ago we had daughter #3, Tori..the only one who has successfully mastered the art of Daddy Manipulation....spitting image of her Mother, inside and out(and concieved on Disney property)!
Ok, 3 kids, all girls...we better stop here, Im getting old and tired...but apparently NOT THAT TIRED!!!! I shoulda just went to sleep that night!!!!
Here's daughter #4, Kenzi......this child is from another planet!! Im not sure what color the sky is in her world...but the only reason I know she wasnt switched at birth is because of her love of music....5 years old and knows all the words to every early Madonna song, and (I quote) "doesnt really like Madonna's new stuff" (Madonna hasnt put out any "new stuff" since Kenzi was an infant!!!) Of coarse Britney Spears and Hannah Montanna run a tight race with her as well.

My wife LOVED being pregnant.....she'd have another one in a New York second if there were no complications with our last two. But, as it is...we actually ARE finally done.....and Laci just gave us the coolest grandson, Cayden, 9 months ago. Shes a very young (but surprisingly patient) mother (18 yrs old) and of coarse we have ALOT of responsibility in teaching her to be a good parent(good by OUR definition, and we dont really care about anyone elses definition), so although Gina didnt get to be pregnant again...she does play a vital part as MeeMee while Laci is finishing her graduating year of High School.

There it is....my life in a nutshell......probably not the roads everyone would have chosen, and definately not an easy road.....but I have nothing to hide from the world. And My wife and I, who "probably wont even make it through the first year together"....have grown old,....and pretty darn happy, together. We're living our own Happily Ever After.


My DD who is 10 may be going to adoption block if she doesn't quit giving daddy a hard time. I told my mom yesterday I'm thinking of running away and she looks at me and says first of all, you're getting paid back for all you did to me, second of all you ain't seen nothin yet. Wait til she get's 12 or 13.

[DznyRulz]

... you ain't seen nothin yet. Wait til she get's 12 or 13.

Then there's 14, 15, 16, 17 .... I don't know if it will ever end.

[Memph1s]

Me DH 52 DW 47 DD 14 3/4 almost 14 7/8

[Luv2Camp]

I'm 40 (hanging on to that for another month!) and my DH is 43. We have two kids - DS is getting ready to turn 21 :scared1: and our DD is 15 going on 21. :scared1: :scared1: Our "babies" are the three dachsunds......They've been so much easier to raise! :thumbsup2

[dean_and_monica]

dean and monica I have a close friend that's been trying to have children for as long as I can remember, she just turned 40 and on her birthday last tuesday delivered a healthy baby boy. She has had at least two miscarriages that I personally can recall...I guess the time was right because she just poof got pregnant and thus the story..hehe

Thanks for the encouragement! Actually a lot of the stories on here have given me a boost! You never know what could happen. I was hoping for a little Mouse Magic in May.;)

[chief19spixi]

ahhh here were go!!

me 26 well at least until March 18th LOL
dh 37
DD 8
DD 5
DS 6
Our wuppy dog - 8

[drafthorsecrazy]

Our wuppy dog - 8

Hey! Thats what we call one of our dogs! When she was a puppy, that turned into wuppy and now that she's an old dog we just call her The Wup.

[chief19spixi]

Hey! Thats what we call one of our dogs! When she was a puppy, that turned into wuppy and now that she's an old dog we just call her The Wup.

LOL :cool1:

[lisa8200]

I'm ( Mike ) 38, DW Lisa is 45. We haven't figured out it she robbed the cradle or I have a thing for cougars :lmao: . Lisa has a DD Landon from her previous marriage but I consider her mine. We have been together for about 5-6 years..Over the last couple of months Lisa keeps saying things like " having a baby is the only thing we have't done " or a baby will be on TV and she'll say " aawww don't you want one ". Now, it's not that I'm against it but, Lisa will be on medicare before a new one will get out of high school, or college. I've had a few of the joys that Landon's birth Dad can't be bothered with like teaching her to ride a bike etc. so I don't feel like I'm missing out.

[AuburnJen92]

i just turned 38 and DH is 35 (about to be 36)

we waited to have kids so we could do things together, been together 17 years and married 12...DS is 4

i wouldn't trade what we did for anything

[lizardqueen]

I'm 31 and DH is 32. No bio kids, but we are foster parents, so who knows how old we will be when we decide enough is enough! We would like to adopt a couple though and hope to be able to do that in the next year or so.

