Kickin it


Today I felt my baby for the first time, and I wanted to capture the thoughts

8 weeks ago I saw my child via an ultrasound machine - tiny though he was. This week Wednesday we saw him/her again - although his/her gender still eludes us (whether its a boy or girl, at least it is modest... which we pray will continue into adulthood). For a week or two, Janet could feel the little baby kicking inside her, but it still wasn't enough for me to feel. Every time she lies down and feels the little kicks and squirms, I jump over and put my hand on her belly and wait... and wait... and wait.

Until today. Today I felt my baby kick for the first time. It's both weird and wonderful at the same time. It's yet another one of those moments that make you now more conscious of fatherhood than you ever were, even though you thought you were completely conscious of it before that moment. God really did it; He really is giving you and your wife a child. Praise God who opens the womb and gives us a child. With each of these little moments, dear Lord, my wife and I grow more and more joyful and anxious to receive the gift you are preparing for us.

Posted: Sat - September 3, 2005 at 04:54 PM | | | | | | |

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