The best Wednesday yet!!

Yesterday was the best Wednesday I've ever had. I was running on less than two hours of sleep when someone knocked at the door waking me up once again. This time it was somebody new, a nurse named Maureen. Maureen said that she was just in time, reached up and said "Ok little one, just where are you?" She said that the head was right there and it was time.

About 6 pushes and 20 minutes later my daughter Josie was born. It was 7:58 am on Wednesday January 7, 2009. She came out and cried immediately. The nursed put her on the warming bed and she let her bowels flow, a little black bubble coming out between those little pink cheeks. I said, "I guess YOU get to change the first one."

When that little person came out I felt this rush of emotions, I thought to myself, "look what my wife just did, I can't believe that was living inside of her." I then felt a sudden realization that this little person is my daughter and a great sense of love came over me and I knew that this amazing event was going to change everything.

I know that New York can get the best of people, but this one event is going to live on in my memories as the greatest part of my life here. I will always be able to say my first child was born in New York.

Josie Jeanne Swertfeger - Day one