[Katie Dawn]

Okay, so I lurk on here alot (well, it's not so much that I'm lurking, but I haven't been to the Fort yet so I don't have that much to contribute) but here goes:

I'm 29, DH is 35. We got married when I was 21. As you can see from my siggie we are working on becoming parents. I was really sad to cancel our "Dream Vacation" to FW last fall but knew it was the sensible decision to save it in case we needed it for fertility treatments. And in retrospect I'm glad we did! Had a minor surgery related to it all last month and spent our trip money (plus some) just on that! I'm hopeful, and if it doesn't happen then we'll definitely adopt (in fact, even if it does happen I think there's a good chance we'll adopt too). The great news is that I help first time parents for a living and I teach Infant Care Classes and Infant CPR/Safety Classes part-time -- so once we have our little one hopefully we'll be somewhat prepared (in actuality all that knowledge will probably fly out of my brain the moment our baby is put in our arms, but I can hope can't I?) :)

I just want to thank you guys for being here on the boards. I check in every so often and find that I get to take a "mini vacation in my mind" to the Fort and WDW by reading all about other people's plans, other people's trip reports, etc. Ya'll are lots of fun! :cloud9:

[auntie]

Seems we are quite the FW family...wide range of ages... Some started families early..some later..some still waiting..and some smart ones who knew better! Some with families of the four legged variety(really smart!) It's amazing how an interest in Disney and FW has brought us all together!:lovestruc





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[DisCamper]

i'm 40 cheryl 28 rudy the dog is 5 1/2. cheryl and i been together for 8 years.

[terri01p]

Ok I guess my turn :

My family you could say we have grown up together and I wouldn't change a thing ( well maybe one or two ) but after 27 yrs my dh still loves me ( or pretends to ) and my children love us, so somewhere along the line we did something right. :dance3:

[LarryJ]

Well you all can figure it out, but in a couple of months the DW and I will celebrate our 38th anniversary and we have two sons who this year will be 35 and 30. Early next year we will celebrate having been together for 40 years ... how time flies when you're having fun.

Larry

[OK GRUMPY]

I'm 45 till next week ( I thought I would reply know) :lmao: My DH is 46 we have 1 DS who is 21:banana: and we have been married for 24 wonderful years.

[auntie]

Well you all can figure it out, but in a couple of months the DW and I will celebrate our 38th anniversary and we have two sons who this year will be 35 and 30. Early next year we will celebrate having been together for 40 years ... how time flies when you're having fun.

Larry


So you were what...3...when she had your son? These math problems make my head hurt...:rotfl2:



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[seabee]

I will be 30 on April Fool's Day(seriously-that is why I fit in here!) DH turned 30 in Dec. I tell him he had better watch out, I only have a little more time to live my 20's up!!! We have been married for 11 yrs this year, we have 2 girls ages 9 going on 17 and 6 going on 17. We have been "camperers"(that is what DD calls camping in a camper-campering:) )for a little over 2 years. We stayed at the fort for the 1st time last Oct. and were hooked. DH is a disabled vet, so we work from home now, and get a little more free time than most people. We are hoping to be able to take more frequent trips down to the fort or anywhere really. I am working on convincing the kids to be home schooled. They aren't going for it though. Thanks to everyone who has made me feel welcome here, and made my mornings much more complete with the fantastic conversations! ;)

[3gr8kids]

Hi everyone ~ I'll play!

I'm 41, DH (still my best friend) is 40 (only 6 months younger than me), and we were high school sweethearts, although we went to different high schools. We'll be married for 20 years come this May, I was 21, he was 20. Our first DD is 17, our second DD is 11, and our DS is 3. Talk about running the gamut of ages/stages! We've got a teen, a tween, and a toddler, (oh my!) but I guess that was God's plan for us so I wouldn't have it any other way! :)

[Mmketeer]

Oh this is a scary post for those of us that have the Peter Pan syndrome, but since everyone else has been brave I will be too....

I am turning 37 next month (Yikes) and Hubby is turning 45 in June.
No kids other than our four-legged version and we've been married 16 years I believe, we have another one come up in May and I am starting to lose track! LOL!

[mamaloya]

Well, I am a little late coming in, but been real busy lately. Here goes.

I am ????, dh is 45. I had my first at 16. She is now 20 and due to have her first. She actually did it right though, she got married first. LOL So much smarter than me. I also have ds16, dd11, ds8, dd6, and dd4. We have been trying for baby #7 for a while, with no luck. With dh gone for a while, don't see it happening. I def feel that I am getting too old. Don't think I could keep up with a little one anymore. dd6 wants me to get pregnant while daddy is gone and surprise him. I told dh and he doesn't think it is a good idea. ;) :rotfl:

I have to say this last trip was nice not having to worry about diapers and such. Do look forward to bringing my grandbabies though.

[auntie]

Hi everyone ~ I'll play!

I'm 41, DH (still my best friend) is 40 (only 6 months younger than me), and we were high school sweethearts, although we went to different high schools. We'll be married for 20 years come this May, I was 21, he was 20. Our first DD is 17, our second DD is 11, and our DS is 3. Talk about running the gamut of ages/stages! We've got a teen, a tween, and a toddler, (oh my!) but I guess that was God's plan for us so I wouldn't have it any other way! :)


We had something similiar in that my youngest 16, (boy) and oldest (boy.. should say man he's 27!) have 11 years between them. (two girls in between). I had my older son graduating high school and the youngest graduating kindergarden the same year! I never had that experience where all the kids were in school at the same time, and naturally with their age differences, no one was ever in the same school either. I only had one year when my younger daughter and younger son were in the same school at the same time.

