Friday, May 30, 2008

something new

Today we heard little Potatoes Wilson's heartbeat for the first time. I was completely unprepared. I had no idea what the doctor was doing and then I heard it--the very loud, very fast heartbeat that wasn't mine.

My first thought is, "Thank God it's still alive" because apparently I have a powerful fear that something I do or eat will hurt it. My second is, "Wow, that's loud." Loving Husband just had a look of shock on his face.

I think it's slowly dawning on us how real this whole thing is. Don't get me wrong, we are thrilled and can't wait to meet Potatoes. However, we don't really believe there is a Potatoes to meet, if you catch my drift.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yay! Glad to know ya got a live "potatoes" in there. You'll be fine, both of ya. I'm not worried.

Writer said...

"Potatoes"??

Anonymous said...

Alice, That is exactly how I felt the morning I held you for the first time.

Papa

pastoralice said...

Yes, Potatoes Wilson. It's a delightfully non-gender-specific temporary name until we figure out what we're really calling it. You didn't think we'd really call our baby Potatoes, did you?