Getting to know you.....

[Jackdog]

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I guess it's my turn.

My name is Kristofer. I live in Longview, Texas. I have lived in Texas my whole life. I have moved around in the state since I graduated HS in 1997. I'm an Optometrist (hence the reason for my forum avatar picture), and have practiced in Longview for 2 years.

I'm have been married for a little over 3 years and have a 5 month old son. He is such a blessing to my life. Oh, and I'm a die-hard Christian, and have been since I was 8 years old.

This is my son and me.

Here is a picture of my family.

Great looking family brother!!!

[kt-od]

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Great looking family brother!!!

Thanks bro!

[BrianFifaFan]

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Thanks bro!

I second that. A baby and a good wife are the greatest gifts any man could ever hope for.

[kt-od]

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I second that. A baby and a good wife are the greatest gifts any man could ever hope for.

Thanks Brian. I agree. I have an excellent wife and a wonderful baby boy, that gives my life great joy.

BTW, you have a lovely family too, Brian. I pray that your wife has a safe and problem-free pregnancy and delivery.

[BrianFifaFan]

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Thanks Brian. I agree. I have an excellent wife and a wonderful baby boy, that gives my life great joy.

BTW, you have a lovely family too, Brian. I pray that your wife has a safe and problem-free pregnancy and delivery.

Well it should be OK. She decided to take that Alpha Protein test and it came back positive. So now they want her to go to a high-risk place that does advanced ultrasounds and genetic counseling. But I found out the test comes back false-positive something like 97% of the time. But on our first ultrasound (the picture) the baby looks fine and was moving all over the place. They're just in overkill mode. Last time with Joel he showed what's called an ecogenic foci in his heart. It's a possible indicator of Down's. They went through a bunch of stuff and he turned out fine. Sometimes I wonder what we'd do without all of the advanced medicine. But better safe than sorry, I guess. Way I look at it, if worst case we are chosen to have a special needs child, I'm honored..... Brian

P.S. I'm for the test if it gives my wife a sense of peace...

[countryboy]

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I guess it's my turn.

My name is Kristofer. I live in Northeast Texas. I have lived in Texas my whole life. I have moved around in the state since I graduated HS in 1997. I'm an Optometrist (hence the reason for my forum avatar picture), and have been practicing in Texas for 2 years.

I'm have been married for a little over 3 years and have a 5 month old son. He is such a blessing to my life. Oh, and I'm a die-hard Christian, and have been since I was 8 years old.

This is my son and me.

Here is a picture of my family.

Good looking family Kirstofer. Ahh.. Texas, I love that state. My uncle lives in Conroe and I used to visit him during summer vacations back in my latter middle school years and early high school. He's the reason I got into rodeos and bull riding.

An Optometrist. I was wondering why your avatar was of an eye chart.

[kt-od]

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Good looking family Kirstofer. Ahh.. Texas, I love that state. My uncle lives in Conroe and I used to visit him during summer vacations back in my latter middle school years and early high school. He's the reason I got into rodeos and bull riding.

An Optometrist. I was wondering why your avatar was of an eye chart.

Thanks CB. Texas is a great state. I used to live in Houston. That's where I went to optometry school. So I know exactly where Conroe is. Rodeos are fun to watch. I never really participated. I guess I never really go into it. I enjoyed playing football and baseball more.

I guess it's ok that you're a Cards fan. I'm a huge Astros fan. I don't hate the Cards, but man I was getting close during those few years were we played each other in the NLCS. Besides I like Albert Pujols. How can you hate a team that has a guy like him on there.

[kt-od]

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Well it should be OK. She decided to take that Alpha Protein test and it came back positive. So now they want her to go to a high-risk place that does advanced ultrasounds and genetic counseling. But I found out the test comes back false-positive something like 97% of the time. But on our first ultrasound (the picture) the baby looks fine and was moving all over the place. They're just in overkill mode. Last time with Joel he showed what's called an ecogenic foci in his heart. It's a possible indicator of Down's. They went through a bunch of stuff and he turned out fine. Sometimes I wonder what we'd do without all of the advanced medicine. But better safe than sorry, I guess. Way I look at it, if worst case we are chosen to have a special needs child, I'm honored..... Brian

P.S. I'm for the test if it gives my wife a sense of peace...