[PolynesianPixie]

I'm 21.









:rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl:

Just kidding. I'm 34. I think. Never can remember. I had my DDs fairly early. I figured I'd persue my dream of being the fairy Godmother in my 50's and thought it would be easier if the kids were out of the nest by then!;)

[auntie]

21...huh?....Sniffing the Pixie Dust again are we?:cutie:

[LONE-STAR]

Something is wrong this thread should be off topic buy now. :lmao:

[auntie]

Something is wrong this thread should be off topic buy now. :lmao:


Everyone is being...NICE:) ...NICE:) ...NICE:) ...my thread will not go off topic...everyone is playing NICE! :furious: Just like me....RIGHT?:cutie:

[LONE-STAR]

Everyone is being...NICE:) ...NICE:) ...NICE:) ...my thread will not go off topic...everyone is playing NICE! :furious: Just like me....RIGHT?:cutie:

:cool2: :rolleyes1 :cool2: ok

[mrsscooter]

I am 35 and a mom of two. Ages 6 and 7. My birthday is usually referred to at my house as "the anniversary of mommys 29th birthday"....Just ask the kids, they will tell you.

[Gatordad]

how can an off topic thread get on topic?

[LONE-STAR]

how can an off topic thread get on topic?

good point

[PolynesianPixie]

21...huh?....Sniffing the Pixie Dust again are we?:cutie:

Shhhhh!:thumbsup2

[Escape Artist]

...As you can see from my siggie we are working on becoming parents...

Well then, I'm sending lots of good vibes to you :goodvibes, and when you've got news, you'd better post it here!!!

pg is a great time to camp! :thumbsup2

Sue in Texas
...swore we'd never mortgage the house for it, but we did...

[CampingChristy]

How old are we here?...I mean that in a good way. I'm curious because I met someone today who is 46 and had their first child..(mom was 40)...and it made me think...how people today start their families later.

I'm 50 this past year(guess I should have lied about that!)..and I had my first child at 22. I just can't imagine having a child at 46..but it does seem it's much more common? How about everyone here. I know Colson's little guy is due soon too...had me wondering about the rest of us. What can I say..I'm nosey!



____________________

Well I am 43 yrs old and hubby is 45. I have two boys, age 23 from my first marriage and now hubby and I have a precious princess, 5 yrs old.

I wouldn't change it for the world. :love: :love:

My saying is "She will either keep me young or kill me one!":laughing:

[HappyCamper87]

I will be 37 and DH turned 38 today. We are still trying to have kids. We got married late, just 2004. It was the first for us both. We had a miscarriage last year. It gives me comfort to know that women can have kids later in life. I know we're all different, but it gives me a little hope that it's not too late :).

Monica

Monica,

Just want to tell you a miracle story that happened right in my office. My friend and co-worker was 41 years old, had given up on having children after years of not being able to get pregnant even with fertility treatments and when she did get pregnant there were miscarriages (I'm sorry by the way for your loss).

At 41 she finally got pregnant and did not announce until she was past four months old. I'm very proud to report I am now Aunt Liz to a beautiful 13 month old girl. :cool1:

She is living proof that you should not give up and miracles do happen.

I am 39 years old and I have a 18, 15 and 10 year old. I had my first one when I was 20 and even though it's been a stuggle I would not do it different. I didn't have a relationship with the two grandparents I had left when I was born and I want my children and parents to have a great relationship and so far, they have.

I am glad I am going to be a rather young grandma although I do not know how long it will take the 18 year old to have kids, the 15 year old does not want kids, she knows she's too selfish (can't think of a better word) at this point. My 10 year old can't wait to be a mom but she will also be the one child that actually may go to college.

Best wishes Monica.

[Disbuf]

39 and my DW is 37. No kids but like others; not for a lack of trying. We do however have substitutes for kids in our 7 year old Cavalier Spaniel and our 1 1/2 year old Cocker Spaniel. They bring us lots of joy although we would love to raise a child.

[Katie Dawn]

Well then, I'm sending lots of good vibes to you :goodvibes, and when you've got news, you'd better post it here!!!

pg is a great time to camp! :thumbsup2

Sue in Texas
...swore we'd never mortgage the house for it, but we did...

Oooooooooooo.....Escape Artist.....thank you so much for the good thoughts.

:hug:

[auntie]

Well I am 43 yrs old and hubby is 45. I have two boys, age 23 from my first marriage and now hubby and I have a precious princess, 5 yrs old.

I wouldn't change it for the world. :love: :love:

My saying is "She will either keep me young or kill me one!":laughing:

I have another saying "be nice, the younger one picks your nursing home.";)



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[happy_redhead]

Hi Guys!

DH is 46, I'll be 43 next week and we have 2 boys...8 and 10. We love The Fort and wish we were closer to visit more often!

Betsy

[CaptKen]

Ok, let me get out of my wheelchair and wipe the drool off my chin. It appears I may be the elder of the board so I demand respect.
56 last October, wife is 55. Married 10 happy years. The other 22 was pure hell. Daughter 30, son 26, two granddaughters age 10 and 4.
Ok, time for my prune juice and bedtime.

