Learning the News

I wrote this the first day that I knew that Niki was pregnant and thought I'd share it with you:

I was in the anteroom for the Hamilton County Circuit Court, Division 4, when Niki called this morning. She told me that she's pregnant. She has missed a period and taken a pregnancy test. I told her to take another pregnancy test and give me a call. I spent the motion hearing in a haze. After the hearing, and on the way back to Nashville, Niki called to confirm that a second pregnancy test said she was pregnant. She called a doctor to schedule an appointment. They told her that if two tests told her she is pregnant, then she is pregnant. Due date is March 13. We think the kid was conceived in mid-June.

Niki and I decided that until 12 weeks, we will consider this to be a medical condition of Niki's. After 12 weeks, it's on! We agreed to tell our parents and siblings, but ask that they keep it quiet until 12 weeks. . . .

On my way back to Nashville, I had the following thoughts:

1. Thank God I've got the Mustang now. It'll be paid off in December, so that bad boy is "grandfathered" in.

2. I'll be 32 when the baby is born. That means when I'm 50, the kid will be 18. That's plenty of time to resume the "couple's life" with Niki again.

3. Nine months is not a lot of time.

4. We're pretty damn lucky.

5. I think it is going to be a girl.

Chewie the cat has been very affectionate with Niki the past few days and was there for the "test." Is he going to play a big role in this?

We are both completely floored. We knew we wanted to get pregnant, but were not officially trying. This happened REALLY quick.

We took one more pregnancy test tonight. She's definitely pregnant. In less than a year, my wife is going to be somebody's mother.