It's a boy!

It's a boy!
AfterDawn.com congratulates Petteri (dRD, our fantastic CEO) and Aretta on the birth of their second child today at 01:05 EET (6:05 PM EDT)!

Written by: Jari Ketola @ 2 May 2004 15:52
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  • 40 comments

  • Nephilim

    Congratulations boss :D Is his middle name going to be Nephilim?

    2.5.2004 16:57 #1

  • cozza1987

    Congrats dRD on your new arrival.
    lmfao @ Nephilim....

    Regards
    CoZZa

    2.5.2004 17:16 #2

  • aXidburn

    congradz..
    dont worry nephilim, ill make one of my kids middle name that:)

    2.5.2004 17:19 #3

  • Dela

    dRD v1.2 the ultimate human upgrade :-) Ok I heard the word wife there and shit I never knew you were married! lol

    Congratulations Petteri :-)

    2.5.2004 17:31 #4

  • Ketola

    Well spotted, Dela! =) My mistake. That's what you get for copy&pasteing from old news, I guess. <=)

    2.5.2004 17:43 #5

  • herbsman

    Congratulations Petteri & Aretta :D

    2.5.2004 17:46 #6

  • Mattrage

    Congratulations to you both. :) There's not more wonderful experience to be had than the birth of a child.

    2.5.2004 17:49 #7

  • Praetor

    Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! :D

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    2.5.2004 17:54 #8

  • waiski

    \o/ Congrats! \o/

    2.5.2004 18:20 #9

  • shiroh

    Congrats.

    2.5.2004 18:37 #10

  • Oriphus

    Aw....isnt that nice - i hope u called it Chris or something lol. We want to see photos of it, but obviously not as its coming out - thats just sick lol

    2.5.2004 18:40 #11

  • DarkmanX

    Just don't name him Oriphus!!! lol

    2.5.2004 19:09 #12

  • Dela

    Nah he wont be called chris cause he'll have a finnish name! :-)

    Ketola, I knew he wasnt married! lol he always said girlfriend so I was thinking hmm "who calls their wife their girlfriend?" lol

    2.5.2004 19:20 #13

  • fasfrank

    Congratulations!! A happy day at AD! Is there a name for this newbie?
    Best Wishes and Good Health to Petteri, Aretta and family,
    Frank

    2.5.2004 20:17 #14

  • dRD

    Thank you everybody :-) Mother and baby are fine, unfortunately I couldn't stay in the hospital as they didn't have family rooms free at the moment.
    Quote:Is there a name for this newbie?Finnish method is not to give baby a name at all until they're about 2-3 months old and then there's christening where the name is given. So, he is just "baby" for now and until the christening :-) Or maybe "The Newbie" will do ;-) Anyway, thank you guys :-)

    3.5.2004 00:09 #15

  • andmerr

    da jnr boss has a nice ring to it.


    congrats to you and the other half

    3.5.2004 00:56 #16

  • grogey

    Wow! congratulations!! I can't imagine have a baby for 2/3 months and not naming it - so that is a very interesting custom.

    Children bring us so much joy and wonder mixed with equal amounts of frustration!!

    If I had my child to raise over again:

    I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later

    I'd fingerpaint more, and point the finger less

    I'd do less correcting, and more connecting

    I'd take my eyes of my watch, and watch with my eyes

    I'd care to know less, and know to care more

    I'd take more hikes and fly more kites

    I'd stop playing seriously and seriously play

    I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars

    I'd do more hugging and less tugging

    I'd see the oak tree in the acorn more often

    I would be firm less often and affirm much more

    I'd care less about the love of power

    And more about the POWER OF LOVE.
    Author Unknown

    3.5.2004 01:49 #17

  • carefree

    congrats to you both.

    3.5.2004 01:55 #18

  • Ketola

    Grogey, Quote:If I had my child to raise over againAbsolutely brilliant! Thanks -- you brought a smile at least on my face. =)

    3.5.2004 02:00 #19

  • Xian

    Congratulations Petteri and Aretta! I hope the new arrival is doing well. Here's wishing a bright and happy future for the little guy.

    Aretta, I hope that you are well too. I know that the birth of our second child was harder on my wife than our first.

