Happy Birthday, Pete Incaviglia!

[spup1122]

So says the new fallout shelter.

Happy Birthday to someone who has calmed my fears about a baby through the newborn thread.

 

[OTD]

Happy Birthday, Pete!

 

[JakeandElwood]

Happy Birthday!

 

[BYH]

Oddibe McDowell's giving you a **** in the Box for your birthday!!!!

 

[Angola!]

Pete is good peeps.

Happy Birthday, good sir.

 

[shotglass]

Happy Birthday, Pete!

 

[KYSportsWriter]

happy birthday, pete!

 

[Cadet]

Happy Birthday!

 

[sportschick]

Happy birthday! And my nobody remove you from your cake :D

 

[Trey Beamon]

Happy Birthday!

 

[ArnoldBabar]

Happy day, Pete. Thanks for all the good parenting info as I have entered my own brave new world.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

Thanks to everyone.

Quick funny story about my day so far.

It's Mother's Day, obviously - I was actually born on a Sunday, Mothers Day. And my wife goes to get up with the baby (now one year old) at 6:45 a.m. I tell her to go back to sleep. So I and the wee one start the day: Breakfast, playtime, changing, dressing etc.

At 8 a.m. (because I had to work; I'm there now) I give my girl a Mother's Day card to give to mom. She waddles into the room hands it to her. There's laughing, crying, playing. Fun stuff.

So I'm about to leave and my wife says "Oh, ****! Here!" She hands me two cards. One from my daughter and one from her.

I'm all confused. She says, "It's your birthday."

I respond, "Oh, yeah. I forgot."

Open the cards. Got a subscription to Sports Illustrated from the wife. Nice stuff.

So, I get to work. I call my mom like a good son. We chat. My dad gets on the phone. We chat.

Just as he's about to hang up my mom shouts from the background, "Oh ****! Happy Birthday Pete!"

My dad: "Huh? Oh yeah, happy birthday."

If people - my own parents and myself! - forget my birthday on Mother's Day, I have no idea how people who share Christmas celebrate their birthday!

Anyway, thanks all!

 

[forever_town]

Happy birthday!

And remember, there's no shame in being a singles hitter. :D

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

Happy birthday!

And remember, there's no shame in being a singles hitter. :D

Or striking out. I led the league. Twice! :D

 

[ArnoldBabar]

I think if your birthday were connected to a holiday that's the same every year, it would actually help people remember -- my best friend from high school was born on Vanentine's Day, and it's an easy reminder to call him. But having near a holiday that moves year to year just means you get screwed once in a while.

My son was born on Halloween. He's going to be able to tell his friends, "On my birthday, you can go to any house and they will give you candy!" He'll think the whole world dresses up to celebrate.

 

[spup1122]

I share my birthday with Thanksgiving every four years or so. My baby is due 2 days before my birthday, so if she's late at all, she will also inevitably share her birthday with Thanksgiving. So while I love getting my favorite meal in the world on my birthday, it still sucks when my sister gives me Thanksgiving cards for my birthday to be funny.

For the record: We don't know the sex of the baby, but I'm willing the baby to be a girl, so I will always refer to the baby as a her or she. :)