My Baby Has Already Hit Me ;-)

Last night, at approximately 5 minutes past midnight I was the victim of an assault by my unborn child...and I enjoyed every second of it....

Cara has been telling me for a couple weeks that she could feel the baby moving around in her belly. I believed her, but I just didn't get as excited as she did because, well... the baby isn't inside me so I don't feel a thing. But last night Cara was convinced that if I pressed my hand against her belly for a long enough period of time I would feel some movement. So I obliged, partially to please her, but mainly so I could tell her "I told you so" when I didn't feel anything. Boy was I surprised when I felt something inside her belly hit/kick my hand. I was so shocked that I pulled my hand away and began to step backwards as I let out some excited laughter.

I'm still in a bit of shock that I can actually feel the baby moving around, but I will always remember that my first interaction with my child was when he tried to hit me from inside the womb. It's nice to see that the baby already has Papi's Braveheart spirit. :-)

Kicking Back Pregnant Style

At this point in the pregnancy, the visits with the doctor are pretty uneventful. The nurses get you into an open examination room and then you just sit and sit while you wait for the doctor to enter and answer any questions you might have. I used this time to do some reading in one of my software engineering books, but Cara had something else in mind. She decided to kick back pregnant style and read a magazine. I decided to snap a quick picture of her kicking back and now I am sharing it with all of you. So all of you men with pregnant ladies should get ready to see lots of this. I think it is about the only position where they feel comfortable!!

Imagining Our Baby

As most of you know, we have decided to not find out the sex of our baby until the birth. This means that we will have to miss out on the 4-D sonograms that allow you to see what the baby looks like before it is born (too hard to do one without seeing the baby's private parts). So in the meantime, we will all have to just use our imagination as to what this little person will look like.

Here are a couple pics to help your imagination...

Add those two pictures together and you get one pretty good looking baby. ;-)