So, why make a blog about it?
Well, I was inspired by something my parents (and I'm sure many of their peers) did as their children were growing up. They built a photo album with highlights of childhood; class photos, sports teams, vacations, family holidays, report cards and even some awards. It was an sentimental experience for me to go through those artifacts, nearly 30 years from when the album first formed. Even better for my wife, who got to see some of my early years.
On the other hand, it's 30 years later, and photo albums are for suckers. We have computers. Why a scarce collection of photos and handwritten labels, when instead we can have a limitless multimedia extravaganza of whatever content we may want to preserve? A blog is the perfect presentation format - it's chronological, can include almost any content including the inevitable barrage of pictures, and is easily shared with others.
I intend to start more like a journal - track key stats and milestones of the pregnancy. A few personal musings on the pregnancy process may slip in as a reminder of my state of mind. After our child is born, all the focus is on them - a living chronicle of our child's time growing up. Still, I will try to keep it brief - highlights really - without succumbing to the temptation to ramble on for pages or hours of video of napping baby. I hope that in the future, Amber and I, our families, and our children, will all be able to enjoy looking back through the content, much like the photo album my parents made of my time growing up.
This blog is currently public, but I will likely lock it down to family and close friends in the future.
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