    Congratulations to both of you again.

    Xian

    3.5.2004 04:22 #20

  • Oriphus

    Yeah dRD - well chuffed for you. But i will insist we teach him to play soccer, and not any of those pansie sports you like ;-). I can help out with the soccer of course....

    Also, I think we need to congratulate Ketola for having the coolest real name on this forum.....

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    3.5.2004 04:40 #21

  • Dela

    dRD teaching his son (bet that sounds weird dRD, your SON!) how to play soccer aint gonna happen i bet, ifce hockey now, definately ;-) lol

    3.5.2004 04:47 #22

  • Ghostdog

    Super! Congratulations dRD.

    3.5.2004 05:57 #23

  • -LoNeR-

    Congradulations

    Hey

    This Site Rocks

    3.5.2004 06:52 #24

  • Damon1

    Congratulations from Downunder!

    You're a lucky Man.

    3.5.2004 06:57 #25

  • Sophocles

    Gratulations and many happy years.

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    3.5.2004 07:21 #26

  • Oriphus

    Just make sure that when u are cutting the umbilical cord, you do cut the right thing, and not the other thing - which ur son would not be too amused about ;-)

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    3.5.2004 07:27 #27

  • cd-rw.org

    Congrats!
    .
    .
    .
    (fantastic..?)

    3.5.2004 08:20 #28

  • An6eLo

    Congratulations! Where do we send the presents? :)

    `angelo

    3.5.2004 09:43 #29

  • Prisoner

    Congrats!!!!!

    I didn`t know you were expecting. The Newbie is a goodn name. Hopefully it will follow the rules, but most likely not.

    3.5.2004 09:59 #30

  • Toiletman

    Congrats dRD & Aretta!

    =D May you all live long a prosper!!!

    3.5.2004 12:11 #31

  • loginasme

    Congratulations :) :) :)

    3.5.2004 12:17 #32

  • Noel

    Congratulations
    I think that your daughter should be named Dawn and the son After. Get it?

    Only joking, well done to you all.
    Noel

    3.5.2004 23:11 #33

  • Oriphus

    Im afraid i dont get it :-S

    Care to explain ;-)

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    4.5.2004 03:35 #34

  • kp1

    Congrats!!
    Thanks for taking care of business and
    having a life at the same time.

    Cheers from Chico, CA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    6.5.2004 14:56 #35

  • Noel

    Oriphus
    If a son named After arrives later than a daughter named Dawn, then he is AfterDawn. I thought that would be quite appropriate, even though a fairly lame joke.

    Noel

    7.5.2004 18:27 #36

  • Prisoner

    Soon Noel you will discover the masked man named Oriphus. Comments like that should not be taken seriously. At least he wasn't sluring his speach that time.

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    I am a Free Man

    9.5.2004 09:34 #37

  • Oriphus

    lol - and yet again Prisoner is completely right. I was of course only joking Noel, your joke was very funny and i understood it, but as Prisoner says, i wasnt drunk at the time, or it couldve been worse hehe ;-)

    Thats why afterdawn have made Herbsman a moderator, he has to make sure i dont mess up all the time and keeps me on the right track. You'll notice that a lot of my funnier posts in the Safety Valve are edited, certainly not by me lol ;-)

    Hope the first week with your new son is going well dRD, remember to teach him soccer. Oh, and let us knwo what u decide to call him :-)

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    9.5.2004 10:53 #38

  • andmerr

    its a real pity oriphus i've read some of your funnier stuff and mate there hillarious.Just a question however are you drunk when you type them or does herbsman,dela or dRD spice them up or should i say'tone them down"

    keep them coming

    andmerr

    9.5.2004 18:59 #39

  • Prisoner

    From what I have read, they are really toned down. You have to catch him fresh off the post. The drunk ones don`t make any sense most of the time. Like me tipps now and I make sense. Its 3pm, drinking at luch is good. But I am coherent, He can`t hold his Stela.

    dRD, I hope you have been geting some sleep. New borns are a handle for the first year or so. I wish you all the best of luck!!! When a name is chosne let us know.

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    I am a Free Man

    10.5.2004 10:59 #40

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