[3gr8kids]

We had something similiar in that my youngest 16, (boy) and oldest (boy.. should say man he's 27!) have 11 years between them. (two girls in between). I had my older son graduating high school and the youngest graduating kindergarden the same year! I never had that experience where all the kids were in school at the same time, and naturally with their age differences, no one was ever in the same school either. I only had one year when my younger daughter and younger son were in the same school at the same time.

Wow - I'll bet that was a busy year with the two graduations, lol!
I always joke with my mom (who will be 83 this June - don't tell her I told you, lol) about how she was pregnant for most of her adult life, and constantly had children in every stage. She and my dad will be celebrating their 63rd!! wedding anniversary this July. I'm the youngest of 8, the oldest of my siblings are two of my sisters, who are "Irish twins" (one born in January, the other in December of the same year), and they are 20 years older than I am. In fact, my MIL loves me because one of my first comments to her when we met was that I had two sisters the same age as she was! After the two oldest girls, my mom had my four brothers, then my other sister then me. So, every time my life gets a little hectic juggling schedules and shuttleing kids, I always imagine what it must have been like to be my mom with all 8 of us! :shamrock:

[auntie]

Wow - I'll bet that was a busy year with the two graduations, lol!
I always joke with my mom (who will be 83 this June - don't tell her I told you, lol) about how she was pregnant for most of her adult life, and constantly had children in every stage. She and my dad will be celebrating their 63rd!! wedding anniversary this July. I'm the youngest of 8, the oldest of my siblings are two of my sisters, who are "Irish twins" (one born in January, the other in December of the same year), and they are 20 years older than I am. In fact, my MIL loves me because one of my first comments to her when we met was that I had two sisters the same age as she was! After the two oldest girls, my mom had my four brothers, then my other sister then me. So, every time my life gets a little hectic juggling schedules and shuttleing kids, I always imagine what it must have been like to be my mom with all 8 of us! :shamrock:


Ha! That's so funny, I have a similiar situation in that my parents were married very young 15 and 16(what can I say..it was a different time!)..and I was the first born. However my husband is the youngest in his family..and he's four years older than I am. His older brother is 12 years older than he is and is. Turns out he is a few months older than my mom! So my mother inlaw has kids my parents age. Or my husband has siblings the same age as my parents..wierd either way you look at it!:scared:

[auntie]

Ok, let me get out of my wheelchair and wipe the drool off my chin. It appears I may be the elder of the board so I demand respect.
56 last October, wife is 55. Married 10 happy years. The other 22 was pure hell. Daughter 30, son 26, two granddaughters age 10 and 4.
Ok, time for my prune juice and bedtime.


:rotfl2: :laughing:


______________

[memorykeeper]

Me 38 and DH 44. 3 boys 24 (my stepson) 20 (my son) 7 (our son)

[BigDaddyRog]

...Married 10 happy years. The other 22 was pure hell.....



OMG...thats a HILARIOUS line!!! 32 years...man, ya got MY respect:thumbsup2

[dean_and_monica]

Monica,

Just want to tell you a miracle story that happened right in my office. My friend and co-worker was 41 years old, had given up on having children after years of not being able to get pregnant even with fertility treatments and when she did get pregnant there were miscarriages (I'm sorry by the way for your loss).

She is living proof that you should not give up and miracles do happen.

Best wishes Monica.

Thank you so much for your thoughts and best wishes! I'm hanging on to that miracle!

[CampingChristy]

I have another saying "be nice, the younger one picks your nursing home.";)



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Now this is funny!! :lmao: :rotfl2: :worship: :eek:

[bord1niowa]

Both my wife and I are half a century old. Been happily married 32 years. We have 5 kids ranging between 17 and 30 and grandkids popping out pretty regular nowadays. Have 5 going on 6 and plans for more. Shoulda had them first! Be there in June and I am looking hard for a peacock or Otter lawn ornament for the fort. You guys are nuts, just the way I like people.:lmao:

[Colson39]

I'm 32, the wife is 33 (turning 34 in a couple months though, I like to call her old woman :P). Been married a little over a year, have our first little boy, Reilly, due in just a few weeks!

Be there in June and I am looking hard for a peacock or Otter lawn ornament for the fort.

Come to my house, we have tons of peacock lawn ornaments. Of course, these actually move and squawk and poop, so you might not like them ;)

[JCJRSmith]

Wow - I'll bet that was a busy year with the two graduations, lol!
I always joke with my mom (who will be 83 this June - don't tell her I told you, lol) about how she was pregnant for most of her adult life, and constantly had children in every stage. She and my dad will be celebrating their 63rd!! wedding anniversary this July. I'm the youngest of 8, the oldest of my siblings are two of my sisters, who are "Irish twins" (one born in January, the other in December of the same year), and they are 20 years older than I am. In fact, my MIL loves me because one of my first comments to her when we met was that I had two sisters the same age as she was! After the two oldest girls, my mom had my four brothers, then my other sister then me. So, every time my life gets a little hectic juggling schedules and shuttleing kids, I always imagine what it must have been like to be my mom with all 8 of us! :shamrock:

I'll go ya one better: I am the youngest of seven. My brother is the oldest at 64. Five girls in between. My two oldest sisters are the same age - born 9 days apart.

