First Baby T Blog

There is nothing in the world like finding out you’re pregnant. About three months ago, I came back to our house after an evening work meeting to find Katie “practicing the video function” of our new digital camera. Perhaps because I was more concerned about how Vince Young was playing during his debut on Monday night football, I ignored the fact that she was following me into our bedroom with the camera. As is typically the case after a long day of work, I complained about the fact that I had schoolwork to do and that I was too tired to start working on it at 9 o’clock at night. Katie assured me that I wouldn’t be doing work that night, and then it clicked. We’re pregnant. She had taken four home pregnancy tests (three different brands) and confirmed. After trying for almost a year and a half, it finally happened.

Fast forward three months, past the “not out of the woods yet” first trimester when it’s not safe to broadcast your pregnancy to the world (like in a blog,) we’re having a shrimp. Every week, Katie gets an email that’s timed to her due date (June 1), which among other things tells us what fruit, vegetable, or crustacean approximates the size of Baby Tackett. This week, it’s a shrimp. Who cares if that’s not the most kosher description for this cute little Jewish fetus? It’s bigger than last week’s lime. Our baby is growing.

We look forward to using this blog to share updates such as the future fruits and sea life to which the baby is compared. We’ll post some pictures (like Baby T’s first shot below) and promise they won’t always be in uetro. I’m sure Katie’s going to ask me why my former political associates from California need to see her womb. Well, I’m pretty proud of the baby inside and the amazing woman who is carrying it.

I apologize if anyone is having difficulty reading the blog with a black background. Because I want Baby Tackett to live in a world that is more energy efficient, I was inspired by Google’s Blackle www.blackle.com/about/. Research has shown that an all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts. Hopefully the baby will live in world where he or she doesn’t need to worry so much about global warming or foreign oil used to fund terrorists. More thoughts from a new father soon….