The ending of AJU as you know it

Well, not really.

I don't anticipate this turning into a baby blog for at least 7 months, but it might anyway. The premise was to cover to current interests, with my habit of moving on to new things, so, assuming everything goes well, L'il Baby Aspinall (hence forth LBA) will be a current interest for quite a while--if there's one thing to do well and stay focused on, being a parent is at the top of the list.

So actually, maybe it will.

To answer common questions: Nine weeks down, 10th about to commence, projected due date is second week of April. We will find out the sex. Joanne will stop playing ultimate at the end of September. She is not planning on playing league. I think that covers that. Anything else?

We already have preliminary names, but they are subject to change. But they must fit certain rules (apply to first name only):

1. No unisex (Jordan is out)
2. No multiple spellings or not hard to spell (The kid will be spelling "aspinall" for people they're entire life. NO reason to add the first name to that. For example, I like Hayley/haley, hailey, but you see the problem; Joanne likes Catera, but aside from being hard to spell and the name of a Cadillac, I went to high school with a Katerah, so that's out). Corollary is no #@$%ed up spelling just to be different.
   
3. I am not a fan of long names that are commonly shortened (Michael/Mike)
   
4. Nothing in the top 10 of the past year.
5. Not a hard and fast rule, but 2 syllables are very preferable.
6. Not a fan of the "AA" initials, so "A" names are out.

And in my first focused research for the necessary stuff, we have a leader for the initial travel system (infant car seat, 2nd base and stroller designed for the seat): the Graco SafeSeat. So assuming it's OK whenever we actually see it, that's one thing down, with many more to go...