Welcoming Baby Tripp Bond

One of the best things about having 5 best friends is that you are always sharing a big life event with someone. Good or bad. It makes the good, better, and the bad, easier.

Like when Kimmie & I got engaged only a few months apart and talked wedding plans over wine for days. Or when Marquette & I were suffering from post-traumatic break-ups so we jumped shipped and moved to Chi-town together. So it was only fitting that JL & I find out we were pregnant days apart in December. In fact, she quite demanded that I take a pregnancy test.

We have spent the past 9 1/2 months conversing about baby names, prenangcy symptoms, vicious hormones & mood swings, precious kicks & hiccups, lack of patience, insatiable cravings, uncomfortable maneuvering, sleepless nights, and the slow decent into labor. Soon we will discuss giggles, feeding stories, "baby's first moments", little personalities, routines, toddler tendencies, pre-schools, parenting tips, so forth and so on.

But for now, we will all six smile in awe of the sweet little boy that JL gave birth to on Wednesday evening: Dennis Davis Bond III also known as Tripp. He is 8 lbs of preciousness wrapped up in mounds of love from his mom, dad, and 5 glowing aunts.

I can't wait to join her in motherhood very shortly and of course, I am looking forward to meeting that adorable little guy soon!