A few weeks ago, I had the awesome opportunity to document the birth of my best friend’s son. It was the first birth I’ve really witnessed.

You might be scratching your head, wondering, “But you have a kid, right?”. The answer is “Yes!”, but you see, I slept through his birth. After over 10 hours of intense labor and some pesky cord-wrap shenanigans, I was ushered into an emergency c-section where the numbing power of drugs was quite nap inducing. So, A’s labor was a big treat for me. I felt like I could live through her. And she did amazing!!! While she swears she screamed the whole time and scared other laboring people down the hall, I’m here to tell you that if I had let my camera record audio in addition to pictures, she’d see that her “sailor-speak” was rare, and perfectly timed. She awe-inspiring, yo!

What was also really cool, was that as little M was making his entrance into this world, the dude residing in my belly started kicking up a storm. No joke. It was as if he was saluting his buddy.

Welcome to this world, M, and congrats Mom & Dad (and big sister K).

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