What a forever memory feels like...

What's on your list of forever memories?
You know, those memories that will stay with you for all time.

I'm sure that I have more than I think I do, but this last weekend added one of the best.
See? Jen has it easy. She gets to feel my little girl kick and twitch and do somersaults, but baby's still too small for me to feel. I've seen pregnancy test sticks, I've seen pictures, I've watched ultrasound video, but nothing can compare to replacing my prized "high-five" picture (see the pictures) with the real thing!

Ok, not exactly the real thing. Mk1's not out of the launcher yet, but she did give daddy's hand a bump on Sunday night.

It's like crack. Just the one time, and all I want to do is press my hand harder against Jen's belly just to feel another bump. Of course, that's when Jen says enough - right before I cause permanent bruising or a bladder accident!

I might forget the way we had the living room set up; I might forget the movie that we were watching while laying on the couch (it was Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist); but I'll never forget that first little brush against my hand.

60.67% baby :)
and we're less than 10 million seconds!!!
(9, 515,000 to go...)

Introducing...

Mk1 Mod1 in the Launcher!!!!
weesawdababy eetsagirl!

It's hard to describe the feeling when you're looking at your daughter squirm around on a computer screen. I think that our wedding day still beats it, but it was pretty cool.

Then there was the extreme coolness of using megahertz frequency sound to image my wife's insides. yeah, it's an acoustics student's dream

So I refrained from demanding acoustics answers from the very nice tech that performed the ultrasound and sat back to enjoy looking at my daughter (and the inside of my wife I guess) from every angle, all the while trying to figure out what I was looking at.

In all there were 8 pictures that we got printed. The picture of her face is a little bony and scary looking, so I didn't include it here, but staring into the eyes of the picture, I see the face of Jen. She has Jen's chin and jaw (clearly seen in the bony outlines). I know this all sounds a little weird, but trust me, she's beautiful...Jen's convinced that she has my deep sunken eyes.

I love the picture of her hand. It makes me think of how big my hand will be compared to hers.

I love the picture of her miniature broad, flat foot. Just like daddy's.

I love the picture of her laying in the cozy curled up "fetal position" So snug and comfy.

Only 10,200,000 seconds remaining!!!

57.81% baby...

We're starting to go shopping for baby stuff now.

We seem to have this crazy knack to decide on the most expensive of everything, carefully justifying the upgraded purchase with every possible reason.

SHE NEEDS THE SUPER BABY BOUNCER SWIVEL SEAT MP3 PLAYER SLEEPER OKAY!!!

It really is amazing what you can find when you go to Target...

One day, it will all come together, and our office will be a nursery. Oh what a beautiful day it will be! When our garage will be full of all the stuff we no longer have room for...

I feel like I'm becoming a real dad now :)

until then, we'll keep counting the seconds, and moving the boxes, and watching the belly get bigger, waiting for that first kick that I get to feel.

This stuff is cool :)