M. Atticus Jaquith — “Atticus”
Our first child, M. Atticus Jaquith (“Atticus”), was born at 4:56pm on April 26th, 2010.
Vitals:
- Boy
- 6 lb, 11.4 oz
- 20 1/4 in
- Dark hair
- Blue eyes
- 2 dimples!
He’ll go by Atticus — named after Atticus Finch, the principled and stoic character from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. The “M” stands for Michael, my father’s name. We really liked the name Atticus, and also wanted to work Michael into the mix. We thought Michael Atticus sounded better than Atticus Michael, ergo the call-him-by-his-middle-name business. This will matter years later as we have to “full name” him when he gets in trouble.
Some more shots:
Sarah did great. She was induced three weeks early due to blood pressure worries. Her pressures are coming down, as expected, now that he’s out. He’s very sleepy, but can be roused for temporary bouts of alertness. He doesn’t cry much… so far he’s content to just chill out. We’re both very fond of him, and very excited about all of this!
