Matt and I have been tossing around names for LBD, both boy and girl. Last night we narrowed down the boys' names and came to a decision. The finalists were Alexander, Anthony, Christopher, Ryan, and Zachary with the final decision being
Anthony.
My father's family started a tradition of giving the father's first to their son as his middle name and I would like to continue that. (My brother is Devon Paul, my dad Paul Anthony, my grandfather Anthony Stanley.) Matt had some reservations at first, but I've convinced him that it's not making the baby and "mini-me". So if LBD is a boy, he will be
Anthony Matthew, after my paternal grandfather and his father.
As for girls' names, we're still widdling that list down. We haven't been able to agree on very many names which is making this really difficult. I love Abigail and Madison, neither of which Matt is fond of and he likes Zoe and Rachel, neither of which do anything for me. But we've managed to agree on four names that we can both live with: Erin, Kathryn, Quinn, and Rachel. I'm really pulling for Kathryn, but I like Erin and Quinn as well. (Rachel is a nice name, but doesn't really do much for me.) Either way, her middle name would be Nicole, after Matt's sister.
When my mom was pregnant with my sister, Hannah, I helped her and my dad in choosing names. (Hannah, obviously, and Jacob if she was a boy.) The middle name for a boy would have Paul, following the tradition, but they weren't sure about a girl middle name. I suggested Lynn, which is my middle name, in following what my mom's mom did. All three of her daughters have the same middle name: Marie. My mom went with the idea and so Hannah, as well as my baby sister, Olivia, both have the same middle name as me. So Matt and I chose Nicole as a middle name for any girls that we may have.
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