a-HA!

Torsion springs! Torrrrsion springs! Yes!

(now that I know what they're called, I just need to order some of the appropriate size and I can really get to work on my halloween costume for this year...)

And of note,

Most felicitous congratulations are in order.

atothek and rena_titanon, having dotted their t's and crossed their i's, jumped o'er the yawning chasm and thro' the fiery hoops, completed their 'second parent adoption' paperwork. Sometime today, in some courtroom east of Detroit, standing in front of the judge and the social worker, these two beautiful people will become full-in-the-eyes-of-the-law-so-help-you-god/dess parents to their beautiful daughter Bryn.

=)

(of course, they'll most likely get to repeat the whole process in the next two years with As-Yet-An-Eye-Twinkle #2, presuming everything goes according to plan, but that's Then, this is Now)