My son turned 4 today...

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Its hard to believe...Just thinking of my wife being in the hospital waiting to have him and me down the hall visiting with family for a minute...someone comes into the waiting area and tells me I need to get to the room because something is wrong, the umbilical cord is around his neck they think.. something about him not breathing..I remember just how quickly I became an emotional mess and by the time I got to the room, I had stopped so that I would not make a bad situation worse with my wife...I walk in the room and my wife is looking at me telling me everything is ok...I have never been so up then down then up again in my life...

Anyway, my son is a lot like me..looks like me(minus the hair), thinks like me, and has a lot of my characteristics of that age..very intense, struggles controlling emotions, has to win at everything...

But I think he has a closer relationship to God than I do...A few weeks leading up to the car accident, he had told me and my wife that the car was going to get hit from behind...and during the time between jobs, he woke me up about 3am to tell me "Don't worry daddy, God takes care of us." and then he just walked back to his room and went to bed...

Anyway, He wanted to go fishing for his 4th birthday and this is what he caught about an hour and a half ago on his lightning mcqueen pole..

[olevetonahill]

They grow up FAST bro, Hes One great lookin Boy
Seems like it were just the other day My oldest was born
he be 37 this July

[Boomer.....]

Awesome! Congrats on raising such a great kid.

[NormanPride]

Izzat you off camera? You gots purty legs.

Congrats, STEP. He looks like a good kid!

[stoops the eternal pimp]

oh no..my wife goes fishing about 4 times a week and she is the one that handles the fishing duties...thats her knee and arm...

but im sure she appreciates the compliment!

[Oldnslo]

Beautiful.

I love the time I spend with mine (he's almost 12 now) just playing catch or going to football games. Makes up for all the time I have to yell to get the damn trash taken out!

[NormanPride]

oh no..my wife goes fishing about 4 times a week and she is the one that handles the fishing duties...thats her knee and arm...

but im sure she appreciates the compliment!

I shoulda known it wasn't hairy enough to be yours...

[stoops the eternal pimp]

im trying to turn this one into a good hand..i have a little project going in the yard and he had to get out and help me...Im trying to get him signed up for a summer internship at Dean's farm!

[C&CDean]

That's a nice crappie the boy caught. Probably a solid pounder.

Yeah brother, enjoy these times. I had one with a similar problem and he came out fine.

The only problem here is that someday they become teenagers, and then they ain't even worth killing.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

yup..I m trying and work all that out of him now...he is already well acquainted with a shovel and a few tools...if you need some summer time help dean, he is all yours

[C&CDean]

Well he does like them John Deeres.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

yeah he does...somebody stole his first john deere hat that had his name embroided so i had to get him another..

whats funny in that pic above is that he has his JD hat on backwards, his JD "Big Toys bog Big Boys" shirt on backwards, and he has his JD boots on the wrong feet...he still worked though

[Collier11]

Just remember STEP, you say he is closer to GOD than you but alot of times kids just want so badly to be like their parents, he is probably just mimicking what he sees in you and the Mrs. Keep up the good work, I am excited for the day that I start having kids

[btk108]

Just remember STEP, you say he is closer to GOD than you but alot of times kids just want so badly to be like their parents, he is probably just mimicking what he sees in you and the Mrs. Keep up the good work, I am excited for the day that I start having kids

Please don't scare us like that!

Seriously, tho....you'll do great.

[stoopified]

Congrats STEP.My boys are 6(Ryan) , and 3(Jason). Itis hard to get down when yo have a little boy(or two) who hug you and tell you they love you.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

yeah...my daughter turns 6 next week so I have a 4 and 6 year old...its awesome to have them around at that age

[btk108]

step.....freeze them now before they turn into teenagers. I'm warnin ya.

[Collier11]

Please don't scare us like that!

Seriously, tho....you'll do great.

If you can do it I can

[btk108]

If you can do it I can

heh....dude...don't...DON"T use me as a role model *L*

[olevetonahill]

C11 ever has kids Ima sellin Tickets !