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Chapter 1: What important question is posed at the beginning?
Listen, I have a very important question for you. Last weekend, of the most momentous days of the week, how good were the Socceroos? That was a highlight of your weekend, wasn't it? One of them. We've already mentioned at the start of the main show, Grandpa Steve is here, folks. Ladies and gentlemen.
Chapter 2: How did the Socceroos perform last weekend?
Thank you very much. Little Jack. Little Jack. Little Jack. As if you even bothered. Because the Socceroos was post-baby, wasn't it?
Socceroos was Sunday. Sunday, yes. Sunday. And Jack was born on Thursday. Dude, he's so close to being in my sweep. I picked the 11th. She goes into labour on the 11th. He actually was born on his due date.
Chapter 3: What significant event is Grandpa Steve celebrating?
Yeah, so due the 12th. Because didn't Jo pick the 12th? No, Jo picked the 2nd. She was wishful thinking and wanted it early.
Has Jo come home? No.
She's still up there, yeah. I might see her in a couple of months. I don't know. Just rattling around on my own in this big house. Yeah. Oh, they've got a decent space. Yeah, you've got a three-bedroom house. Yeah, she's staying with them.
I mean, the thing is, you're family, Maltese. You're a family, family, family, right? It's all good. But, see, I'd be like, listen, come visit after a week.
Chapter 4: What was the experience of the birth of little Jack like?
I'd be like, you know, just come round.
I know. Joe and Hayley, they talk every day, mate. They're very close anyway, so. It was, you know, Jo was only too happy to help out. And just to get her in, I think she's home now, so she's sort of got to get into the room. It's okay when you're in hospital, you've got midwives and everyone helping you. But once you're home, you've got to sort out your own routine and get everything done.
So, no, Jo's there, mate. She's had three kids of her own, so she knows what she's doing. And he's a little champion. He's changing and growing. He looks different than a week ago when he was born.
It's like you became a different person, honestly. You were sharing photos and there was something you said. I won't bring it up because you'll remember what you said, but you said something like there's just nothing like seeing your own baby have a baby.
Yeah. That was it. Yeah. Your child having a child. Look, it felt as momentous an occasion as having your own kid.
Well, and so talk me through that because I know I say to people it's, you know, because you meet people who are pregnant for the first time or whatever, and you know them not passing. So if you didn't pass, I wouldn't ever say this to somebody. If I know someone reasonably well, so there's a couple of PR people, for example. Yes.
And I've definitely said this to them where I go, all I can say is do your own thing, be your own person. Babies, they're just little humans. They need to be fed, bathed, and they need to shit. It's not hard, right? But what I say is I will never, never forget, and I've definitely said this on this show, the love that you feel when you hold your baby for the first time, it's unmatched. Yeah.
You think you love your wife. You think you fall in love with a partner or whatever, but then you hold this baby and you're like, holy hell. I've got goosebumps thinking about it. So are you saying to me that it's all over again?
Absolutely. Well, I think you kind of find ā it's funny how you sort of find your place. It's your place in the world has changed. So you're now ā
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Chapter 5: What challenges do new parents face after bringing the baby home?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's a very happy time, mate. We're all ā even like my daughter, like Jacqueline and Aaron, who are now an auntie and an uncle. Aaron's on his honeymoon in Europe, but he was checking in on House Haley during the labour, and they've been ā we were in our family chat. It's really, really nice. We've been able to share photos, and they're able to react to them.
Jacqueline went up today to see her little nephew as well. So, yeah, really nice time. Is there any story to the name? No, they just liked it. Yeah, they just liked it. Simple, you know. Strong. Yeah, solid. That's how little Jack, I ask every day, how's little Jack going? Yeah.
Because Jo, as you said, she's still up there and I get my daily report and daily round of photos and I chat to her a couple of times a day. Have you run out of food at the house? No. Me? Well, no, I'm good.
Chapter 6: How does Grandpa Steve feel about becoming a grandparent?
I bought some milk. I'm all good, mate. Now, luckily, no, my mum actually helped me out. No, no, because she was in Melbourne and she said, oh, look, if you ā because remember I told you she made me the baked macaroni? Remember the baked macaroni? Yeah. She said, there's another one of those big dishes in the freezer. I went, pfft, I'm going straight over there. Going straight over.
