Thursday, 8 May 2014

Home Videos

Tonight I am feeling sad thinking about how we will never have home videos of Brooklyn's first time crawling, first time eating solid food, first steps, first hockey game, her graduation, or her wedding. This hit me like a ton of bricks, and I became extremely envious of all of the parents who have had, or will have this opportunity. I feel like we are missing out on so many of her experiences on this earth.

This past Christmas, part of my gift from my in-laws was a 3D ultrasound of Brooklyn. With this package, we received 4 printed photos and a real time DVD of her movement.

I watched the DVD tonight. As I had tears streaming down my face, I realized that this DVD is the only opportunity we will ever have to see our baby girl open her eyes and yawn. It is also the only way we know that she liked to have her hands up near her face, and that she was a thumb-sucker just like I was.

I am so thankful for these memories we have of her, and I am glad that for the rest of our lives, we have these "home videos" to cherish.


Sucking her thumb.


Eyes open.

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