G: that is great news re the appt! if it is like in my case he can probably get L in the following week lol.

i too, cannot believe how the time has gone and that our 'babies' are now on the threshold of true 'childhood'. i remember being 4 like it were yesterday and that also freaks me out
the other day DH was carrying L and i looked over and saw her hands and her feet (it was a rare, warm day lol) and my goodness...they were not the hands of a little toddler, they were the hands of a child ITMS. very grounding.