well here it goes again. picking baby names. uugh. this is the part of pregnancy that sucks.
our checkup this week went fine. i've only gained a pound or so, my BP was great, and the baby has a heart beat strong as ever. next month we get to have our anatomy ultrasound. last time, we didn't want to know the gender (not that it would have mattered, kendal wasn't positioned in a way that we could find out). so now, we have to decide once again if we want to find out. the decision is up to nathaniel this time... as last time it was i who insisted on not finding out. and i loved it that way. but, this pregnancy is already so different, why not make it REALLY different?
so i think he wants to find out this time. and not being a very private person (rather, secretive person), i would definitely like to share the results with everyone. and after jon and shannon had their girls and disclosed the names way prior to their delivery, i definitely want to do it that way this time (assuming we find out the gender).
so just to keep everyone updated, i have selected a boy name (or 2)... and i think nathaniel finally agrees to it. marshal benson (my fav) or marshal turner (N's and kate's fav). i'm interested to know what you think (and why, as i like benson because for short he'd be ben and then we'd have a ben and ken). and also just to forgo any questions... marshal would be for marshal south, who lived atop ghost mountain in anza borrego desert state park... both benson and turner would be family names for me.
so with this family name business... the thornburg lineage had loads of great choices, and we took the best 2 for kendal. therefore, there just isn't any super great ones left (that i want to name my own child anyway, which means that it cant be "ordinary" however i don't want it to be "unique" or "weird"). plus since we have one baby named for the Ts... i want this child to have something from my family, somewhat. which leads me to my final point. there just isn't any good names in my family (mildred? beatrice? lucile? NO!)! well, none that haven't been taken (caroline, etc.)
i'm left with just a few good ones... like lila, which unfortunately is becoming too popular for my taste. i also like cescile, but find that even for me it is hard to spell. (cecile, cescile?)
so the only girl name i can come up with is BLAIR. which is not a family name at all. blair would be pulled from blair valley... which lies at the base of ghost mountain! (return to the marshal south/ghost mountain part of this blog...)
JINX!!! ;)
ReplyDeletewe have also thought of turner and benson as prospects... just to let you know :-)
ReplyDeleteG-ma's middle name was Margaret, which we would be using -- IF y'all didn't' have a Maggie already :-p
chris, you've got me! funny how we blogged the same topic.
ReplyDeletewell, you can use margaret because maggie's name is MAGGIE, not margaret. really her name is maggot, or something of the sorts. like magpie.
well, if you use one of those names, either i'll have my decision made for me OR i can just pick another!!!
How about Lila Blair for a girl; then, and, if Lila is too "common" you can call her "Blair".
ReplyDeleteI think Blair(e) use to be fairly popular a while ago, but, I haven't seen it used as much lately.
Odds are that I will want to find out the gender this time. Last time with Kendal was exciting not knowing the gender, but it was somewhat anticlimactic when it happened. We were convinced it was a girl, but it was a boy, and we were both amazed. Also, so much is going on at the moment of birth, gender is not really an issue.
ReplyDeleteThis being the second child, I want to experience it the other way and know the gender. This pregnancy is already SO different from the last, that we might as well be different all around.
Marshal Turner
Cecilia Blair
My votes, but it's not like they count. ;-)
ooohh... I like cecilia blair
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