We now have irrefutable proof that obsessive-compusive humping is a
hereditary trait. First I did it. Then Lindsay did
it. And how Hangnail does it. We have witnessed nearly one
full minute of it’s life, and what did it spend that minute
doing? Yeah, that’s right. The Humpy Dance. No
twisting, no sucking it’s thumb, no just laying there. There, in
all it’s less-than-an-inch-long glory, was this tiny little person,
complete with identifiable head, arms and legs, doing the humpy
dance. The picture quality wasn’t so good, but it was
unmistakable.
The format changes based on size and coordination levels, of course,
from the minute wrigglings of a ~9-week fetus to the spastic flailings
of a ~9-month old to the carefully choreographed undulations of a
~9,000-day man. Oh, and I dare you to go do the math - the margin
of error is the smallest on the 9,000 days. 
Oh, and the name. Unlike Lindsay, whom we didn’t get around to
naming until well into her development (till she was about the size of
a Chicken McNugget, surprisingly enough), we’ve already named this
one. As is common knowledge, I am the namer-of-all-things in
Heather and my relationship. We both wear pants (at least most of
the time), but I do the naming. When the discussion happened, I
figured it was about the size of a hangnail, and so there you go.
She wanted to go with "Peanut", but as is quite obvious, Hangnail was
nowhere near the size of a peanut after only a few weeks of
growth. Heck, it’s barely that big now. Silly wife.
Hangnail, eh?? I suppose it’ll have to do until after birth. You WILL change it after birth?!?
Do you have a due date yet? Must pencil you into my calendar.
;o)
Yes, do give us a date so that I can start planning my trip to Gymboree for the little hangnail.
The doc said 9 and 2/7ths weeks yesterday, based on measuring it. So that puts it around the 20th of August, assuming I did my math right.
The estimated date is the middle of August, so around say the 16th or so. We might have a more accurate date after our ultrasound on the 11th of February though, so I’ll let you all know, more for sure, at that time.
Whoa, we posted at almost exactly the same time.
So ya, middle of August. 
Oh congrats! That is so exciting! I’m putting “Hangnail” in the calendar! (Gotta admit I never thought I’d write that one in.)
Oh and I did the math. Quite nicely done, by the way!
Wow you guys! Congrats! Hangnail and Nugget! I think I’ll just refer to them in collective as “Hang-Nugget.”
But seriously you guys, that is awesome. Congratulations. And I look forward to meeting the little one in about 7 months.
Sorry Barney, I can only get you to 8,990 days old.
Barney - I just read your comment about the age being in relation to the size. Do the doctors know to whom they are speaking?? You, your wife and your daughter were no little babies.
Peggy, I know I’m not quite 9,000, but that’s proprotionally closer than either of the figures for the children.
Mom, I assume that at such an early stage, the differences are irrelevant. It’s not like we have larger cells, just more of them (or at least arranged in a more vertical format). With only a few weeks of development, the number of extra cells that could be produced would be very small, so the measurements probably have little bias. That’s just a guess though. That age estimate also happend to line up perfectly with our suspected conception date of “thanksgiving-ish”, so it stands to reason that it’s accurate.