Excitedly Terrified: Back Home Again

In the immortal words of John Denver, "Hey, it's good to be back home again!"

Munchkin (who now has a name ... more later) fed well and gained weight overnight, which made the pediatrician comfortable in discharging him home. Thankfully this pediatrician actually examined Munchkin and talked to us. We like her. She didn't make me want to compare her bedside manner to that of vegetable matter, which is good.

I wonder how many people have said that about me?

After renting a hospital grade breast pump and filling out a lot of paperwork, we finally made our way home and Natalie took a long nap. Munchkin met our cats (one of which appears to enjoy breast milk and eats pacifiers) and quickly settled in. It appears he loves car rides and the car seat, as he slept for 3 hours straight. His screaming has improved and I will be teaching him heavy metal lyrics in the form of "bedtime stories." Maybe Natalie shouldn't know this ...

Back to the name. So in the last post, you could probably tell that we had a lot of avoidance about the name process and didn't want to make a decision until we had to. We realized last evening that Nicholas, while a good name, was not in our top two. Too popular. Didn't really grab us. So we were down to Anderson and Theodore. Last night Theodore was the front runner, with Natalie partial to "Theo" and "Teddy" as nicknames. Not Ted. Definitely not Ted, as that reminded me of an airline and a serial killer. Somehow also of chicken feces, though I'm not sure why. But Anderson was our favorite name before we went to the hospital, and Natalie wanted to get some sleep before making her final decision.

This morning, I walked into the room and Natalie was feeling great. We soon discussed the names and made a decision. Rainier would be the middle name. Named partially after Mt. Rainier (and Prince Rainier, who I'm sure was a swell guy) it just seemed right. Actually, there was general agreement on this well before going to the hospital.

That's what we call a spoiler. Feel the suspense building?

We did decide on a first name, finally. Theodore was the first name of Ted "Theodore" Logan, of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure", a movie which showed the breadth of Keanu Reeves acting ability. Yes, if our child was named Theodore he would be forever linked to Keanu Reeves. A serial killer is fine, but Keanu?