The Baby from Atlantis

Years ago, when my brother Chad & I were kids, we would watch cartoons / tv every Saturday morning.  It was basically the only time of the week when we were allowed and/or had control of the tv.  (I don't say "control of the tv remote" because this was before we had a remote).  Anyway, each Saturday around noon, a local television duo (The Big Chuck and Lil John Show) would air their movie of the week.  The highlight of the show were the funny skits that Big Chuck & Lil John would do before and after the commercial breaks.  The movie was merely an annoying disruption in between the skits.  The movies they selected for their movie of the week were typically in the "B" movie genre.  Movies such as Wolfman meets Frankenstein or some other horrible excuse for wasting a Saturday.  However, a very popular tv show they would air was "A Man from Atlantis".  This horrible show was about a man from the mythical under-the-sea city of Atlantis and he has come to help people fix their problems or fight crime....(I can't really remember).  All I remember of it was that inevitably in each episode there was a specific duty that called for Patrick Duffy to jump in the water and swim incredibly fast using his webbed hands and feet (because he came from Atlantis).  I'm still unclear how there were so many times where this skillset actually saved lives each and every week.....but it did. 

Having said all that......our child is 7 weeks along and has.......wait for it.......wait for it........webbed hands and feet.  How exciting!  Here is the except from the article:

The big news this week: Hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs — although they look more like paddles at this point than the tiny, pudgy extremities you're daydreaming about holding and tickling. Technically, your baby is still considered an embryo and has something of a small tail, which is an extension of her tailbone. The tail will disappear within a few weeks, but that's the only thing getting smaller. Your baby has doubled in size since last week and now measures half an inch long, about the size of a blueberry.

Did you read that?  His hands and feet are more like "paddles".  Man, how Patrick Duffy would be jealous.  We might have the next Michael Phelps on our hands. 

....and don't get me started on "the size of a blueberry".