Yep, you read that right.

Dad was married to a woman named Ruth, and they had two kids, my brother David, and oldest sister Laurie. Ruth and Laurie both got polio at the same time, and Ruth did not survive it.

Mom was married to a man named Tom, and they had two kids, Betty and Mary Kay. Mom was pregnant with my sister Claire when Tom was killed in an accident. He died July 4, buried three days later on Mom's birthday. Claire was born a week later on the 14th.

Two years later, Mom was working my my Aunt Mary (Dad's sister) and Mary introduced them. They were married in 1955, had my sister Patty in 1956 and me in 1960. There were so many girls in the family they pretty much figured I would be another girl - SURPRISE!!!!! I was three days old before my Dad told my Mom he wanted me named Gerald.

So, a real "Hers, Mine and Ours" story for my folks. My Mom will say that to this day, her greatest accomplishment was raising 7 home-owning, tax-paying American citizens.

[ntsammy5]

Been married 35 years with 3 kids (one of each) 27-33. We were both born in the 1940s after WWII with 2 grandsons and another on the way. The youngest DD told DW that they will start a family after she finishes her next marathon. Darned if I can figure that one out.

[RvUsa]

My favorite answer to the question, HOW OLD? Old enough to know better, young enough to still want too!

[BigDaddyRog]

...3 kids (one of each).......

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_33_7.gif:teacher:

[JCJRSmith]

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_33_7.gif:teacher:

the three kids probably refers to son, daughter and husband. :rotfl2: :lmao:

[ntsammy5]

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_33_7.gif:teacher:

I get that reaction all the time.

[tntina]

You guys are too funny! I am 37, DH is 38, we have three daughters 15,13,& 8.

[bord1niowa]

Whew! Glad more people responded today. I thought I killed another thread.:rotfl2:

[loveDmouse]

I'll go ya one better: I am the youngest of seven. My brother is the oldest at 64. Five girls in between. My two oldest sisters are the same age - born 9 days apart.

Yep, you read that right.

Dad was married to a woman named Ruth, and they had two kids, my brother David, and oldest sister Laurie. Ruth and Laurie both got polio at the same time, and Ruth did not survive it.

Mom was married to a man named Tom, and they had two kids, Betty and Mary Kay. Mom was pregnant with my sister Claire when Tom was killed in an accident. He died July 4, buried three days later on Mom's birthday. Claire was born a week later on the 14th.

Two years later, Mom was working my my Aunt Mary (Dad's sister) and Mary introduced them. They were married in 1955, had my sister Patty in 1956 and me in 1960. There were so many girls in the family they pretty much figured I would be another girl - SURPRISE!!!!! I was three days old before my Dad told my Mom he wanted me named Gerald.

So, a real "Hers, Mine and Ours" story for my folks. My Mom will say that to this day, her greatest accomplishment was raising 7 home-owning, tax-paying American citizens.

:faint: That is a lot to keep up with.

[Us3]

I'm 34, dh is 39 and we have three girls...9, 3 and 2 years old. We've been married for 11 years.

[BigDaddyRog]

the three kids probably refers to son, daughter and husband. :rotfl2: :lmao:

Big Al...you have a husband????

[ntsammy5]

Big Al...you have a husband????

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_11_6.gif

[LarryJ]

Ok, let me get out of my wheelchair and wipe the drool off my chin. It appears I may be the elder of the board so I demand respect.
56 last October, wife is 55. Married 10 happy years. The other 22 was pure hell. Daughter 30, son 26, two granddaughters age 10 and 4.
Ok, time for my prune juice and bedtime.

O.K. them there are fight'n words. :lmao: :rotfl2: I start getting SS year after next (2010 at age 62) and you're at least 3 years behind me you young "whipper snapper" :rotfl:

Now sit down back down and eat your green beans and finish everything on your plate and wipe that drool off your face or no desert for you.:rotfl: :banana: :rotfl2:

Larry

[ntsammy5]

I start getting SS year after next (2010 at age 62)

Hmmmmmm. I get it next January.

[LarryJ]

Hmmmmmm. I get it next January.

:worship: :worship: Need I say more :lmao:

Larry

[JCJRSmith]

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_11_6.gif

ooops. :happytv:

[LONE-STAR]

I get ss in 2040 :cool1:

[kc5grw]

I get ss in 2040 :cool1:
If you're lucky.

[LONE-STAR]

If you're lucky.

Yeah I know I was just poking fun:)

[clkelley]

I'm 43 and DH is 55. I was married once at 20 and had my kids at 22 & 23, (They are 20 & 21 now) remarried at 26, and hubby has an older daughter (I think she's almost 30).

I can't imagine starting over with little kids now. (I will also happily wait a few years for grandchildren!!!!)

