Micah Alexander

Welcome to the world Micah Alexander.  Some of my oldest and dearest friends, Vanessa and Mike, became parents yesterday.  It was extra special because Micah was born on his late grandfather's birthday.  I know that meant so much to Vanessa for Micah to be born on Uncle Alex's birthday and I'm so happy for her that she got her wish.  Everyone seems to be doing well.  I was sad I wasn't able to visit them yesterday, but it got late by the time I would have been able to see them and everyone was exhausted.

Seeing them in the hospital reminded me of when I was there having Mei Li.  It's the same hospital, so that helped.  Plus, she had a c-section and Mike was feeling the same daddy pains as Dave was having to do a lot of the caring for the baby since Vanessa can't move very much.  I don't think I've been back since I had Mei Li.  The weird thing is it made me more anxious to get this show on the road.  I am ready to not be pregnant, so I'm ready to be there at the hospital having this baby.  I know, I still need to mentally prepare for having a newborn to care for, but there's something so surreal about those first few days in the hospital.

It's awesome that both times I've been pregnant I've been able to share the experience with close friends.  There are a lot of us due around this time, so this is just the start of beautiful babies to come.