The Name Game

I know I have been lazy on blogging lately, but to be completely honest it has been quiet around here and that is a great thing! We are at 26 weeks halfway to our next mini goal:) and things are still holding up. I have an appointment with Dr. Font on Thursday so I'll be sure to update after then.

Now onto the name game. Thinking of a name for your baby is one of the first biggest decisions parents will have to make, and it will be with them for their entire life! I mean don't get me wrong, many people don't like their names so they choose to go by their middle name or a completely different name that I have no idea where they even came up with it. Was it really that bad? Let's start with Marty and I. My parents were going to name me Sheena. Sheena Zawistowski has a ring to it doesn't it? HA! However I left the hospital with good old Ashley and by the time I went through kindergarten and 1st grade I had had 4 friends all named Ashley. Marty was going to be named Patrick. However when he was born his mother thought he didn't look like a Patrick so Martin would be his name. On the contrary Marty grew up not knowing a single other Martin so his name wasn't very common. (Although when I met Marty I had 3 other Marty's in my phone) weird.

When it came time for Marty and I to discuss baby names we actually found it pretty easy the first time around. We both immediately agreed on Sloane. How easy was that, we had many disagreements before but for some reason coming up with our child's name for the rest of her life came to us in 5 minutes days! Now baby #2. Even before we knew whether it was a boy or girl we would throw names to one another. Well I would throw names at Marty and he would turn down every single one. We did know one thing, if it was a girl she would share her sister's middle name of Elise, and if it was a boy he would use his sister's name as his middle name with out the E, so Sloan. After much debating between all these different ideas we decided to wait and see, boy or girl?!

Finding out she was a she I thought would be super easy for us. Great, girls names were easier for us and I already loved the names Nova, and Luxe. I figured I could weasel my way into making Marty agree, however not the case. Nova was completely thrown away not even thought about it just a flat out no way. So I stuck with Luxe for at least a month. Showing him "signs" that it was meant to be. Like the pretty new nail polish I had just bought that just happened to have the name Luxe in it :). Pretty convenient huh! Well to say the least we are not naming our daughter Luxe, so it was back to the drawing board.

Scarlet, Penelope, and Harper where the three names that I could actually have my husband even remotely think about for more than a second. I like different names, names that you may have never heard of, or maybe just once. I mean when I was a kid and played dolls with my cousin I always named my babies Mercedes. HA! (I didn't even give this name as an option to Marty I knew better). Where as Marty liked more common names, not so "crazy" as my options. With that said Harper was out. As soon as we both had really started to like it about 5 babies were born all named Harper. We loose. While being on bed rest I turned to google. Obviously a legit way to name our daughter right?! What I typed in, changed our list completely. Sibling names that go with Sloane.

 

 

I do not have photo shop so I apologize for the poor quality

 

After looking at this we found one name in particular that both of us loved! So it was back to trusty google and we entered in this name to research what others were saying about it. When I say research I mean my husband spent at least a week looking up this name everywhere imaginable. Its meaning, other spellings, putting it into sentences such as, "Hey, excuse me              is anyone sitting here?" Let me also mention that googling names may not be a great idea. Too many opinions may alter your decision, that's why many parents won't even share their babies name until he/she is born. With that said we did decide upon this name and are absolutely in LOVE with it. Some of you already know however I am not ready to completely disclose her name but it is in the above picture :) and it isn't Mercedes!