{{{-t}}} I am so sorry for your loss. Much ~ma to you and your dh.

According to the doctor, we need to get him into pre-school as soon as possible and view all his oddities as strengths starting now. She was quite pleased with his ability to concentrate on things despite everything going on around him, as well as his ability to count to 23 and sort books according to his own system. She says he's going to be brilliant.

{{{Deena}}} I'm sorry about the diagnosis, but it sounds like the doctor's are optimistic. If anyone can handle the extra work required, it's you. If you need anything you know how to reach me.

Deena, I was supposed to be way more fucked up than this.

Me too. Aidan is a great kid, and I have faith he is going to excel.

Much ~ma to Susan and her family.

So sorry about people using your words without your permission, vw. I hope one of the buffista lawyers can scare them away.

I have a message in to the recommended speech therapist for Aidan.

I have an appt. for all of us to tour Aidan's new pre-school. I harangued the rebate people into giving me my denied rebate on my monitor. I made an appt. for myself with a new therapist. I am in the process of rescheduling Aidan's vision therapy--our Jennifer had to cancel the last visit because she had pink eye. Go, Deena!

I showed teacupguy the board last night and I tried to get him to register as teacupguy, but I haven't quite convinced him yet. I have also been showing him Firefly the last couple of nights. We have gotten through disc 1 so far, and I think he is liking it.

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Deena, if you are around, I have been trying to call you but I keep getting what I think is a fax machine.

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Such sad news, -t. It's hard when you have that much hope invested. Wishing every healing for you and your husband.

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I would name a kid Fredrick and call him "Frodo".

I would.

We had the "what if the ultrasounds were wrong" discussion a few weeks before Annabel was born and had so much trouble agreeing on anything that a surprise son would've been in grave danger of having "Theoden" on his birth certificate.

We would've called him Theo.

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And, come to think of it, you could get Ellie from Annabel/Isabel/Isabella/etc. Or even Helen.

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Speedy -ma vibes for -t of whatever sort is needed. Words are so inadequate, sometimes.

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My father's named Herschel Galileo. He's nicknamed Moore. I have an aunt Denese Olivine, called Ann. Don't limit yourself to extrapolating from the given name. You can name your kid whatever you want, and call them whatever you want.

Annoyingly, other people have similar "calling" latitude, including the kid.

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Also, good luck in the job hunt, Kristin!

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I've seen many a listing of children named Arwen and Eowyn, though not so many Theodens or Eomers. I think I saw an Aragorn as a middle name, and more than one set of twins named Luke and Leia.

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Owen took a staggering, unsupported step this morning. He's still very much in favor of crawling.

Cindy, thanks for the reminder! I called Deena. Who has a rich, lovely phone voice. I can't see how anyone could say "no" to her on the phone.

I've got to return one of my dining chairs this evening because it's got a huge flaw (that someone tried, badly, to cover with wood putty). Feh.

Ima go take a nap.

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