Saturday, May 19, 2007

What's in a Name?

So... for those who might stumble across this blog who don't know me, my wife and I are expecting our third child next month - a baby girl. Unfortunately, we don't have a name yet.

Possible contenders are Emily Claire and Ella Claire, although a friend pointed out that he would be able to call her E. Claire. Hmmm... there is just something strange about having a little girl named after a pastry.

Another contender is Abby, which I like. My wife would want the actual birth name to be Abby, whereas I would prefer the name to be Abigail, but we would just call her Abby. But I don't think either one of us are crazy enough about the name to go to the trouble to argue about it.

And THAT is the primary problem. Neither one of us have any names that we really like. With our first son we both had names that we liked, but couldn't agree. It took us forever to decide on a name. With our second son, we had a name almost immediately. This time around will be the toughest, though, I think. I'll keep you posted.

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