Emma Mae Edwards

The miracle of life.  I remember watching that show back at Churchill Junior High.  It was little much, but I got through it.  But over these last 9 months watching my good friends go from normal > pregnant > delivery > holding a child in their arms, it really is a miracle.

Jeffrey Duke Edwards and Lizzie Edwards live over at Woodbury Estates, a luxurious retreat (or something like that).  The Duke came out to Ann Arbor the same time we got here, however he decided to get started on law school pronto as opposed to dallying around for a year like I did.  And with law school only lasting 3 years they are past their hump day.  Jeff is a fan of fun dip, popcorn, school rankings and anything that isn't a pinch in his scrot.  His sense of humor jives well with mine and we've become dear friends.  His wife, Lizzi came out a semester after Jeff cause she was finishing up some BYU school.  Without her the Duke would be a disaster.  She seems to keep the ship heading in the right direction, enjoys cutting up fruit and recently bought "the chair" that has been quite the big hit lately.

They are the first couple that I have been friends with and hanging out with during the entire course of Lizzi's pregnancy and the coming of Emma. (And notice I didn't say "they" were pregnant.  Jeff didn't do much  during those last 9 months except hope that is child would be "fit" as well as reserving the right to receive on the spot revelation should he feel Emma needs a new name at the time of her blessing.  He's not a bad guy by any means, but he definitely wasn't pregnant.)  

Emma came on Saturday morning, March 2nd at 11:37 am and weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz.  When we showed up a couple hours later Lizzi was singing the praises of her epidural, talking about the wonder it was, and Jeff was rehashing in very fine detail the time between contractions, putting scrubs on, seeing Emma's head come through and then pulling Emma out and plopping her down on his wife.  It is remarkable to me that a sperm comes cruising out of a dude, swims up the uterus turns 90 degrees at the Fallopian tube until it reaches the egg, jumps on in, then a couple days later the newly formed blastocyst implants in the lining of the uterus, starts cranking out a bunch of hormones and then snap, crackle and pop 9 months later you have a child with lungs, a heart, a nervous system, muscles, bones, a GI tract etc.  Truly the miracle of life.

A week later Emma has gotten in a couple workouts, spent a couple days out on the town, went on a walk down Main Street, lunch at Google, breakfast at Angelo's and is doing well.  In fact, her weight gain has gotten the attention of a slightly weight conscious father who is thinking about putting her daughter on a diet (cause as we all know when it comes to obesity and "the 'betes" prevention is always easier than treatment).  Jeff claims that Emma is a city girl, while Lizzi is just glad to have lost close to 20 pounds this week and has a beautiful little daughter.

Emma Mae.

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B E A U tiful family.

Jeff attends a top 10 Law School.