Mt. San Jacinto Outdoor Recreation

Please join me in welcoming to the world and the hiking community my daughter Joyce who was born on Friday September 25th at 7:31 in the morning. At birth, she weighed 8 lbs, 5 oz (3.775 kg) and was 20" (51 cm) long.

She is busily training for her first C2C using a very special "drink mix" prepared by her mommy.

Welcome Hikin Joyce - At first she will be Sleeping Joyce, then Cryin Joyce, and later graduate to Crawlin Joyce. Congratulations are in order.

Welcome "Hikin' Joyce" and welcome to your new life Jim. A big CONGRATS! Especially to mom.

What a beautiful baby.

Jean and I will start the bidding at $25,000 with Mom and Dad taking the child back when she turns 14 years of age.

Congratulations to the proud parents.

Welcome Joyce.....how adorable is she...congrats to the new family. Shall i polish the pink boots for her now or wait a little bit?

magikwalt wrote:Jean and I will start the bidding at $25,000 with Mom and Dad taking the child back when she turns 14 years of age.

tinaballina wrote:Welcome Joyce.....how adorable is she...congrats to the new family. Shall i polish the pink boots for her now or wait a little bit?

She may be needing those sooner than I think. I'm already polishing my shotgun for when the boys come calling.

I'm pretty sure that little Joycie will be a good hiker. Don't ask me how I know that, but there's just something about her.

I can see it now, her Avatar and trail name will be "Mini Moose" or "Mini Moose Tracks"?

Congratulations Jim!

You know, there's a lot to know about babies that you just don't learn from books. For example, until they learn to crawl you can use them to prop open doors!

I'll bet that some of the other experienced dads on the board can offer similar tips. How about it guys. Let's help out Jim with your ideas!

She's already got her "kick-back-and-veg-out-on-the-summit" technique perfected!

MikeJ is absolutely right. All kinds of uses. Get comfortable with handling the baby alone and you have a built in get out of almost anything card to play for the next 4 years. "No honey, how about you go to your Mom's alone, I just want to spend some quiet time with my little girl." Be sure to rack these up during the week to make sure you have hiking time on the weekends.

If you accidently spill something on the carpet just put the baby near it and you're off the hook.

They are also a babe magnet until they learn to talk and bust you to the Missus for saying you're an Uncle.