Wow, Mr. Flowersocks Teddyboy keeps sounding better and better. Have fun on Saturday, Holli!
Ugh, I'm in a bad mood I can't shake today. I slept terribly last night -- woke up around 3, tossed and turned until 4:30, eventually got up and read on the couch for a while. Fell asleep at some point but the cat kept waking me up, until I dragged myself up at 7:30 to face the day. So tired, and also feeling vaguely sickish, and just generally overwhelmed -- too much work to do, both at work and at home, email inbox approaching disaster status, and all I want to do is sleep.
What really sucks, though, is that I know the root cause of this bad mood is a discussion I had with DH last night about baby names, in which I discovered that he really, firmly dislikes my very favorite name -- the only one, in fact, to which I feel really attached. I know it's not a big deal and we'll come up with another good name, but man, I *really* wanted to use that name, and it's making me very sad to realize I'm just not going to change his mind. (I spent a good chunk of my awake time last night running over various arguments I could use, but they're all either insubstantial or kind of dirty pool. The fact that the kid will be getting M's last name isn't actually a good enough reason for me to insist on getting my way on the first name, right?)
Ideally both parents should like the name, but often one parent is fonder than the other. DH nixed almost all the boy names I liked, so our list of possible boy names was extremely short. But ask me now and I'll say Isaac is a perfect name for that kid.
No. But I used Square to sell concert tickets from my Android phone and that side of it worked like a dream.
I've purchased stuff from vendors using Square, and it's great. Pete is going to be using it at the big M:tG event to sell things to fans.
HOLLI! It finally dawned on me that you are actively finding vintage clothes and stuff! Sooo, if you happen to find a b&w striped blazer (think Beetlejuice) in a size 12 or 14, please ping me?
But ask me now and I'll say Isaac is a perfect name for that kid.
Yeah, I know this will happen whatever we settle on (and I'm glad to have it confirmed by other parents!). Sigh. I guess I just really had my heart set on that name, more than I realized.
Can you live with a middle name? Can DH?
Kate, for baby names, once you both decide on one, make sure you agree on the spelling of it. When Mom was pregnant with me, they had agreed on Kathryn. However, they had only said the name, not written it down, and Mom was thinking it'd be Katherine. It was only when Dad was sitting next to her in the labor room and was writing "Kathryn" on a piece of paper that she realized he was thinking something different. She ended being fine with his spelling, and that's what I got, but it was a surprise to her!
(BTW, if I had been a boy, I would have been Daniel.)
My parents totally tried to make me lie about the souce of my name when I was back this last time. They're pretending the cute story is true. However, I think someone you met three minutes ago because they came to visit your mother in her hospital bed should not insist on knowing the provenance of your name if you brush it off. That's rude.
Can you live with a middle name? Can DH?
Maybe? It's certainly an option. Apparently it's become a fairly common middle name lately, but not so common as a first name. I feel like we have lots of great contenders for middle names, though -- it's the first names that are hard!
Names are really hard. The good news is that once the kid is born, you'll wonder how you could ever have considered naming him/her anything else.
My brother and XSIL end up changing my nephew's first name when he was bout 4 months old.
He went from being Evan to Evander (btw my XSIL had never heard of Evander Holyfield). At the time my parents weren't on board with the whole name change thing but now it seems weird that he was anything but Evander.
