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Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Some Real Big-Time News
posted by clake at 9:12 AM
My wife and I are having a baby in May! This comes as a shocking yet pleasant surprise to most of the people who know us, since for years we expressed no interest in mixing up our genes and then doing the Mommy and Daddy thing for whatever comes out. Neither of us has ever been an older brother or sister, we have very little experience with children, and we're both terrified of poverty. But in the past year, we have achieved a level of stability in our life that we have long sought and in this state we found ourselves able to seriously entertain the notion of being parents without great anxiety. It's still a big deal, and it's still turning our life in a very new and often unpredictable direction, but it's also very exciting to us! After a lot of discussion, we felt that this was something we really want for ourselves and found that after several years of marriage we were not only able to visualize ourselves as parents, but as GOOD parents.
At this time, I really want to stress the important role that the network of family and friends that has grown around us has in our decision. Without the support of so many amazing people, parenthood might still be a rather terrifying proposition for Klake and I. We are terribly excited about the impending experience of being parents and the time we will spend with our child. In addition, though, it is an incredible feeling to imagine the contributions that all our family and friends will be making to the life of our child: The nurturing and doting of Grandmas C. and L., the lessons in automotive maintenance to be imparted by both Grandpa J. and Uncle J., the contagious passion for reading of aunt R. and so many other aunts and uncles, the interest in math that might just rub off from Uncle E. (and the weird sense of humor that the kid may be in danger of picking up from same), the musical skill and advanced punsmanship of Aunt E., the artistic ability and highly-detailed design sense of Aunt K., the respect for animals and overall good-natured attitude of Uncle P., the experience of riding in a truck or washing a tractor with Uncle C., the enthusiasm for the Hawkeyes of the entire Clake family - I could write this list for pages and pages.
I guess what I'm saying is, please babysit for us. Anything in the fridge is yours.
Seriously, though, even though I already sent out an announcement email, I just wanted to let everyone in our lives know that you are one of the reasons Klake and I envision this endeavor succeeding in producing a well-adjusted, curious, and kind human being.
All the best,
Clake
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