I ran into my sister-in-law's mom yesterday at the spring fair and she asked me about the baby and if we were going to keep the name a secret. I explained that I do intend to keep the baby's name a secret but that so far, that has been easy because we don't even HAVE a name yet. LOL.

Sadly, it's true. I told Tom yesterday that I really think I am just going to end up taking a list to the hospital and noodling on it there while I'm in labor because truly, we are no further with names than we were five months ago. He said he thinks if it's gotten that bad, we need to just start at square one. So, I started perusing more baby name sites this morning for inspiration...

Also, Tom has taken to calling the baby "Baby TBD".

In other news, WOW we have an active one this time. And keep in mind his kicks and punches are even muffled a bit by the extra padding of the front placenta and I really only feel his moves on ONE SIDE because it's situated both up front and to the right, so I'm only feeling the half of it. And let me tell you, this baby is a MOVER. He especially likes the hours between 9pm. and 11p.m. (yawn) So much for Three being the most laid back of my children.

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People keep asking me where we stand on names for this little guy... and honestly, I am more overwhelmed than ever. I do think we have it, at least for the moment, down to a moderately short list of ideas. NO ideas on the middle name yet... it continues to befuddle. I am thinking of just taking all these names to the hospital in a hat and picking one when the baby comes out. And as for the middle name, I am hoping something inspires me in the next four months or so.

In no particular order: (not much has changed since last I posted this except that I am more indecisive than ever!)

Isaac
Samuel (Sam/Sammy)
Jonah
Jacob
Peter (Ben came up with this one and I am trying to decide my feeling on it. Tom likes it.)
Henry
Joseph
Oliver
Patrick
William
David
Alex

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Nothing else to ponder yet since we still have no idea on the boy or girl thing yet and frankly, I'm tired of talking about puking. (which had gotten better and better each day, thank goodness)

So, I remembered I also love the name Elise. Like, a WHOLE lot. The conundrum, as with Lucy and Caroline, is that it's the name of a neighbor's little girl already. She's Ben's age... so I'm thinking using it might be less of a big deal than if she had just HAD a baby and named her Elise. Anyway... just another name to throw into the mix. Might have to clear it with said neighbor just in case it makes our final list. I have loved that named since elementary school when there was a little girl a few grades behind me named Elise. It's also a derivation of Elizabeth, which is a family name I had wanted to incorporate somehow anyway...

So funny that going into this pregnancy, I thought we were completely set on names. This decision may be drawn out for awhile, I'm thinking. SO much harder than the other two times... why?!

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Same deal. All the names I would actually consider from the SSA Top 500. (please keep commenting on the boy post too though! I need help!)

-Emily
-Elizabeth
-Grace
-Caroline
-Oh, how I want to put Lucy on this list... but there is a Lucy in our neighborhood... come to think of it, there's a Caroline too, so that's probably totally out.
-Harper
-Genevieve
-Eliza (always loved 'Liza and that song "little Liza Jane" LOL!)

(sidenote: Krystyna, did you know that Anya is actually on the top 500 list from 2008? I was surprised when I came across that!))

Wow... I just realized how few girls' names I love. Yikes. Maybe I should expand this to the top 1000... here we go...

-Clare
-Rory

And the following ones that didn't see on the list --
-Josie
-Eleanor
-Molly

And yeah, so that wasn't so helpful.

Anyone got any girl names to add? Because this is not much of a selection. Also, if anyone could come up with any name other than Millicent or Mildred that shorten to "Millie"? I'm all ears.

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An exhaustive list... I am noting any name that I would even remotely consider. Feel free to register opinions on any of them. It would help me immensely. Don't be offended if I didn't list your child's name... chances are, especially if I see you on a regular basis, that I actually really like it but don't want to use it because well, it's already your child's name. ;)

I'll do another list for girls in another post...

I was going to star my favorites, but I don't want you to censor your opinions or taint them in any way. (Also don't want to give away the ones that could most likely be winners.)

-Jacob
-Michael
-Ethan
-Joshua
-Alexander
-William (LOVE Will as a nickname)
-Joseph
-Noah
-Christian
-Jonathan
-Samuel (LOVE "Sam" and "Sammy")
-Isaac
-Sebastian
-Liam
-Henry
-Colin
-Oliver
-Micah
-Jonah
-Patrick
-Peter
-Avery

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More naming discussion last night at our house. While I do not plan on sharing the name we ultimately settle on, I will tell you this. My husband? LOVES the names Jacob and Isaac.

This gives me pause because he has never really professed actual LOVE for a name before, he has always just gone along with my choices and vetoed ones he really hates.

I have to admit that Jacob and Isaac are actually two of my favorite boy names, but they have never made my list because I just have never been able to bring myself to give one of my sons THE #1 baby name of the past five years. And I'm not sure where Isaac is, but it's up there too, I'm sure. No offense to people who have used these names, like I said I really do LOVE them... a LOT... I just like to shoot for slightly further down the popularity list. (I think it's a result of being Erin H. for years in school)

But given that my husband actually threw some names into the pot, I feel like I need to actually give them consideration! Hrm...

ETA: Isaac was actually #37 in 2008, which is further down the list than Benjamin! Interesting!

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Tom and I were bantering back and forth about names tonight. Though I have been very set on the boy name for a long time and LOVE it, Tom has never been 100% thrilled with it. So in the interest of at least the appearance of marital compromise, I decided to temporarily wipe the slate clean and just explore some other options and see if anything sticks.

We came up with a couple of possibilities tonight... although the middle name is giving me problems. Both the boys have part of Tom's name in their names and I'd feel strange about not continuing the tradition with a third boy too -- but the last bit of Tom's name that hasn't been used is "Douglas" and frankly, I am not a huge fan. Bleh. So considering wiping the slate clean there too...

The girl name, I'm pretty much set on, (which happens when you work on it for six years... LOL) I do continue to peruse girl lists just to see if anything else catches my eye, but so far, haven't come up with anything else.

(sigh) It's a hard thing, this baby naming...

Might have to play the social security list game again in a few months and test the waters on some names...


p.s. Everyone keeps asking me what the infamous Chinese Gender Chart says, so I went and found the real one that converts your age to your lunar age and your conception month to the Chinese lunar month and it says... GIRL. However, I put in the numbers for Ben and Simon too and apparently, they are both girls as well. LOL! So yeah, I'd say take the CGC with a grain of salt... or perhaps several.

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