When Nancy told me that she was 2 months pregnant in the middle of the restaurant, I jumped straight up from my crouching position and may or may not have told her to, “Shut up!”. We were out celebrating our friend’s birthday and I should have known that something was up from the enormous grin she was wearing that evening. My sudden outburst earned me laughs from our friends; apparently everyone was in on the secret except me. I was the last one to find out since I was busy with the wedding season; Nancy decided to wait until the next time she saw to me share the happy news —  which I’m glad she did. After taking a another second to reprocess that Nancy, my old friend from high school, was pregnant, I couldn’t contain my excitement — like monkey in circus ring I couldn’t stop jumping up and down, and clapping simultaneously.

On the morning of September 20th, we got news that a beautiful baby girl was born at 5 lbs and 2 oz! Although Keilani was born a month early, thankfully she was healthy and  strong. The next day, Jorge and I drove to New Jersey to welcome the new blessing into our little family of friends.

The weekend of Keilani’s birth was Charly and Nancy’s maternity session — clearly she had other plans. We’d all agreed that Keilani couldn’t wait to make her debut. So on my next free weekend, I took another trip to NJ not to only indulge in wonderful baby scent and smother Keilani in kisses, but to gift Charly and Nancy something I knew they could cherish for the rest of their lives.  How precious is baby Keilani?! Love her face!

Look at the face! We tease Charly all the time that there is NO denying that’s his daughter. Although you can see Nancy in her, she is all Charly! :)