Baby's First Halloween

Our daughter, Kaitlyn, is having her first Halloween party tomorrow and we got some vid of her "flower costume". (I'm just wearing my usual headgear, LOL!).

Just shy of a year old and she's already started to do a little walkin' on her own... I'm pretty damn proud. What more can a guy ask for in life?

It's moments like this that remind me of what's really important in life, and that becomes increasingly important as life gets busier. I remember something that stuck with me from the movie "The Secret", which is to always have an 'attitude of gratitude'. Well, I'm sure grateful.

-Josh-

My Baby is a Model!

I'm very proud to say that today our daughter was selected by a baby modelling agency from a large pool of candidates; she is now officially a model! I'm looking forward to seeing what sort of ad she'll be in... I'm assuming diapers, baby food, toys, or clothes. We'll see... if I'm lucky it will be exercise equipment for babies. (o:

I'd like to think I'm somehow responsible for contributing some good genetics, but if you saw my wife you'd know the good lucks are her donation. Regardless, it's nice to know that others think our kid is as awesome as we do.

Josh

Becoming a Father

As of this Tuesday, November 4th, at 7:07PM, I became a father to a beautiful, happy, and healthy 7 lb baby girl named Kaitlyn Nicole Hewett. We arrived home from the hospital yesterday and have been adjusting to having a totally dependant addition to our family... which is completely overwhelming yet totally rewarding! Both mom and baby are doing great.

Because my wife had decided to have a natural birth (no epidural, induction, or other interventions), my role as her birth assistant became that much more essential. I feel so fortunate to have been able to be so involved in the process, and I have a much stronger bond to both my wife and daughter because of it. It was a very long labor, but a thankfully quick delivery. The entire experience was far more intense and unreal then I could have imagined! I could write forever describing every minute of the labor, birth, cutting the cord and meeting our new born baby, but let me just say it was the most profound day of my life, and obviously life-changing.

Looking back it almost feels as though becoming a father is a necessary step to truly becoming a man. Not only does this develop strength of character and discipline, but I believe being a good husband and father is one of the most 'manly' things a guy can hope for!

I look forward to watching her grow.

To see photos of her check out:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=179241&l=926ef&id=716340391

Josh H