You have been the most yummy secret we have ever kept. ❤️

For nine months we have savored every minute watching you grow and have patiently awaited your arrival.

You are the very definition of perfection. A bundle of warm snuggles. The once missing piece of our puzzle.

Your entrance earthside was everything this momma's heart needed. It was important to me to feel every bit of physical pain I could muster this time around. I needed to know what the actual labor of love felt like without the mess of a weeks worth of numbness brought on from magnesium. With every contraction came healing for my previous birth love story. And although I wasn't able to finish out our labor without pain relief, I am proud of myself. I am proud of my husband. I am proud of our family, photographer, and medical staff that supported and cared for us during this important time as we all worked together to bring you here. You are beautiful, you are perfect, and you are loved.

We are blessed beyond measure to have been chosen to be your mommy and daddy.

Welcome to the world, Jonah Elias O'Connell. ❤️

September 6, 2018

9:18 PM

6lb 12oz

Photos by Amy Beckling at Beckling Photography