Dominic Michael

When Mike & I first fell in love, it was so intense... one of those can't-eat-can't-sleep-all-those-cheesy-love-songs-are-now-making-sense-must-spend-every-second-together-can't-get-enough-fairy-taleish-once-in-a-lifetime kind of love.

We'd be driving down the highway and he'd squeeze my hand and say with tears in his voice, "I love you so much." Yup, my tough-guy cop, whose nickname at the paper was "Bodybag" for his adeptness at chasing - and finding - hard news. Head over heels, crazy in love. And, which goes without saying, I felt the same way.

I know it's not like that for every couple, and I'm not saying it's more or less legit if happens or doesn't happen that way. All I'm saying is that when we got together, we knew it was forever. And now our love has created something new... something magic... and it feels like we're in the beginning stages of love again - with this new little life we've created.

It's so amazing... so intense all over again. That's what being a new parent feels like - the beginning stages of falling in love. Of going from a "couple family" to a family that includes children.

I know that this love, too, will mature and grow, and eventually my heart won't stop every time we flick past a newsy show of a kid with a disease and maybe eventually we won't get out of bed a million times a night to make sure he's still breathing. Someday soon we'll be able to lay him in his crib without having to hold his sleeping body for hours.

But for now... we're just enjoying being Dominic's parents. And for now, I still only have Dominic's "Day One" pics, but Mike is taking some studio shots next week, so I'll post those then :)

And so that you know for sure that my sleep-deprived mind has been utterly lost, I will copy the lyrics of the cheesy Aerosmith love song that will not stop running through our minds.

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing

Watch you smile while you are sleeping

Far away and dreaming

I could spend my life in this sweet surrender

I could stay lost in this moment forever

Well, every moment spent with you
Is a moment I treasure

I don't wanna close my eyes

I don't wanna fall asleep

'Cause I'd miss you, babe

And I don't wanna miss a thing

'Cause even when I dream of you

The sweetest dream will never do

I'd still miss you, babe

And I don't wanna miss a thing

Lying close to you

Feeling your heart beating

And I'm wondering what you're dreaming

Wondering if it's me you're seeing

Then I kiss your eyes and thank God we're together

And I just wanna stay with you

In this moment forever, forever and ever

I don't wanna close my eyes

I don't wanna fall asleep

'Cause I'd miss you, babe

And I don't wanna miss a thing

'Cause even when I dream of you

The sweetest dream will never do

I'd still miss you, babe

And I don't wanna miss a thing

I don't wanna miss one smile

I don't wanna miss one kiss

Well, I just wanna be with you

Right here with you, just like this

I just wanna hold you close

Feel your heart so close to mine

And stay here in this moment

For all the rest of time

Don't wanna close my eyes

Don't wanna fall asleep

'Cause I'd miss you, babe

And I don't wanna miss a thing

'Cause even when I dream of you

The sweetest dream will never do

'Cause I'd still miss you, babe

And I don't wanna miss a thing

I don't wanna close my eyes

I don't wanna fall asleep

'Cause I'd miss you, babe

And I don't wanna miss a thing

yeahI don't wanna miss a thing