Hey, why wait to embarrass your kid until he's, you know, born? Thanks to the magic of ultrasound you can watch the kid's ontogeny recaptitulate his phylogeny in stunning time lapse photography. Soon he'll be leaving the womb and making his own way in the world. I hope he can find work in these challenging economic times.


March 28 -- 5 weeks 5 days -- the little blob on the right. The round bubble is the yolk sac I think.


April 4 -- the round thing is still yolk sac, not a head.

April 11 -- 7 weeks 4 days -- head and limbs.

April 25 -- big ol' head. For me this one gives off a kind of starchild-at-end-of-2001 vibe. Enlighten us, space baby!


May 7 -- 11 weeks 6 days, heart rate 141 beats per minute. The kid is a techno song.

May 14 -- ontogeny recapitulates technology as TV goes color.


June 25 -- 3D ultrasounds are the coolest things ever. Jen pointed out that this looks like a baby wrapped in spray foam insulation. (That thing in the front is not an insanely beefy arm.) Also this starts a few weeks of debate about whether the baby has my nose.

October 31 -- the kid wouldn't stop holding his arm across his face and scowling. Apparently he really wanted to go out for Halloween as Batman or Dracula. Either that or he's just mad that we tried to wake him up.