Daddy Felt You for the First Time

This post was originally posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007.

Dear Mini-M,

Your daddy felt you move for the first time last night and he was pretty darn proud of it. He felt you in the early evening after I came back from work and after a few hours, he still hasn't stopped talking about it. He would push his jaw out and cover his upper lip with his lower lip and say in the proudest tone with those smoky eyes, "I felt the baby move today, ok."

Yes, I think your daddy felt like he got a promotion last night, that he was finally able to feel your movements because for the last week, only your mommy could feel you moving inside. You should see the first time your daddy felt you. His eyes lit up with suprise, he sucked in a quick breath, he turned to look at me and stared at me for 3 seconds before he said, "I felt it!"

If I had a video cam then, I would record those moments and put them down as one of those moments that you'd like to remember for the rest of your lives.

For the last week, rather frequently your daddy would ask me, "What's the baby doing?"

And I would say, "Sleeping" ...

Then after an hour or two, daddy would ask again... "What's the baby doing?"...

I would say the same thing, "Sleeping"...

To that, sometimes your daddy will say, "So lazy".

You see, he is just waiting for some action so that he can try to feel you again on mommy's stomach and finally last night, he got his calling. Which is why, maybe last night was one of the most important nights for your daddy that for the first time, he started to feel your movements.