Crank (Crank 1)

me to drive. Getting

my driver’s license when

Grandma left me her

obnoxious (but mint) ’75 LTD.

4) Jake, sharing his Internet

research on fetal

development. Did you

know that a fertilized

egg, 36 hours old, is

the size of a pinhead?

3) Sorting through 35,000 names

in the Dummy’s Guide to

Naming Your Baby,

opting for the strong,

masculine moniker

Hunter Seth.

2) Epidurals. I meant to do

Lamaze, really I did,

but I managed to miss

most of the classes.

Here’s to labor, without

unimaginable pain!

And …

The #1 Best Thing

about those seven months:

Holding

my baby for the first time,

knowing just how to do it.

Thinking

his red, scrunched-up face