Hello Powerboat nation, meet the magazine’s littlest subscriber—Morgan Johnson, my amazingly strong and oh-so-perfect baby girl. OK, maybe I’m biased, but there’s no denying this little one’s fight.

What does this have to do with boating you ask? Not much except I couldn’t help myself and had to take a picture of my precious little girl next to Powerboat last week after she came home from the West Hills Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Southern California. Morgan was a bit unexpected—10 weeks to be exact—but after 5 1/2 weeks of great doctor and nurse care in the NICU, she was able to face the real world and join my beautiful wife and I at home.

At just 3 lbs. 3 oz. at birth, she’s nearly doubled in size (she’s almost 6 lbs.), and as you can see, she’s not much bigger than a copy of the magazine. OK, she weighs more but it’s kind of crazy that something so small can have such an overwhelming effect on your life. I’ve already shared photos and stories from the magazine with her and can’t wait to share more.

Needless to say, our little miracle has kept me quite busy between trips back and forth to the hospital everyday and preparing around the house—and she wasn't even supposed to arrive until the end of August. I’ve missed a couple of boat races and poker runs, but soon enough I’m hoping she’ll be able to join me and I can really introduce her to the fascinating world of high-performance boating.

I’ve received a lot of well wishes via e-mail from folks in the powerboat industry I’ve gotten to know over the past five years. Thanks everyone for including Morgan in your thoughts and prayers. Hopefully you’ll get to meet her at an event soon enough.

I’d also like to apologize for not updating my blog lately. I took a vacation at the end of May, came back to a couple of deadlines … and then wham! My world as I knew it was flipped upside down. I promise more frequent updates from the editorial desk in the future.