For years Babe and I have planned for our family and for years we were left with empty arms. So when the surprise of a lifetime was given to us we already knew exactly what we were going to name him or her. After all, we had years to discuss it. That's what we thought anyway. For a girl we chose a name I have loved all of my life and E was happy to jump on board. It wasn't hard to convince him of the unconventional spelling, not obnoxious just rarely used. And of course she would have her late grandma's name as her middle name. When it came to naming a boy we'd always gone back and forth and soon decided on a less common name with ties to Disney (that's right, E is a huge Disney fan). His middle name would have more than one family tie, it would be for his late great grandfather, his uncles on both our sides and so on.
Then the other night we were sitting at dinner and E decided to tell me he wasn't too fond of our boy name. That it was okay but that he wasn't in love with it. Me too! It wasn't that big of a deal for either of us so it's no surprise that we'd never discussed it before but now it was on the table again. We talked about all sorts of other names, most vetoed by the other until we finally decided on one that we both love.
Now don't get me wrong, we aren't planning on making one of the biggest decisions in our child's life in just a couple of hours. However the new name is currently on the top of the list. In the meantime we're trying it on for size to see if it's really the best out there. So far, it's pretty darn good.
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