[Wildflowers& Daisies]

I am 44, hubby is 42. We started kids late. We went to college, paid off bills, and bought a house...and our cars first. Then had our 1st baby at 32yrs old. (Hubby is #14 of 15 kids in his family--all by same parents, I remember thinking, when we were 1st married and his mom had told me she had her last baby--#15--at age 41--WOW--that almost seems crazy! I thought to myself. TeeHee)
That was how old I was when I got preg. with our youngest. We have 6 kids. boy 14, girl 12, girl 10, girl 9, boy 5, boy 3...I'm not sure if we are done yet. But we are having fun.

[pooh4me]

Sorry CaptainKen and Larry we win.:cool1: I'm 65 and DH is 71 and SS is nice it keeps us coming back to FW and lets us come when the parks are almost empty. We have been married 47 years :hug: in May and have four sons 46,44.42, and 40.:rolleyes1 We also have 11 grandchildren. After 4 sons and 2 grandsons we were beginning to think we would never see a granddaughter but on Christmas day :santa: 17 years ago we got the best Christmas present ever, our first granddaughter. Boys are still winning, 4 granddaughters and 7 grandsons and we still haven't grown up yet.:thumbsup2

[BigDaddyRog]

Sorry CaptainKen and Larry we win.:cool1: I'm 65 and DH is 71 and SS is nice it keeps us coming back to FW and lets us come when the parks are almost empty. We have been married 47 years :hug: in May and have four sons 46,44.42, and 40.:rolleyes1 We also have 11 grandchildren. After 4 sons and 2 grandsons we were beginning to think we would never see a granddaughter but on Christmas day :santa: 17 years ago we got the best Christmas present ever, our first granddaughter. Boys are still winning, 4 granddaughters and 7 grandsons and we still haven't grown up yet.:thumbsup2

Its folks like you that give us something to keep waking up for. 47 years of marriage.....thats friggin beautiful...congrats to you on a life well lived. Whats your secret????

[kimluvswdw]

I am 38 and DH is 37.

[chief19spixi]

ahhh im now 27!! I think I just may have a brakedown!! Too darn close to 30!! :scared1: I already am seeing the weight gain... there goes my slim figure!

[RustManFan]

I had my 2 kids at 25 and 28. I think this was perfect for me.....can't imagine being pregnant in my 40s either!

[3gr8kids]

Its folks like you that give us something to keep waking up for. 47 years of marriage.....thats friggin beautiful...congrats to you on a life well lived. Whats your secret????


Ditto - congratulations!! :thumbsup2

[Disneymom1220]

I am 37, DH is 34 and our kids are 4 and 2. I would love 1 more, but I am feeling a little older everyday and the thought of being out of "baby jail" for good is very appealing. Not to mention my husband thinks I'm nuts just to mention having one more!

He also made the offer last time we discussed the topic that if I agreed to stop at 2 kids, he would agree to going to WDW every year instead of our previously discussed every 3 year frequency. Now that's a tempting offer! :)

[CaptKen]

O.K. them there are fight'n words. :lmao: :rotfl2: I start getting SS year after next (2010 at age 62) and you're at least 3 years behind me you young "whipper snapper" :rotfl:

Now sit down back down and eat your green beans and finish everything on your plate and wipe that drool off your face or no desert for you.:rotfl: :banana: :rotfl2:

Larry

Dang, glad I'm not the oldest old fart on the board now.

[CaptKen]

Its folks like you that give us something to keep waking up for. 47 years of marriage.....thats friggin beautiful...congrats to you on a life well lived. Whats your secret????


Just practice saying, Yes honey, anything you say honey, I'm sorry honey, heres my wallet honey and last but not least. No honey, your butt isn't getting bigger.

[CaptKen]

OMG...thats a HILARIOUS line!!! 32 years...man, ya got MY respect:thumbsup2

I realized some time ago that if I had committed murder on my wedding day instead of getting married, I'd be out of jail by now and a free man.

[BigDaddyRog]

LOL...you're going straight to hell, bro...granted you'll have a nice corner office with a great view and a sexy assitant, but its still hell:lmao:

[RvUsa]

My Dw wants to go to Disney to "renew" our wedding vows, I told her that I was waiting for them to expire....

[duckybelle]

LOL expire...I love it!!!

I am 33,DH is 35, and our kids are dd,16,ds,11. He has a son also but he doesnt live with us. Although his mom took him to WDW this summer so we are leaving him on our trip!!!( Hes 1. We just got married so dont think hmmmmm LOL!)

[4daubers]

Old enough to be legal, know better and still have fun. ;)

[seabee]

My Dw wants to go to Disney to "renew" our wedding vows, I told her that I was waiting for them to expire....

