22 weeks scan

.. so the day has come and gone, today was the s-day, the scan day
I was a bit apprehensive, and a bit scared, but here is how it went...
We got there quite early (our appointment was at 9... i forced Richard to be there at 8.15am.... the department was still closed... ) and after a wait of about 1 hour and 15 minutes we got in...
the midwife was really really nice and she made me feel immediately at ease
(the blood exam went without an itch and i did not even have to break any bones in richard's hand this time)
as usual i was an emotional wreck, and i was preparing for the worst news possible (i am sorry madam, but you are carrying a dragon baby ... well no wait, that would have been quite cool)
but despite my best effort the baby is healthy
it's got everything,
a heart (amazing to see the cross section of it with the atrii and ventricles), a stomach, a liver, 2 kidneys, and a nice big brain
( it has a big front, its occipital diameter is in the norm but a big bigger than the medium.... Richard was pleased as he related to the old beliefs that this will make it more intelligent)
2 arms and hands ( with all of the PHALANGES :distal,intermediate, proximal);
2 legs and feet; but, alas, it has got greek feet ... you could count on me to give him an prehistorical trait....

for those who do not know what a greek foot is quoting from our friend Wikipedia:

" Morton called it Metatarsus atavicus, considering it an atavism recalling pre human grasping toes. In statuary and shoe fitting it has been called the Greek foot (as opposed to the Egyptian foot, where the great toe is longer). A longer second toe has often been associated with royalty, particularly during the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty when Egypt was under Greek ruler ship. It was an idealised form in Greek sculpture, and this persisted as an aesthetic standard through Roman and Renaissance periods and later (the Statue of Liberty has toes of this proportion). There are also associations found within Celtic groups. The French call it commonly pied grec (just as the Italians call it piede greco), but sometimes pied ancestral or pied de Néanderthal^[2]."

It also weights about 417 grams, which is slightly below the expected weight for 5 months (435 grams) but hey better thin than fat... also we suppose it has a sex, but we did not find out... we do not really care as long as it is healthy so at least we will avoid the Disney princess/good soldier syndrome for a bit longer...

It seemed a cool baby, and sarcastic as well as it has learnt already to face palm... (it was quite funny to see it doing it several times during the scan)
so just another 4 months and then we get to grow up, or to play family if you will, for a moment there, while looking at it, we almost thought we could do it...
and now without further ado here is the new member of our family:

and no, the umbilical cord is not its penis :P:P:P:P:P
ciao baby, see you in May for the next check up...
we kinda like you already.