Wyatt Oliver Olsen

NCIS: Los Angeles star Eric Christian Olsen and his wife, actress Sarah Wright welcomed son Wyatt Oliver on Friday, Aug. 16, the couple tell PEOPLE exclusively.

“I’ve been a part of some pretty incredible experiences in my life, but I’ve never been a part of something so surreal, so life affirming and so insanely beautiful as watching my son come into this world,” says proud papa Olsen, 36, who plays Detective Marty Deeks on the popular CBS drama.

“It was this watershed moment where I knew that everything I valued before seems finite and temporary.”

Wyatt entered the world at 7:45 pm, weighing 9 lbs. 8 oz.

“Sarah wanted to do a natural birth at home and she fought through 17 hours of intense labor before we finally got to meet Wyatt,” Olsen says. “I can only take stock in how lucky I am to have this amazing, powerful, woman in my life, and a beautiful new son.”

This is the first child for Olsen and Wright, 29, a frequent guest star on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation.

The couple wed in June 2012 at their family ranch near Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

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Taking My Toe Into Town

I had a doctor's appointment this morning, so I had to put shoes on. The clogz-like shoes I have been wearing have been making my toe hurt. I think it's because they are made of stiff plastic and don't have any give in them, which my toe needs right now, since it's not healed all the way yet. So I decided to wear my sneakers and that was a wise choice. My toe feels fine after wearing the sneaker on it. It protested a little bit when I put the shoe on and wasn't completely happy while I wore it. But it like the sneaker a lot better than the cloggy shoe. I had decided to wear the cloggy shoe because it's wider and I thought it would give my toe more room since it was swollen, but it didn't dawn on me that it was too stiff to be good for the toe. So, the sneakers win! No more cloggy shoes. :D