Welcome to the world! This is your Yorkshire grandpa calling. You have so much to learn in the hours, the days, the months and the years ahead. This world that we share is filled with interest, beauty and potential. Always remember that when the naysayers seek to tell you a more negative, joyless story.
To develop as a little human being you need love and you will be blessed with plenty of that. I, for one, will love you for the rest of my days and when you are older I hope to read to you and keep you safe in children's playgrounds. I will show you lambs and sheep and name birds for you and I will help you to draw and to giggle because I will sometimes tickle you!
Living down in London, they will try to make you talk like a Londoner but in the life I have left, I promise to teach you how to talk like a proper Yorkshire lad. For example, "Nah then ow's tha goin' on?" means "Hello! How are you?" and you will also become an ardent Hull City supporter just like me. Forget Chelsea, Arsenal or Tottenham Hotspur!
Be kind to others. Treat them as you would wish to be treated. Find joy and satisfaction in learning. Live with honesty and dignity. Laugh till tears run down your cheeks. Sing. Respect Nature. Be the best version of yourself that you can be but do not be afraid to seek help or advice as your journey through the years proceeds.
Love,
Grandpa Pudding
P.S. Don't take drugs and don't get a tattoo.
Congratulations! He's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYou have excellent eyesight nurse!
DeleteCongratulations! Welcome to the world, baby Zach!
ReplyDelete"Gagagagaga!" - Zach
DeleteCongratulations to all! He is a bonny baby and your letter to him contains much wisdom :)
ReplyDeleteHe looks bonnier today now that his skull and face are recovering from being squashed up.
DeleteCongratulations to everyone! He sure looks fresh :)
ReplyDeleteHe's a clean slate.
DeleteMany, many congratulations. 'Zach' - 'laughter' ; what a gorgeous virtue name to go through life with. May he always be a source of joy. XX
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Elizabeth... and I just learnt about your "Countryfile" writing achievement last year!
DeleteCongratulations to everyone. Especially Grandpa Pudding whose words brought a tear to these old eyes.
ReplyDeleteGood letter to Zach. I hope he gets tis letter and keeps it. I hope he looks at it once in a while. Things change as life goes by,
ReplyDeleteI hope I am around for a few years more to see him grow, hear him talk, watch him walk.
DeleteWelcome to the newest Pudding. Happy anniversary to the eldest Puddings. Hurray for Ian and Sarah! What a happy day!
ReplyDeleteHappiness and relief.
DeleteCongratulations! Wishing Zach a happy life filled with fun adventures!
ReplyDeleteVery kind Ellen - thanks!
DeleteNice one Pops YP.
ReplyDeleteDear Zac.
If you do try drugs, stick to feel good ones and take with great care and with friends.
Also your Yorkie Gramps can be a bit old fashioned about tatts. If tempted, consider the phrase, less can be more and the word, style.
Cheers mate,
Andrew in Australia.
...But remember just one tattoo means you won't be in Grandpa's will.
DeleteZac may well not be dependant on the thought of money his lovely grandpa dying. š
DeleteCongratulations! Happy parents have a son. Happy grandparents have their first grandson. Little Phoebe has her first little cousin. Frances and Stewart have a nephew. The Lord and Lady of Pudding Tower have a unique wedding anniversary gift.
ReplyDeleteAnd baby Zach has a granddad who loves him with all his heart.
You summed it all up perfectly German Auntie.
DeleteHe's beautiful! Welcome Zachary. You wrote him such a lovely letter, I hope you print it and frame it for him.
ReplyDeleteI might miss out the bit about drugs and tattoos.
DeleteMany congratulations to you all. I'm sure he'll grow up to be "A reet grand lad"
ReplyDeleteEe by gum when yon Zach ventures tae Yorkshire eel eat nowt but tripe an Yorkshire puds.
DeleteCongratulations to all of you, may the little one bring joy and happiness to all the family.
ReplyDeleteHe is already doing that. His other proud grandparents went to see him today.
DeleteSweet.
ReplyDeleteMaybe. I haven't tasted him yet JC.
DeleteWonderful news, and congratulations to Ian and Sarah. ( We have got a Zachary too, he is 5 now!)
ReplyDeleteThe Zachs are taking over!
Delete"God remembers"- Zach. Many congratulations to you all.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dave.
DeleteCongratulations to you all, especially the happy parents.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations YP and Shirley on your 42nd Wedding Anniversary - what a splendid gift you've had.
He had been wrapped up for nine months.
DeleteHow wonderful and an amazing letter to him, Congratulations to the proud parents and of course to you Grandpa Pudding.
ReplyDeleteThanks for calling by and leaving such a nice comment Chris.
DeleteCongratulations to all,
ReplyDeleteHappily received.
DeleteI'm fairly tall and the sheet they used to screen my wife was rather low. Seeing them wrestle my youngest daughter out of my wife's stomach was rather intense. Fortunately I had been brought up on a farm with animals so I made it through it just fine.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on both the grandchild and anniversary!
I hope your youngest daughter is a human being and not a farm animal! Thank you Ed.
DeleteNever having given birth myself, I didn't know that babies come out of the stomach.
DeleteBelly would have been a better word.
DeleteCongrats to Mom and dad, and Grandma and Grandpa. Welcome to the world Baby Zach.
ReplyDeleteHappy 42nd, as well. Cheers.
Kind words. Thank you Bob.
DeleteNow isn't this just the best news? I am so happy for all of you! He is a prince, that little Zachary! You do have much to teach him but he will have much to teach you too. Love from St. George Island, Florida where there are two people who are thrilled that you are born!
ReplyDeleteThank you Mary. You are right about him doing some of the teaching as Little Phoebe has already proved.
DeleteCongratulations! May he have a long and happy life :)
ReplyDeleteI second that DT.
DeleteThis is the sweetest post! Congratulations to all of you!
ReplyDeleteMuch appreciated Kelly.
DeleteWelcome to the world, Zachary! You are blessed to have a wonderfully kind and caring Grandfather Pudding, and oh the adventures you & he will have.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Ian, Sarah, and Grandmother Pudding.
At seventy, I wonder how much of his life I shall witness. Kind thoughts though Damselfly.
DeleteAnd gefeliciteerd again!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful sentence you wrote with the photo of your son and grandson.
Lian
Thank you kindly Lian.
DeleteA magical time.
ReplyDeleteYes it is Tasker. Cheers.
DeleteCongratulations, YP! (And Ian and Sarah!) Your line about a tattoo made me laugh. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Steve. I imagine you have got a few hidden tattoos!
DeleteWith two parents as handsome and beautiful as they are I can't imagine Zach not being a handsome lad. Your letter to him was delightful and I especially liked the advice about a tattoo! Happy anniversary!
ReplyDeleteHave you got a tattoo Bruce? Perhaps there's a badger on your back returning to his sett?
DeleteCongratulations I really like the letter you write to your new grandson
ReplyDeleteThanks Orly and thanks for calling by.
DeleteSending you so many hugs and congratulations, my dear friend. The little one will find that he is really blessed to have such wonderful grands such as you two, Grandmother and Grandfather Pudding!!! May he grow strong in your love and do great things and mostly, be a wonderful lad!!
ReplyDeleteYour thoughtful words are of course much appreciated Donna. I anticipate some frustration because Zach will be 180 miles away most of the time. His two other grandparents will only be 45 minutes away from him by car. They are so lucky in that regard.
DeleteHow wonderful! Congratulations to you all and welcome to the world baby Zach!
ReplyDeleteIn a world that often seems to be filled with dark news, it is nice to have some sunshine. Thanks Jo.
DeleteCongratulations
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