--- title: Stop Motion Timelapse Video of Pregnancy by MysteryGuitarMan description: MysteryGuitarMan makes stop motion timelapse video to illustrate wife's canonical: https://time.com/3456340/pregnancy-timelapse-stop-motion-animation-video/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-02T16:40:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:32.858Z og:title: This Timelapse Pregnancy Video Is the Best Birth Announcement og:description: From a bump on the road to a bundle of joy og:url: https://time.com/3456340/pregnancy-timelapse-stop-motion-animation-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Timelapse Pregnancy Video Is the Best Birth Announcement twitter:description: From a bump on the road to a bundle of joy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Timelapse Pregnancy Video Is the Best Birth Announcement  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 2, 2014 4:40 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 2, 2014 4:40 PM UTC Los Angeles filmmaker Joe Penna, whose online persona is [MysteryGuitarMan](http://www.YouTube.com/MysteryGuitarMan), spent 10 months making this stop-motion timelapse [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3r0D5DZ9Tw) to illustrate his wife Sarah Evershed’s pregnancy and the birth of their child Jonah Lane Penna (MysteryGuitarBaby). The video starts out with a car that has broken down, and the husband pumping air into the tires as his wife’s belly grows bigger and bigger. Then, violà, a baby! It’s the product of teamwork at its best. They are the latest couple to go viral for a timelapse video version of “baby bump photography,” from the husband [who serenaded](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/28/pregnant-timelapse-tom-fletcher-mcfly-song/7024345/) his wife throughout her pregnancy to the woman [who blew up](http://mashable.com/2012/05/13/time-lapse-pregnancy/) a balloon for extra dramatic effect while the camera was rolling. **MORE:** [Cut Parents Who Overshare on Facebook a Break](http://time.com/3433391/cut-parents-who-overshare-on-facebook-a-break/) **MORE:** [Please Stop Telling Me I Won’t Care About My Dog Anymore When I Have a Baby](http://time.com/3433170/please-stop-telling-me-i-wont-care-about-my-dog-anymore-when-i-have-a-baby/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3456340/pregnancy-timelapse-stop-motion-animation-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3456340/pregnancy-timelapse-stop-motion-animation-video/"},"headline":"This Timelapse Pregnancy Video Is the Best Birth Announcement","datePublished":"2014-10-02T16:40:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:32.858Z","description":"From a bump on the road to a bundle of joy","url":"https://time.com/3456340/pregnancy-timelapse-stop-motion-animation-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3456340/pregnancy-timelapse-stop-motion-animation-video/","name":"This Timelapse Pregnancy Video Is the Best Birth Announcement"}}]}] ```