Went straight to her house. That was dinner for three nights. It was great. So I'm sort of there.
Joe's been out of the house for a week. Oh, yeah. I'll be good. Yeah, you'll be fine. You'll be driving both great-grandparents home going, yeah, well, I mean, hopefully I can get some meals. Get some dinner.
Of course, that's going to be, yeah, the price of driving you up here, you're going to have to cook for me.
It's a meal prep for Stephen. That's it. He can make his own brekkie, but come on, he needs a dinner.
Yeah, I've been all right. I've been all right so far. Yeah, it's... It's been good, mate. We're very happy.
What's it like looking at Hayley's face? Like, because it's... Mate, she... I can only imagine as the mother, it's the relief of birth.
But then it's the joy, right? That too. Like, it was... Mate, I've got to say to you now. Yeah.
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Chapter 7: What are the upcoming plans for the Socceroos against the USA?
Hayley is tougher than I ever thought she was. Yeah. She went through a solid labour. And, mate, a few things got in the way, and she just went through it. And, mate, she was a soldier. I was really proud of her, how she handled it. I don't think many other women could have handled what she went through. She was really tough and instantly bonded with little Jack.
And, you know, she's feeding him well, and he's sleeping. I took some really nice photos of her. The one particularly nice photo of her sort of looking down at little Jack's face and Yeah, you can tell, mate. She's cut out to be a mum. Really great. She's doing a really good job. Yeah. You'll experience it one day, mate. Little Jack. One of these days. I've got plenty of time. One of these days.
I'm just a young man. Just because of my grey beard doesn't mean I need to be a grandfather.
Well, someone commented on ā I shared a post. I said to Hayley, I said, look, you share ā I don't want to go ahead of you. You share. I was going to say this. Let me know when you share something and then I'll share something.
and i had to approve the photos through joe so can i share this one and so once we did that um so we had so much great comments and feedback and and people it was a good way to tell people right of course and um because the great thing about the great thing about an announcement post like that whether it's a wedding a birth whatever is it feeds the algorithm perfectly on facebook it's like so many people liking and commenting that it's going to it's going to share it facebook will
Everyone saw it. And like I said, I've got a lot of cousins and a lot of relatives in Malta, so it was a great way to sort of just make an announcement. Yep. And there was one comment from a guy who said, look, he said, is this ā he goes, mate, how well ā are you even old enough to be a grandfather? Like, aren't you in your 40s? Stop it. And he goes, is this an Italian thing?
And I said, mate, first of all, I'm not Italian. I'm Maltese. And I appreciate you thinking I'm so young, but I'm actually 58 years old, so it's not too bad. But, yeah, a couple of the comments were, you don't look old enough to be a grandparent. Thank you very much. I'll find the photo. Scroll back through his Instagram, folks. Joe and I were thrilled.
Joe, mate, I think I said to you in one of my messages, like, it's just joyful looking at Joe.
It's joyful looking at Joe. Oh, yeah. Because she's just beaming. Oh, yeah. Beaming in every photo.
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Chapter 8: How do family dynamics change with the arrival of a grandchild?
Hard not to. He's a great little kid. Really quiet. Doesn't cry much. Oh, he will. Yeah, not fussing too much. Yeah, he's pretty good. Congratulations, Grandpa Steve. We're elated, mate. We're elated.
Thank you.
Honestly. Yeah. Thanks for all the people who ā Luke Grant, I was on 2GB and they mentioned that ā and so many people, listeners just emailed me to say congratulations, which is really nice. Yeah, it's beautiful.
It is. I mean, people are so negative about connectivity of the world, even social media. But these are the times when you realize the power of it.
That's what it's made for, mate. The messaging. That's the power of it, I reckon, yeah.
Yeah.
Very nice. So, yeah, we're happy, mate. Aaron's away on his honeymoon, him and Sam. They got married in February, as you know, and they chose to go to Europe on the European summer trip. They're doing this great trip around. They're going to Malta too. They'll be in Malta in a few weeks. Are they going to be there at the same time your mum's going to be there? My mum's going next week.
Will they cross over? Yeah, they'll be there when she's there. Oh, that's sick. That's why she went. She went a bit earlier, so they're in Malta when she is. Oh, that's really nice.
Yeah, nice. Yeah.
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