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Emlyn’s First Photo Evs, originally uploaded by emilyrems.

This beautiful little boy, Emlyn Joseph, was birthed into the world yesterday by my very best friend in the whole world, Johanna, and I was right there in the room with her when it happened. She was incredibly brave and strong and resiliant through her 13 hour labor, and when it was finally done, she and I held hands and cried. Right after he was born, the doctors whisked Emlyn to an observation room so they could get his breathing normalized, and that’s when I snuck over there and stealthily snapped this very first picture ever taken of him through the only unshaded window. I know it won’t fetch the kind of hefty paparazzi ransom that Shiloh and Suri got, but as his honorary Auntie Em, this little digital image is worth way more to me than any kind of money. Watching my closest companion since I was 11 years old become a mother before my eyes was such an emotional experience , I have absolutely no capacity to describe it, other than to say that I’ve always known how amazing Han is, but watching her painfully deliver a brand new life into the world makes me see her in a whole new way. Welcome to planet Earth Emlyn. Hope you have a mighty fine time.

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