The first few days.

It is officially official, I am a Dad! Our little baby boy, Miles Joseph Macedo was born at 3:59 PM on Sunday June 12th weighing 7 lbs and 14oz and 20.5 inches long. He is a beautiful little boy, and these last few days have been simply amazing. Sarah has done such an amazing job, from labor and delivery to being an awesome Mom!

The delivery was a long and hectic ordeal. Sarah started to have some contractions at around 4:00 PM Saturday. On Saturday night I was out to DJ an event, and had just gotten all the DJ equipment setup when I got the call from Sarah that she thought it was go time. We did have a bit of a back up plan for the gig, but the hecticness started once Sarah said it was time. I left everything setup, and sped home to get us packed up and out the door. I was a little crazy back at the house throwing things in the bag, running back and forth in the house, getting things put into the car. Sarah was pretty calm except when a contraction would hit, and she was bent over in pain. We headed to the hospital, they sent us home, we watched hours of Netflix(Sarah made us pause the movies during the contractions) and finally I had to get a few minutes of shut eye.

I was woken up by the yelling of Sarah at 3:00 AM that we were finally going to head back to the hospital. We finally got the green light for admission and headed to labor and delivery for 5:00 AM.

Sarah continued labor, and between contractions enjoyed a Red Sox victory over the Blue Jays. Miles was born right at the end of the game, to a Red Sox Victory! At 3:59 PM Miles was born.

The following days have been filled with adventure! My first attempt at daiper changing was a fiasco, including the new born black tar poo getting over the babies feet, and the changing station! I have learned a lot since then and Miles can be proud to have quite the expert of a diaper changer for a Dad! Sleep has been pretty hard to come by. Everything everyone said about sleep has been completely true. The only reason I even know what day of the week it is, is because the computer told me! We sleep in short bursts of only a few hours, and of course Miles likes to be awake at night. He is like a little vampire, once the sun goes down, his eyes pop open and he starts to make his cute little noises because he wants attention.

We have been home now for just over a day, and the pack has welcomed him home. Each animal has tried to get in their smell and a look at the new member, and Stanley even got in a successful lick of his feet. All in all the pack is happy to be a bit larger.

I am not really sure I am successfully describing how amazing this experience has been, but all I can say is it is like nothing else I have ever experienced, and I do look forward to our little addition to the tribe.