Wednesday, March 16, 2011

First Kicks

I felt one of the girls kicking for the first time last night. That is always a very cool moment for the expecting Dad. Arica has been feeling the kicks for weeks. But it is always much later before Dad gets his first touch from the new life growing within.

Feeling that kick makes things seem a little bit more real, and it means that the arrival of the little kickers is getting closer. I thought it was awesome to get a small little foot five from one of our girls. I don't know which one it was, but I'm glad she said hello.

For that matter even if I did know which girl kicked me, I wouldn't be sure what to call her. We haven't quite figured out the proper naming convention for twins yet. I say the first one gets a certain name and the second one gets the other name, but what do I know. At this point you just can't be sure which is which.

That makes it harder to talk to them before birth. When you have one kid you can pat your wife's belly and call them  by name. I talked to Braden all the time. I wanted him to know my voice when he appeared on the scene.

With the girls I won't know which one I am talking to at any given time. I guess as things get further along they will stake out claim to certain parts of the uterus. When these claims are well established we can give them names like top baby and bottom baby.

Whatever their names, and whichever girl, one of them kicked my hand last night and it was awesome.

8 comments:

Brandy@YDK said...

i hope you aren't doing rhyming names. but if you are, um, good for you.

SurprisedMom said...

So glad you felt the kick last night! It's a great feeling to share with your spouse. I loved it when my girls kicked in utero and their daddy talked to them.

Top Baby and Bottom Baby. Now there are two unique names no one else will have. :D

Sheila said...

Awesome - that's always a good thing!!!

Katherine said...

That's awesome.

James (SeattleDad) said...

That first kick is always a terrific moment. Congrats.

Anonymous said...

See if they'll identify themselves. Tell them one kick for Thing 1, two kicks for Thing 2. :)

Sarah Fader said...

Awww! That is so exciting! And even more exciting that you don't know who kicked you! LOL! These are the fun times during pregnancy!

Melisa Wells said...

I like PJ's idea.