You probably saw this on erinmak already, but if not, the ultrasound image below (complete with, uh, a helpful label for the disoriented) should help explain the blog silence.
Fig. 1. 5cm of forthcoming awesomeness.
This has been a part of our Big Plans since pretty much the very beginning—almost exactly ten years ago—and while it’s taken us a little longer than we’d hoped to get here, in the end I think we’re just that much more thankful and excited.
Baby-o is due in July, so everyone please wish for a cool Houston summer.





December 30th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Congrats, dsandler!
December 30th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
Congratulations!
Hmm. How about an ultrasound-themed screensaver?
December 30th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
Whoa- congrats!
December 31st, 2007 at 7:15 am
Congratulations! Life with a baby is so much fun!!
December 31st, 2007 at 10:53 am
Congratulations!
December 31st, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Thanks, everyone.
@riddle—that would be…creepy? Would it show babies, or something else?
@liscio—I fear you’ve used too many exclamation points for me to completely believe you. :)
December 31st, 2007 at 9:51 pm
Congratulations! May I suggest you get some of those ear muffs like lumberjacks wear? (90% joke; 10% total seriousness)
January 1st, 2008 at 11:00 pm
congratulations dan! how exciting for you and erin! (hopefully, i’ve used exclamation points conservatively enough for you to believe me :)
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:44 am
congratulations! chris & tirza just had a baby as well. god it’s frightening to watch events occur in succession as we hit different points on the timeline. i imagine liska & i will be parents within two years ….. though the thought still terrifies, gotta jump in sometime
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:17 pm
@amar I suspect that if A = people entirely unafraid of the prospect of parenthood and B = parents, then A − B = ∅. (That’s not to say that B − A = ∅, either.)
January 5th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Congratulations to you both!
January 6th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Sorry Dan, I think the baby looks like Erin.
January 6th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Congratulations! It’s quite the life-changer. High stakes and high rewards, right?
January 7th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Hey, congratulations! And by a funny coincidence, I too look forward to a sleepless July, with bdawg2.