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Jason here again ...

We made it home! Finally ...

Munchkin (who now has a name ... more later) fed well and gained weight overnight, which made the pediatrician comfortable in discharging him home. After renting a hospital grade breast pump and filling out a lot of paperwork, we finally made our way home and Natalie is currently taking a shower and getting ready for a long nap.

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. So we were down to Anderson and Theodore. Last night Theodore was the front runner, with Natalie partial to "Theo" and "Teddy" as nicknames. But Anderson was our favorite name before we went to the hospital, and she 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.

We did decide on a first name, finally. Theodore was the first name of Ted Logan, of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure", a movie which showed the breadth of Keanu Reeves acting ability. So we just couldn't name our child after something that reminds us of Keanu Reeves. So we welcomed Anderson Rainier Fought home today ...

Here are some more pictures ... (Natalie wants you to know that her arm isn't as big as it appears ...)