The Name Game!

Who knew naming a child could be so difficult! There are SO MANY name books out there with a million different names in each one. I grew up with such a common name, I graduated with 5 other Jessica's/Jessie's in a class of 75 people. We don't want to saddle our child with a name that every other little kid has, I know what it's like. However, we also don't want to give the child a name that he/SHE will have to explain/spell for the rest of their life, that's no fun either. A name kind of defines a person, I think naming her Jane could name her one way and naming her Angelina could make her another. So what to do?

I have suggested names but Shawn shoots them all down! I started with Annabelle, that was a big fat no. It went on to Isabelle, Dylan, Grace, and other numerous names. They were all no's as well. The problem is, Shawn doesn't suggest any names...if he had his way we'd name our child along the same guidelines as our pets: Boozer and Captain Morgan Elliott, Morgan for short. Seriously, her name would be Tequila Rose or something! I have been stuck on the name Chloe for quite some time, however Shawn described it as a "stripper name" however I've never met a stripper named Chloe, I think of Bambie, Candy, Cherry, or Trixie. To me, Chloe sounds like a librarian or a teacher! So defeated, I moved onto Regan...very cute, not too common and Shawn actually said " yeah, that's ok"! That was the most positive thing I've gotten him to say about a name EVER! So I was pretty thrilled. Then the other shoe dropped. About two months ago, I was discussing names with a neighbor. I told her I liked Regan and she said that she and her husband (who were not pregnant) were going to use that name. Well I thought that since she wasn't pregnant and I was, I had dibbs on the name... then she found out she was pregnant three weeks ago (I am VERY happy for them!). I told Shawn the story on the name and he said "they can have the name"! So there went the one name we semi-agreed on:-(

So my favorite name is still Chloe and Shawn still says no. I keep saying the name and even call her that now however to no avail. Maybe it will grow on him. Maybe he is holding out for the February 11th ultrasound and thinks it will reveal that we are really having a boy and he can pick a boy's name. Who knows! I tried to make a deal with him, if it's a girl I get to pick the name and if it's a boy he gets to pick the name and neither of us can complain, he did not agree. We do have a few months to pick and any suggestions would be helpful. Phew this is a big job!