A Sweet Dream

Daddy and I were in a department store looking at baby clothes. On the shelves, there were boxes of 6-pack baby underpants. I opened a box and took one out. The sales lady (a middle-aged Taiwanese woman) came standing next to me right away, which made me a bit uncomfortable. Just when I was wondering what these pants were for, the sales lady said in a stone-cold manner, "Put these on over the diaper." I inched away from her 'cause she was totally spoiling the fun.

Daddy came over and blocked the sales lady. He pointed at the box I was looking at and said, "These are for girls. We can't make him wear these. I don't want him to be confused." I took a close look at the pair of soft yellow pants I had in front of me and noticed that it had a pink ribbon and a bow on the waistline. As I searched for another box, Daddy reached to his left and picked up a box of pants with bold colors. As soon as he took one out, we knew we had to get these pants 'cause they featured comic strips of super heroes.

Each box of underpants was NT$300 (about US$10). I didn't see if we bought any.

Then we went to a clinic 'cause I had to have amniocentesis done. I was nervous, so the nurse told me to look away. That was when I saw the huge screen on my left. The screen was so big that it covered the entire wall! The nurse squirted gel on my belly and was trying to locate your exact position.

Then I saw you on the big screen. You were lying on your back facing us. You eyes were shut, but it looked as if you were smiling at us. You're the cutest thing I've ever seen. Oh, and you looked so much like your dad. I couldn't take my eyes off of you.

From the moment I saw you, I knew everything would be okay. We're gonna be just fine.