I'm sure all will be fine. My wife had a rough pregnancy. Our son came out healthy and awesome. He is the best baby. Better than we could have asked for.

I understand what you're saying about the medical advances. You wonder sometimes if knowing more just causes more stress. But like you said, if it gives the wife a sense of peace, then it's worth it. Because indirectly it gives us peace and less stress.

[WazzuRC]

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I'm your typical guy:

My name is Ryan, from a really small town in Central Washington (I graduated with 18 other people). After high school, I played baseball for a year at a JUCO and along with not getting along with the coach who favored Mormon teammates, I was injured when a player slid into my ankle at first base.

I'm 23 years old and recently graduated Washington State University with degrees in both Marketing and Sport Management. I just finished an internship with the Single-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Yakima Bears and got promoted to Director of Ticket Operations position, which I start on Wednesday. It's kinda weird, I'm starting a "career" on Wednesday. I currently live with my GF of 3 years and it's going better than I ever would have imagined.

Anyway, besides working in sports which has been my dream as long as I can remember, I'm a diehard WSU Cougars fan along with liking the Seahawks, Mariners, and Sonics (RIP). I've always had a passion for baseball and have a growing collection of Tony Gwynn and Ken Griffey Jr. memorabilia.

[Hooe]

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Eh, I'll toss my hat into the ring.

My name is Chris, I'm 21 years old, and I attend The University of Virginia, where I intend to major in computer science. Got there by way of Fredericksburg, VA, where my family moved about a year after my brother (14 months younger, also attends UVa) was born. I also have a sister four years my senior, who graduated from JMU in 2005.

My sports-related interests: my three major teams are the Virginia Cavaliers' football ( ) and basketball ( ) teams, and the Dallas Cowboys ( ). I casually follow the other major sports, but if you forced me to pick teams I'd go with the Dallas Mavericks, the Detroit Red Wings, and the Minnesota Twins. No rhyme or reason to the selection of those, I know. Beyond watching sports, I play sports (specifically, flag football, basketball, and swimming) here at UVa at the intramural and pickup-game levels (unfortunately I'm too slow and clumsy to participate at levels beyond that, heh), and certainly enjoy sports video games (which explains why I stumbled upon this site in 2002 in the first place).

My non-sports related interests: about a year after being introduced to some obscure game called Guitar Hero, I bought myself the real thing (a 50th Anniversary Fender Stratocaster, for those curious) in July 2006 and I've been self-teaching myself to play guitar ever since. I also enjoy some non-sports video games, and a good game of chess every now and then (not very good, but I try) as well as other board games (namely: Risk, DOOM [yes, that DOOM]).

I'd post a photo, but I'm personally not an avid photographer and it appears that most any picture anyone has tagged of me on Facebook is too incriminating to post.

[Scottdau]

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Well it should be OK. She decided to take that Alpha Protein test and it came back positive. So now they want her to go to a high-risk place that does advanced ultrasounds and genetic counseling. But I found out the test comes back false-positive something like 97% of the time. But on our first ultrasound (the picture) the baby looks fine and was moving all over the place. They're just in overkill mode. Last time with Joel he showed what's called an ecogenic foci in his heart. It's a possible indicator of Down's. They went through a bunch of stuff and he turned out fine. Sometimes I wonder what we'd do without all of the advanced medicine. But better safe than sorry, I guess. Way I look at it, if worst case we are chosen to have a special needs child, I'm honored..... Brian

P.S. I'm for the test if it gives my wife a sense of peace...

I hear you there. We thought maybe our kids would have MD. My wife's dad had it and my wife might get it later in life. So far so good with my kids, but it doesn't really take affect until they are older.

[RAZRr1275]

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Great thread. You guys with pics look NOTHING like I thought you would.

[dkgojackets]

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I'm dkgojackets.

[bluengold34_OS]

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I'm dkgojackets.

And I'm an alchoholic.............

[dkgojackets]

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Nice to meet you an alcoholic