The Boys' Names

I've decided to completely let the cat out of the bag. The boys will be named ...

Silas Robert and Liam Douglas

I like how the names Silas and Liam sound together. They aren't too similar, but also don't clash. Both first names are strong names and seem like a good fit for our strong, growing boys! The middle names are paternal family names: Robert was my grandfather's name, is my dad's middle name, and my uncle's first name (K's Dad) while Douglas is J's dad and brother's middle name. K has been calling the boys Silas and Liam for a few weeks now, so they're probably getting used to hearing their names!

Tomorrow we have a growth scan and I can't wait to see my two little monkeys on the u/s screen! I'm hoping to have a couple of good pictures of the boys to put on the blog tomorrow afternoon.

Asha Update: my sweet little Princess is holding her own. She's been eating a bit more with the increase in sub-q fluids, which we're doing daily now (it flushes the toxins from her body). We do give Asha an anabolic steroid called Stano.zol every other day to help stimulate her appetite, but when she's in a crash mode nothing seems to help her to eat. For those of you who don't know Asha has chronic renal failure (CRF), which is a progressive, fatal kidney disease. She was diagnosed in Aril '08 and we've been actively treating her since then. Fortunately CRF isn't painful (just uncomfortable at times), so by doing what we are doing we're not prolonging a poor quality of life, but rather giving her time to love and enjoy us just as we love and enjoy her. We will continue to do this until the day comes when it's clear she's lost her fight. My parent's cat, Schnitzel, had CRF and my mom has assured me that we'll know when the day comes that it time to let her go. She says that Asha will no longer be Asha. I just hope that day isn't any day in the near future. Until then we will savor every moment we have with our special little girl. (As I type this she's sprawled across my lap.)