New Beginnings Karl Hoffmeister

Honeymoon🍋

“Have you ever flown before?”  You heard your husband ask from beside you.  

“No I haven’t. Why?”  

“Because you’re tense, I can see that you’re nervous.” He placed his hand over yours that sat on the arm rest.  “Everything is going to be okay. I have flown many times and I have never had a problem. Just sit back, take a nice deep breath and relax. Flying can be very soothing if you trust the process.” You reached over and lifted the armrest that was separating the two of you and moved closer to your husband, resting your head on his chest.  

“I’m sure once we’re in the air I’ll be fine, it’s just the thought of getting up there that’s a little worrying.” You confessed.  

“Well everything is going to be just fine.”  He kissed the side of your head. “In less than 4 hours we will be in Greece and starting our honeymoon.” 

“I still can’t believe we have this whole plane to ourselves.”  You smiled into his chest. 

“What were you expecting? For me to have my pregnant wife crowded and cramped between another person. Absolutely not, you have been through enough the last couple weeks, that amount of stress can’t be good for the baby. I want your first time flying to be as painless as possible.”  

“Have you ever been to Greece?”  

“Once. I can tell you it’s beautiful and that you will love it. 5 days of beaches, museums and a lovely little villa all to ourselves.” 

You heard the plane's engine turn on and immediately held tighter onto Karls shirt. He chuckled and pulled you tighter against his chest, kissing the side of your head.  He rubbed his hand over your shoulder. 

“It’s okay Dove. Everythings okay. Once we’re up in the air you're going to love just how weightless you feel.” He encouraged. 

“I just don’t want to be one of those cases where the plane goes missing and carrying this little angel in my belly it just makes me even more paranoid. If anything ever happened to him I don’t know what I’d do.”  You said rubbing your stomach.  

“I know, it just shows that you will be a great mother. I think we should start talking about names.” He suggested. 

“I agree. I will tell you that I don’t want anything too common, I want our baby to have a unique name.”  You warned him.  

“So I guess Charles is out of the question?” 

“As a first name, yes, but I think it would make a lovely middle name.” You replied.  

“Well what about Archie, or Theodore, Everett-”

“Oh, I love that one. Everett Charles Hoffmiester.”

“That’s a wonderful name.” He smiled, putting his hand over yours that was rubbing your belly. 

“I have a name in mind in case it's a girl. I don’t know if you're going to like it or not.” 

“Well what is it?”  

“Nellie. I know it sounds a little odd but I think it’s beautiful.”

“I love it. I think it's adorable and I can see calling our daughter that. Cooing her name when she’s crying, calling her name when she starts learning to crawl, and when she learns to walk and starts trying to get into things she’s not supposed to.”

“I can’t wait to be the mother of a baby. I always fantasized about rocking my baby to sleep, or having them run up to me and crawl into my bed at night when a thunderstorm wakes them up. Hearing them say mama for the first time. I always thought I would have to adopt before I met you, I never thought I’d have someone to have a baby with. Now that I have you I can’t wait to see you holding our baby playing with them, hearing them say papa.”  You daydreamed.