Heartbeat!

Today, Wednesday January 12 at 3:20 in the afternoon, sitting in my midwife's office in Vanier and looking out a large window, I saw grey skies, a large chimney emitting steam, and an orange brick building.  And I heard, for the first time, my firstborn's hearbeats.  If you round your lips, put your tongue on your upper palate, and exhale forcefully as you lower your tongue, you may be making the sound that we were hearing, at 150 beats a minute.  It was a special moment.