Very cool - what a great story. I love how a cigar marks such occasions.
I am about to become a first time dad myself and have my own plan. I've been in touch with a certain vendor and I will have them find a box of my sentimental favorite ISOM, the Montecristo No. 2, with the box date of my son's birth month. (If there are none with that month, I have several substitutes in mind).
I will smoke one right out of the box when I get them and then one each year on his birthday. Once he reaches a certain age, I'll offer to share a birthday stick with him and continue to do the same until they are gone.
- Tim