The thing with Firsts that makes them so special is that they're often Lasts, too. They may never happen again or, if they do, it will be under very different circumstances. It will never be the same again.
That first kiss with the person you'll spend forever with.
The first time you open the door to your first house. Your own house.
And those first feelings when your baby moves around inside you.
It's been a couple of years since I was pregnant, but I remember those movements so clearly. I remember the first time I felt my baby move - at 16 weeks, sitting at the football. The crowd cheered and Abbey kicked.
I remember when Steve first felt her move. We were again at the football, just four weeks later, and he'd been touching my stomach eagerly every time I said the baby was moving. This time was no different - I felt some movements and without thinking I grabbed Steve's hand and placed it on my stomach. Just at that moment, she gave the biggest kick I'd felt yet, and Steve and I looked at each other and smiled.
The smiles of the most content, happy people in the world.
After that, she barely stopped moving. I loved every minute of it. But there was nothing like those first movements. Nothing could compare.
Except for that first smile. And the first steps. And the first...
I guess I'm just addicted to Firsts.
What's the most memorable First in your life? (Keep it clean!)
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When I first kissed my boyfriend (even though it was on the cheek) I knew he was the one. The smell of his skin felt like home :)
ReplyDeleteOooh - that's a tough one.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to say the most memorable first was the first time I held both my boys. With W it had been a rough birth and I was in a wheelchair in SCN with numb legs (and he'd been washed by someone else :( ) and all I remember is a complete feeling of disbelief that I was a mum.
With A - it was a simple natural birth and I was in control. When I picked him up from the floor I was overcome by such an amazing feeling of achievement and joy that I was shaking and crying and smiling.
Awww... I'm getting all teary now!
beautiful post.
ReplyDeleteunfortunately my most memorable first, isn't a happy one but it's the one that sticks in my mind the most - it was the first time i took a digital pregnancy test and saw the word pregnant.
it was surreal and breathtaking and scary all rolled into one - to actually see that word and knew it was about me. unfortunately it also led to my 4th miscarriage.
but i still have the photographs i took of that pregnancy test, in fact i was looking at them just the other day!
~x~
That's a tough question, there have been a few! But really, I think it is the first time I touched Hubby. It was just a graze... accidental, but really it was like coming home.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Nomie. Tough question!
ReplyDeleteI didn't really enjoy pregnancy per se - but yes, that first movement. WOW! And the first time I heard my son's heartbeat. I got all teary hearing that whooshing sound.
First kiss with Hubby is still very much easily recalled in my mind. Lov-e-ly.
xxx