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_11_6.gif

[my3princes]

I realized some time ago that if I had committed murder on my wedding day instead of getting married, I'd be out of jail by now and a free man.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[my3princes]

If you ask my older kids I'm 21 forever :upsidedow Unfortunately I haven't got the little guy trained yet and he cannot say thirty anything it always sounds like 40. According to him I'm 48 :rolleyes: :lmao: So the reality is that I'm 38 years old married to a younger man who is 37 :woohoo: :woohoo: We were high school sweethearts and just celebrated the 21st anniversary of our first date. We've been married 15 years and we have 3 sons ages 12, 10 and 5. I had pregnancies straight from Hades and it took awhile to get up the courage to have #3. My doctor has told us that I would not survive another pregnancy so we are done :thumbsup2 Thankfully we are all Disney crazed and we love to camp. Heck we love to do anything as a family.

[ntsammy5]

My doctor has told us that I would not survive another pregnancy so we are done

That supports the old premise that if men had to have babies the human race would cease to exist

[loveDmouse]

My Dw wants to go to Disney to "renew" our wedding vows, I told her that I was waiting for them to expire....


Ok, I don't care who you are that is funny. :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[zoom8942]

I am 38 and dh is 39 we have 4 kids ds #1 is 17 dd is 15 ds#2 is 9 and ds#3 is 9 months. We feel old this time around. Of course with both of us working and having older kids to have to cart around to everything it makes it a lot harder. We have a trip to the fort(cabins) scheduled for June 6-12. last one before my oldest leaves home. I wanted one trip to Disney with all my kids together before they started moving out. should be an interesting trip.

[Escape Artist]

I am 38 and dh is 39 we have 4 kids ds #1 is 17 dd is 15 ds#2 is 9 and ds#3 is 9 months. We feel old this time around. Of course with both of us working and having older kids to have to cart around to everything it makes it a lot harder. We have a trip to the fort(cabins) scheduled for June 6-12. last one before my oldest leaves home. I wanted one trip to Disney with all my kids together before they started moving out. should be an interesting trip.

I hear ya! I think the last kid should come home from the hospital with one of those in-car DVD players, 'cause they're going to spend their young years strapped in the carseat being dragged to all the big kids' activities. I know mine did!

She eventually "unfolded" from car seat position and is now a normal, healthy, 6-year-old Disney camping lover!

Sue in Texas
...planning those last "gotta do it while we're all still together" trips, too...

[Escape Artist]

Thank you so much for your thoughts and best wishes! I'm hanging on to that miracle!

Here's another one for you, Monica -- we knew a woman who had a "surprise" at 48! No treatments, no planning, total surprise. Their little girl is absolutely wonderful!

The mom had recently married a younger guy, and we always thought that had something to do with it. :rolleyes1

We'll keep our fingers crossed for you,

Sue in Texas
...hope springs eternal...

[auntie]

Well, I'm SURE it had "something" to do with it!;)

[auntie]

My aunt had her youngest ..and a "surprise" 6th baby when she was 42....I was 22 at the time having my first. When she had her baby they had the "sibling visitation". So of course her kids came to see the baby. Only her second youngest at that point was 15...and they ranged from 15 to 23. When a nurse saw all the people in the room with the newborn..she was upset about it..reprimanding my aunt that this was "only for siblings..not friends and relatives". Imagine her surprise when my aunt told her that these people WERE the babies siblings. :rotfl:
So..I have a cousin the same age as my first born!

[4daubers]

I will be 37 and DH turned 38 today. We are still trying to have kids. We got married late, just 2004. It was the first for us both. We had a miscarriage last year. It gives me comfort to know that women can have kids later in life. I know we're all different, but it gives me a little hope that it's not too late :).

Monica

Don't give up hope at all! My husband and I were 37 when our twins were born. They are 16 now. We've been married almost 32 years. We are "older parents" but wouldn't trade one minute of it. There are many women getting pregnant in their late 30's and 40's!

We have a great life, lots of family memories and plenty of Advil for old age achiness. ;) We wish we could of had more kids but couldn't. We're blessed with the 2 greatest kids and life is beyond great.

We do tease that the kids may have to come by the nursing home to visit us before their senior prom. We can still make it up the bleachers for the ds's football games and walk the course for dd's golf. We live a pretty active life.

It's all about how you parent...not how old the parent is.

[kmurawski]

Friends of our just had twin boys a year ago at the age of 42. Our son is 12 (almost 13) and we are 42 (actually DH is 41). As much as we wanted more children I couldn't imagine just starting a family right now at 42 years old.

[rumrunnergirl]

I am 46 and DH is 45. Our kids are 7 and 8. ;)

I think I've gotten more patience as I've gotten older. OTOH, I'd worry about problems w/the baby if I had one at my age. Having them at 37 and 39 - the doctors scare you so much about all that can go wrong, let alone what can happen when you are 46. My body does great at being pregnant, though. It was a breeze with both my kids - no stretch marks, no morning sickness, etc. And I love babies!

My 7yo son thinks I am 33, LOL. That's how old I feel so I told him last year that I was 32. I *feel* young, I really do!

