Something So Small Can Make a Huge Change

A little under two weeks ago we found out that our baby was in fact a little girl. Going into the appointment I knew that I already loved my child and felt like I could not become more excited than I already was. Sitting there seeing our little person on the screen I gripped my wife's hand and teared up over and over.

First we saw the head, brain, and face. Next came the heart and lungs; section by section getting the reassurance that everything seemed to be developing properly. The technician asked us as she came to the little bottom whether we wanted to know the gender. When we confirmed that we did she showed us and confirmed that it was our daughter being nurtured within E's womb.

Somehow, that single realization made her even more of a person than she had already been. Going into that appointment we already had the name picked for a girl, but not one for a boy. People assured us that fact alone basically insured that a boy it would be.

Since most on the outside were wrong, in one sparkling moment we had not only a daughter, but a daughter who already had a name; one which is being withheld until a later date. The feelings that moment produced are simply unexplainable. Someone already so very loved and anticipated, instantly gained attributes that took her very existence to an entirely new level.

Ever since that day, that very moment, I have found myself talking to her more than ever before. Feeling each little movement in E's belly more directly in the center of my heart knowing that it is my daughter with each kick, punch, or turn.

I am continually wanting to shop for me little girl, I can visually see moments in the future more clearly. Everything has changed in a way I could not have foreseen. My excitement which I believed to already be a peak level, has once again been heightened.

This dad can not wait to see and hold his little girl. I can only imagine the tears that will flow when we look upon each other for the first time.

~Father Finally