First scan and the "dum dum" of your little heart!

The last three weeks just dragged by so slowly, but finally it is Saturday 5 June and time to meet you!

It means an early rise on our holiday, but we are absolutely fine with it as we go with your Nonna Mariapia to Iperione in Rome. It is here that she has been working every Saturday, for as long as we can remember, as a doctor. In order to see you clearly on the scan, your mom needs to drink a lot of water, which very nearly lead to a little embarrassing accident in the waiting room!

And then we see you for the first time! This, together with hearing your little heart go dum dum, is an almost indescribably moving experience! You are only a few millimeters long, the size of a fagiolin (bean) and we don't know if you are a boy or a girl, but none of this matters even a little bit. We are already so in love with you!     
The initial due date is set as 31st December 2010. It feels like an absolute eternity, especially as we know it will be a time full of changes, anxiety and awe of the amazing experience ahead!

On the way back home we meet up with Alessandra's lifelong friend, Silvia. She is every bit as ecstatic as we are. If anything brings home the magnitude of what is happening, it is seeing other people's reactions!

The afternoon is beach time! Iolanda, you'll have to learn from the start that the Italians are absolutely addicted to the sea! But, it is also a bit of practice for us as we are meeting up with Sabrina and Raffaele together with their one year old son, Edoardo. We share the good news with them as well and the rest of the afternoon is spent playing around with little Edo in the sand.