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Last night Andrew finally officially felt her! I don’t know if we can call it kicking even,
but he felt her. And he had a way of
finding right where she was when she would move. He knew right where her
head was, he could feel it. I don’t even
know for sure where any part of her is, but he does. It seems like he has an instinct for knowing
where she is. Hopefully that continues
throughout life. It was amazing and one
of the best parts of this whole experience so far.
Ill never forget him feeling her for the first time, both our faces just
suddenly wide eyed and gasping a huge smile at each other. Staring into each other’s eyes with his hand
on my stomach both of us so excited by every tiny flinch.
We could easily pass an hour like that.
We would start to talk a little bit once she had stopped but in an
instant were silent and wide eyed again.
Every few minutes. We’re both
just so enthralled with this little person.
The simplest thing she does…I guess it will be this way for a long
time! With every tiny milestone she
reaches…we will freak right out!
It was an interesting little thing to experience to be
looking into each other’s eyes but all our attention was not on each other at
all. It was on her. Again, how I assume it will be for a long
time. I’ve been very nervous about that
part of having a baby…feeling our relationship with each other change and shift
to our relationship focusing all on the baby.
So many people have talked about that and how hard it is. So I’ve been mourning the loss of time
together, mourning what I thought of as the loss of the just Hillary and Andrew
relationship. But laying there yesterday
and experiencing the beginning of that very thing…I didn’t feel like mourning
at all. We both felt like
celebrating! Because we are together and
a baby is coming to be with us, and even though most of our attention was not
on each other, our love for each other grew!
It’s the amazing-est thing. I
can’t wait to see him with her! He's going to be the best Dad ever!!
Oh what in the world is she going to look like?! Blue eyes with brown hair??? Brown eyes with red hair??? Green eyes with blonde hair??? The possibilities really are endless with the Hanaike/Dobbins gene pools combined.
Here is her current wardrobe (I feel kinda silly...but this is MY blog and I do what I want!!! I was like a kid on Christmas morning when I was taking these pictures):
Almost all the clothes we have for her make it look like we're having a boy
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| From Mariah, Luke, Samantha, Hyrum, and Matt |
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| Starting her off right...she already knows where her loyalties lie |
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| Shoes from Matt and Hyrum |
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| Her sporty outfit...we hope she likes basketball |
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| This one we bought the day we found out she is a girl! |
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| This is the onesie underneath the jacket in the above picture |
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| You can never go wrong with pj's |
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| And this is my favorite one of all. This is probably the outfit she will come home in. |
With each new addition to her wardrobe I get a new addition of excitement!
3 comments:
Oh man, I just teared up a little bit reading these posts. And Its true, your relationship will change when she's here and there will be moments where you wish you had more time for each other. But I think in those moments you can make the choice to see it as a good thing. Nothing endears me more the Lester then watching him love her, and see all his sacrifices for her and us-sure our time together has decreased and our priorities are different from what they used to be, but we are both invested in her together and thus in each other. Our love has multiplied ten fold-I think it will be the same for you guys! Love you both and so excited to be an Auntie for the first time ever!
You are already starting to experience the bonding that occurs between a husband and wife in bringing a baby to the world. And even though we always talk about and hear about how hard labor and delivery is, doing it together will be an everlasting boost to your relationship. And maybe that sounds funny, because the woman is the one "doing all the work", but if your husband is attentive and invested - which I know Andrew will be - he will take care of you and see you through like no one else can.
Looks like you got some things from Carters'! They have such precious clothing. And good prices..Almost all of Emily's clothes are from there. I can't wait to see pictures of her! <3
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