Our little guy has a functioning heart... that is SO amazing. According to my apps... [BabyBump] '...the neural groove will have closed by this time. The tiny heart is starting to pump blood'.
This is also the first week Richard claims 'it looks like something' based on the pictures on the same app. It's more surreal then I ever expected. He is the size of a Blueberry today... that's big (in the grand scheme of things).
This process involves so much waiting... for good news, for bad. It's scary. The further you get the safer it becomes and the more excited you let yourself become.
Richard was home last night (no work, which is bad, but having him home is good). We wandered over to Subway to satisfy a craving (and avoid cooking). We sat there and discussed everything from strollers to car seats, diapers to dirt bikes. It was the first time, in a long time, we just hung out. With him on night shift the weeks are lonely and the weekends are so busy, we never just hang out. We also rarely talk baby, face to face because we're always around people that don't know... because we're waiting (full circle and that my friends is good writing) to tell them.
Richard also completed his first 'Daddy run', by that I mean I was uncomfortable and he went out to get something to help me... at 9pm he drove to the drugstore and picked me up a hot water bottle (and chips) for my back, which has been the worst part so far... it just aches all of the time.
The water bottle helped immensely... he even filled and re-filled it.
I gave him his first Christmas present last night, as well. Something extra I found a few days ago... Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss. This was his favorite book as a child, his Mom would read it again and again getting more and more tongue tied.
I signed it 'To the worlds best Dad, from the worlds best Mum... I love you both'. He almost teared up... things are sinking in for him and I LOVE it.
Today I am feeling very blessed and find myself smiling for no reason... all day.
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