The Word B

what great news! frijole has arrived.

we had a little girl. scout willow johnston emmons. she was born on september 29th 2006 at 11:42pm. she weighed in at 8 pounds 3 ounces or 3.7 kilograms and is 21 inches long.

cherry is doing well after going through the most amazing thing ever- child birth. it was totally mind-bogglingly beautiful, painful, exhausting, tough, but wonderful all at the same time. cherry labored for 25 hours. and was completely exhausted afterwards. she did the whole thing without drugs or pain relief of any kind in our own home. it was the perfect environment. we could not imagine having a child any other way.

i have a daughter. she brings me to tears nearly everytime i look at her. i am so overwhelmingly in love with her. she has totally rocked my world in the best way possible.

cherry and i are so proud and excited. we are trying to rest when we can in between feeds and fielding phone calls. i have taken the next week off from work on paternity leave (ironically enough, the first day back to the beach was yesterday). so for the next few days and years to come we are adjusting to family life, with kids. so far so good.