Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Big Freeze and the Baby

Hello all! Sorry for the long delay. I'm lazy.

Getting the small talk out of the way, here are some pictures for those who aren't used to cold weather. While it hasn't snowed very much here in New York, we've had some very cold temperatures lately, as has the rest of the Midwest and Northeast. The temps have been averaging around 25F, or -5C. The windchills have been about 0F, or -14C. Pretty chilly stuff! Here on campus we have a small waterfall and a garden pond (with carp). Both waterfalls are freezing in interesting ways. I have no idea how those carp are doing. They've probably turned to frozen fish-sticks at the moment. Hopefully they'll thaw out ok come spring!
On a possibly more interesting note, here are the latest pics of the baby and my baby-momma! These are of everyone 17 weeks into the incubation of my spawn.
You don't have to be a genius to see what's what. For those who don't already know, an ultra-sound is really just a cross-section, or slice of the baby...it's not able to see in 3D. That's why he/she doesn't have any arms or legs in the picture. If you were to adjust it to see limbs, the view of the torso and head would not be nearly as good. Notice, you can see my baby's beautiful spine and thick skull!! Can I see some teeth in the bottom picture?!? Not really, but it kinda looks like it, to me. They tell me the baby's about 15cm, or the size of a runt guinea pig.

And here's a picture of Jackie, taken earlier this evening:
Jackie tells me she can feel the baby "fluttering" around inside. Fun stuff! I hugged her the other day, and it was really fun to feel her expanding little belly starting to get in the way.

Thanks for reading!