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We had our second ultrasound on Wednesday of this week.

Click here to view the video: Baby Pruett Ultrasound Video.

There is also an AVI version (may work on the Mac): Baby Pruett Ultrasound Video.

It was rather amazing to see how much more “lifelike” the baby is now, even though we’re only at about 12 weeks. We were able to see (and hear) the heartbeat, watch the blood circulating, see a cross-section of the brain, and recognized many other features such as particular bones and the spine.

At the very beginning of the ultrasound, the baby arched its back for what looked like a big yawn, then dropped back down again to rest. It was pretty funny to see, but also made it so much more real. Amazing that at less than 3 months into the pregnancy we’ve already got a real baby. I think the people that argue that a pre-birth baby is just a fetus haven’t seen an ultrasound before.

I’ve edited the 11 minute video down to about 2 minutes. I’m working at providing it in more than just Windows Media Player format, but we’ll have to see what I can do.

Take a look, let me know what you think.

Wow. I haven’t gotten a sunburn in years. I played in a tennis tournament today, and of course, forgot to put on sunscreen. And I chucked my hat because it was cutting off my peripheral vision as I was serving. So much for the hat keeping the sun from scorching me.

We had a blast in the tournament though. It’s an adult league, but several of the high school kids in the area still jump in to play. We played a team with two guys from local schools who just wrapped up their tennis seasons. One of them played pretty well, though they both hit far harder than I can. Of course they are both incredibly inconsistent, so we won the match relatively easily.

We’ll be matched up against a different team next weekend. Hopefully I’ll remember sunscreen. And hopefully we’ll win again .