Second scan, reality sinking in (in a good way!)

My wife and I went for her second "official" scan the other day, which this time seemed slightly less "unreal" than the first. I've said to a lot of people that, I guess, for people of my generation, seeing an image on a computer screen doesn't automatically make something seem real. Possibly a rather sad indictment of our generation, but a truthful one nonetheless. When we went to the first scan, I felt a curious sense of detachment to the image that I was seeing on the ultrasound. I didn't feel that often talked about moment of revelation that other fathers have on first seeing the image of this little creature slowly growing inside their wife's belly. Ironically, it was at this second scan , where they played us the baby's heartbeat and I could clearly see the little thing (who's much more awake now than before) flex his or her fingers and toes.