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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 8:07 pm
I think you trade off things by being an older mom. Although I doon't have as much energy as a 20-soemething Mom, I feel like I have other things to offer. For instace, unlike a lot of my peers who had their children earlier in life, I (as a single mom) don't feel compelled to be out on the weekend nights partying with my friends (and I'm not saying that evvery 20-something mom does that, nor that there is anything wrong with it). My focus in life is my child. I'm more financially secure so I don't have to work the overtime that I did when I was younger. My priorities are really straight. They wouldn't have been if I had become a mom earlier. Just my perspective, by the way. It is embarrassing to be asked if she is my grandchild...but ithas made me more sensitive when I see other older women with young children. I'm betting Clay will be an awesome parent. Perhhaps this is simply a gift of love to a really good friend who wanted to be a mom. Hopefully the child will get his sweet personality and his amazing vocal talent.
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Monday, June 02, 2008 - 6:38 am
They have lived together for years. She is the only person who met him after AI who is permitted to call him Clayton. No one said that Donald Trump (61) was too old when Barron was born. People are healthier & younger looking today if they make good lifestyle choices. People are stunned to find out that I'm older than the last 2 presidents. I married at 36 & had my boys at 37 & 3 weeks before my 40th birthday the old fashioned way. In fact, when the dr. told me that it was ok to have another child, my husband took the afternoon off from work! Success.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, June 02, 2008 - 7:21 pm
LOL! and good for you!
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 5:16 pm
From what I have heard over the years - Clay has stayed with James when he was in California for work - friends homes easier than hotels and security. No one has yet said it was a romantic relationship. They have said they were friends, for a while I was wondering if they just dropped the god from godfather. The couple did not announce anything, but were blindsided by a leak AFAIK. The brother's PR man said there would be an announcement after the baby's birth. I am guessing the father was never to be named, but occaisionally a few people in lab/doctor's offices, etc have been known to take bribes which is a federal crime, I hope they catch and prosecute them, so that people can have some modicum of privacy in the future. i.e. Think of how Britney's legal and medical records were leaked when she was the most helpless. Greed is not good. One person has been named as a leak from the David Foster team, but he has denied saying anything. My Mother had my brother when she was in her late forties and he was healthy and happy. In another example, I used to go to a bakery where the owner pregnant for the first time when she was 47. I met her when she was in her late 70's and she looked great. She had 3 kids and they all grew up fine and went through college with healthy parents. This is not like Tony Randall who had his first child when he was 75, that seems wrong to me. As to age differences, I have a lot of friends, many who have been divorced after marrying their college boyfriends. I have one friend who was recovering from a divorce she did not expect, and we went away together where she met someone 17 years younger than her,they were married a year later and she has the happiest marriage of all my friends, they were married 20 years ago. She looks better than he does and has more energy, Life is not like the 50's anymore, you just never know. Mostly I am just going to wait and see. If you want to hear 4 of the songs on the album, try this link. http://www.myspace.com/clayaiken
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 6:59 pm
TMZ has reported it's a boy. It will be interesting to see what "facts" spill out when this baby is finally born. As someone who has spent years talking with women dealing with infertility I can tell you that all of them would whisper "donor egg" when talking about a case like this. It is just unheard of for a first time mom to be "nearly 50" and having her first child without a LOT of reproductive endocrinologist assistance. And there's nothing wrong with that, other than that it gives women false hopes of their lasting fertility. Now, since she's very wealthy, perhaps she had eggs frozen several years ago as that technology is just starting to come together. Either way it doesn't matter. I'm just happy for Clay (and for her)!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 7:02 pm
I say more power to her. But of course, she has money so it's not like one of us having a baby at 50, which I still would not do. She'll have plenty of help, I'm sure.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 5:37 am
I just turned 50 and believe me, I'm not looking to have another baby either! One 11-year old is enough for me. But if the right man came along...with lots of money...I might reconsider! Oh, he would have to have money so I could stay home with my child...I don't think I would have the energy for a new baby, my DD and a MAN and a JOB!
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 12:35 pm
Well, the Foster family is quite well off, so I think the child will be OK It is really how much love a child gets that matters and sometimes these late children have a lot of love and support.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 3:30 pm
Clay is currently in Somalia for UNICEF, expect a fund drive in the near future. It is hard to raise money for a country that has been in civil war for generations. It is too easy to give up on them. Clay Aiken Somalia I don't know why, but he doesn't ever seem to get any of those cushy visits, most of the places he visits, are pretty dangerous. Hope he makes it back for Ruben's wedding.
