A crazy, wonderful, mind-blowing thing

So late last night I am lying in bed. Dan is fast asleep next to me and I am doing my usual thing of reading "The Economist" before turning off the light. The babe is doing his usual pre-sleep ritual of kicking a bit before settling down to sleep. Since something kicking inside of me is still a relatively new experience, I glanced away from my Economist to look at my belly. Right at that moment, babe decided to turn over and my whole stomach moved! I have seen his kicks vibrating my belly before, but I have never seen him actually move inside of me. I considered waking Dan up but he had been asleep an hour and I decided that this new experience would be repeated and he needed his sleep more. Good thing too since, as is often the case, baby holden-brown did not provide a repeat performance. :-) Needless to say, the experience was something else. Crazy to see one's stomach move in an "Alien" movie sort of way, and wonderful and mind-blowing to once again be reminded of the life inside of one. Yesterday was quite a day to say the least, what with this coming on the heels of a good sonogram appointment. Very exciting! :-)