[5happycampers]

My youngest is 5. I am 47 and DH is 53. My older two are 18 and 15.
I have one graduating high school this May and one starting kindergarten in August. :laughing: She was a BIG surprise and such a blessing. I think I have alot more patience now than I did when my other two were young.
I truly enjoy every moment I spend with her and it is so fun to watch the older two with her. Becoming a mom at 42 was alot of fun : )

[homebrew2]

Sorry CaptainKen and Larry we win.:cool1: I'm 65 and DH is 71 and SS is nice it keeps us coming back to FW and lets us come when the parks are almost empty. We have been married 47 years :hug: in May and have four sons 46,44.42, and 40.:rolleyes1 We also have 11 grandchildren. After 4 sons and 2 grandsons we were beginning to think we would never see a granddaughter but on Christmas day :santa: 17 years ago we got the best Christmas present ever, our first granddaughter. Boys are still winning, 4 granddaughters and 7 grandsons and we still haven't grown up yet.:thumbsup2

Wellll I'm sure glad to see I'm not the oldest one on here:thumbsup2

I was really starting to feel old......probably 'cause I own BOOTS
older than some of our gang:lmao:

[akamom]

Me- 28
Jesse- 30
Ayden- 6
Kailey- 4
Ashlyn- 2
Dylan- 6 month.

[DebbieT11]

Yikes.... I'm really feeling like the "grey panthers" or something..... I'm 51, having a birthday during our trip to the Fort in May, and TheBigGuy is 55, with a birthday just a few days before we get to the fort......

Mercy, we've been together since 1976, he was a brand new butterbar lieutenant in the army, and I was a sp4..... he was HOT! Or, was it TX that was HOT?? LOL.... doing that math means that we've been together for 32 years.... oh, and no children.

I need a break. *sigh*

[BigDaddyRog]

You need a break???? From your husband????? Thats awful!!! ;)


Ive been with my wife for 20 years, married for 18.....thats half my life. I cant wait till the day I can say I 've been with her for almost all of my life. I say that as she's sleeping next to me, looking like a peacefull angel.....when she wakes up and starts bi*chin about nothing, I'll regret saying this!!!:confused:

[Minnie mom of 6]

I am 32 and hubby is 34. our kiddos are 15, 8,7, 5,3 and 1!

[lostacresfarm]

I am one of the youngest dads in my blood line! I am 46 with DS 5 and DD8. My Dad was 58 when I was born . His dad was around 42 which means, if you do the math that my grandfather was 100 years older than I am (He was born in the middle of the Civil War). So, we have always had kids a bit later than most!

[2goofycampers]

You need a break???? From your husband????? Thats awful!!! ;)


Ive been with my wife for 20 years, married for 18.....thats half my life. I cant wait till the day I can say I 've been with her for almost all of my life. I say that as she's sleeping next to me, looking like a peacefull angel.....when she wakes up and starts bi*chin about nothing, I'll regret saying this!!!:confused:

Gina is a lucky woman,you REALLY love her!!:thumbsup2

[BigDaddyRog]

Yeah...she's good enough to peel my underwear off the wall!!;)

[auntie]

Oh..THANK GOD he said "wall":rotfl2: ...I was afraid my thread would be locked for sure!

Carry on....


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[ntsammy5]

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[DebbieT11]

Shoot no, BDR, not from TheBigGuy... he's da bomb. From all this volunteer stuff I'm doing, and from work. I wanna go play at the fort. Instead, I gotta go work this weekend. I know.... I shouldn't whine. I mean, I work, at *most* like 6 months outta the year....lol....

I'm just whiney. Grumpy. Grouchy. And any of the other bad dwarves I can think of....

Just be happy she's sleeping next to you - she had a choice, ya know.... be proud.


You need a break???? From your husband????? Thats awful!!! ;)


Ive been with my wife for 20 years, married for 18.....thats half my life. I cant wait till the day I can say I 've been with her for almost all of my life. I say that as she's sleeping next to me, looking like a peacefull angel.....when she wakes up and starts bi*chin about nothing, I'll regret saying this!!!:confused:

[BigDaddyRog]

Shoot no, BDR, not from TheBigGuy... he's da bomb. From all this volunteer stuff I'm doing, and from work. I wanna go play at the fort. Instead, I gotta go work this weekend. I know.... I shouldn't whine. I mean, I work, at *most* like 6 months outta the year....lol....

I'm just whiney. Grumpy. Grouchy. And any of the other bad dwarves I can think of....

Just be happy she's sleeping next to you - she had a choice, ya know.... be proud.

I know, I was just pickin at ya!!!

I AM proud of my little ol'lady, she's put up with a lot of crap no one should ever have to when it comes to me, and she stood her ground when she needed too. Ive made a lot of bad choices in life, but shes one choice I couldnt have done better with. She aint perfect, but she's perfect for me.

[PolynesianPixie]

I know, I was just pickin at ya!!!

I AM proud of my little ol'lady, she's put up with a lot of crap no one should ever have to when it comes to me, and she stood her ground when she needed too. Ive made a lot of bad choices in life, but shes one choice I couldnt have done better with. She aint perfect, but she's perfect for me.

Awwww! Heck that's so sweet!