1.) Watching an America’s Funniest Videos montage of men getting hit in their groins with various objects, and
2.) Hearing your baby’s heartbeat.
Julia had another doctor’s appointment today. It was, for the most part, just a basic “Hi, how are you feeling? Good, good, pee in this cup” appointment. But, when our doctor came into the exam room (where I was parked in my normal courtside seat next to a pile of Star and O magazines) she had with her something that reminded me of a Star Trek tricorder. Unfortunately, it was not a real-life piece of nerdly memorabilia. But there was a bright side. It was a portable baby heartbeat detector.
I swear, there’s something wholly incredible about hearing that heartbeat. One hundred and fifty-seven triumphant beats per minute (future career…aerobics instructor?). I’m not an expert, but it sounded strong, healthy, and perfect. Amazing. I’ll never get tired of hearing it. It’s so reassuring to hear, knowing that your child isn’t some sort of zombie or undead monster.
In all seriousness, every day makes it that much more real (hopefully, in 183 days, it will be entirely real). Julia and I are talking strollers and car seats, nurseries and safe cars, houses and career “opportunities”. It’s a lot to think about. But it's days likes these, when your little girl’s heart beats at one hundred and fifty seven beats per minute, that you can only think about one tiny thing. Well, maybe one hundred and fifty seven things.
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One other note. Ya’ll are terrible about commenting on our choice of names. Just for that, we’re naming her Bertha Eugene Mundy. I will punish you by punishing my child.
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LOVE!
Chris
So glad to hear all is well with the little alien sea monkey...just remember you've got a couple baby showers coming so don't go out and buy everything just yet :-)
ReplyDeleteBertha huh!?! I bet all the guys will be swooning over her with a name like that ;-)
Here are the names I like:
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Kaila
Bekah
Michaela
Abrielle
Taylin
Elisa
Evelyn
Deanna
Hanna
Rosabel
Gabriella
Adaline
Clara
Does that help? They're all beautiful!! If I had to go with tops I'd say Abrielle or Michaela... or Adaline or Taylin... or... well you get the point! :-) You'll know when the day comes what you want her name to be!! Miss you three terribly!!!
Be honest - if I said I liked one of those names, would you actually take it to heart, or would you pull out the card in your pocket that says "do the opposite of whatever Erik says" and cross it off your list? I can't win a game of reverse psychology against a real psychiatrist. Thanks again for the updates!
ReplyDeleteI think Bertha is a beautiful name. Late at night, after Julia's fallen asleep, sometimes I whisper, "Good night, Bertha." She called me out on it once. I told her I was having a dream about some golf clubs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for narrowing the list down, Katie :)
I used to have one of those "do the opposite of whatever Julia says" cards. Until she told me, "Don't give me that card." It was all downhill from there.
Interesting how Chris did not mention this Bertha punishment to me.... Yeah, he keeps that up and he won't have any say in the names. You know what that means! Bring out the classics, I don't care if they were last popular in the 20's!
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