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Kittystj
Member
08-10-2001
| Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 3:27 pm
I guess he was still overseas during Ruben's wedding. I am so proud of Clay, he really 'walks the walk'
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Kittystj
Member
08-10-2001
| Friday, July 25, 2008 - 8:23 am
He was also in Kenya. Th emedia never give our man a break. Am loving the new album, also watching old clack
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:25 pm
Heh, People were remembering their memories from the AI2 concert and I just discovered I have been posting with the same person I sat next to 5 years ago. Some things don't change.
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Kittystj
Member
08-10-2001
| Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 2:35 pm
Remember a year ago? All the excitement, the cellcerts, the clack. I'm reliving it again on some other boards. His 'good-bye' chin salute. His singing 'Because you loved me' and bringing us all to tears. His duets with the girls. I really miss him.
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Snoopsmom
Member
02-19-2003
| Friday, August 08, 2008 - 12:13 pm
Per AP news and Clay's website, his son was born this morning. 'American Idol' crooner Clay Aiken now a father RALEIGH, N.C. - Former "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken is a father. The 29-year-old crooner from Raleigh announced the birth of Parker Foster Aiken on his Web site's blog Friday. "No hyphens. One first name," he wrote. "One middle name. One last name." Aiken's mother, Faye, told Raleigh TV station WRAL the child was born in North Carolina. Aiken was a favorite of fans during the second season of "American Idol," where he finished second to Ruben Studdard. His album "Measure of a Man" went double platinum in 2003, and he made his Broadway debut this spring in "Monty Python's Spamalot." The baby's mother is Jaymes Foster, Aiken's friend and record producer whom he met while performing on "American Idol." Their son was born at 8:08 a.m. Friday, and weighed 6 pounds 2 ounces and was 19 inches long, according to the statement on the Web site. "The little man is healthy, happy, and as loud as his daddy," Aiken wrote. "Mama Jaymes is doing quite well also."
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Roteach
Member
06-01-2003
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 2:28 pm
Wow, born 8:08 on 8/8/08. The Chinese would consider this to be very auspicious. Good luck to Clay, Jaymes and little Parker.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 7:56 pm
It is never boring, there is always something going on in the land of Clay - Back in spamalot from Sept 19 through Jan 4th, when, I think the show closes? There are discounts for the tickets at broadwaybox.com for the first weekend, Prices go up in October.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 4:41 am
Good for Clay! I hope the family can be with him in NY. Do you know where they are living now? NC? I like that the baby's first name is Clay's stepfather's name.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 5:56 pm
Last I heard, they were living at his "Country Mansion"* in North Carolina. * this weeks OK magazine The Raleigh insiders are whispering that his house is up for sale now. That would be sad. I don't know whether to believe them or not. The "insiders" are wrong as much as they are right. These are the people who live near by,
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Friday, August 15, 2008 - 5:54 am
I hope they can live in a place where their son can have some normalcy in his life. It looks like the cameras were already in plain sight at the hospital. eonline.com/

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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, August 15, 2008 - 10:54 am
looks like he gained preggers weight too. My dad did that when my mom was preggers. She lost hers, he carried his for a little while longer 
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Friday, August 15, 2008 - 12:04 pm
He has put on weight in recent years, Pamy. Some of it just may be extra preggers weight. He will probably lose some during the rigors of doing Broadway again. Do you think the baby is really in that blanket? Or is it a decoy? It's hard to remember my daughters being that tiny.
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Roteach
Member
06-01-2003
| Friday, August 15, 2008 - 2:41 pm
Mak, I had the same thought. I thought that babies had to be carried out of the hospital in an infant seat. It just lookes as if he covered his arm with a blanket. In any case best of luck to the family.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, August 15, 2008 - 8:38 pm
Roteach, out here (not sure about where they are) you carry baby out in your arms, either dad carrying like Clay or mom in wheelchair carrying baby. A nurse comes out with you to your car parked in the loading zone and makes sure you have the infant seat, it's put in correctly, and baby is secured. Or that is the way its supposed to happen. Last year my sis had a baby and she asked me at the last minute to drive her and the baby home. They had no a/c in their car and didn't want to put a newborn in it in September. Anyways, the infant seat was in sis' car and me and bil pulled it out and put it in mine. Car seats now come with an anchor strap that has to be hooked up, along with being buckled into the seat but me and bil screwed it up. And when the nurse leaned in to inspect it, she completely missed it. We'd anchored it in (baby wasn't going anywhere) but hadn't buckled the seat in. We didn't notice til I got them home and bil went to pull the base of the car seat out. Ooops.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 4:10 am
Duh to the headline. Little Parker is so cute, and looks so much like his daddy! Clay will be doing a 2-part interview on GMA this Thursday and Friday morning.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 6:22 am
OMGolly that Parker is a cutie and a xerox copy of his daddy, eh?
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