Baby names are one of my favorite things to talk about with my pregnant (and sometimes non-pregnant friends). I especially like talking celebrity baby names. I remember when Suri was born and I was like..wait? What? I think my favorite celeb babies belong to JLO (Max and Emme).
Anyway...I love hearing about what others have named their kids and how they came up with it. So when one of the blogs I follow, My Very Own Modern Family, announced her link-up, I was really excited to read! And then thought, hey, I am going to invite myself to this party.
By the way, this is my first link-up so…who knows if I am doing this right.
I have been thinking of baby names since I was a kid. I remember when I was younger and my mom was pregnant with my sister, I wanted her to be named Christine. I thought it was the most beautiful name. But..no dice. She turned into a Chelsey. I also went through the stages of Steffanie, Joey (for a girl), Abigail and Ally (until my cousin was named Ally, so I lost that one), Joshua and Elijah.
My babe: Ezekiel Robert
So when I got pregnant, one of my favorite things to do was to go through lists and lists of names. My husband got so frustrated with me because I was texting him a new name every other day. The name we ended us choosing was Ezekiel Robert. Believe me, I checked the baby page at our two hospitals in town every week making sure that Ezekiel wasn’t one of the common names. There were several other Brandi’s out there when I was in school (even, I am noticing, in the blogging world. I think I follow at least 3) and I didn’t want my kids to have to use their last initial for people to know who they are.
We chose Robert because it is my dad’s first name and my brother’s middle name. We want the middle name for all of our future kids to be a family name.
I already have several names lined up for Baby #2. (Husband may or may not be on board with said names). We are adopting our second so our timeline will be sometime in the next two years hopefully!
Thanks to everyone for linking up! I love hearing about all these names!
Meanings of names are very important. It says so much about the person's identity. A parent can be creative too in choosing their child's name :)
ReplyDeleteBTW, I am your new follower. I hope you can follow back too. Blogging will be so much fun with all the virtual friends around. Take care!
OH LOVE the name!!! I am praying for ya with the adoption process!!!! I can't wait to see/hear about it as I follow your blog! PS....I'm following you now.
ReplyDeleteA) Love Ezekiel's name!
ReplyDeleteB) Love that you're adopting. I'm having a hard time convincing my husband this is an avenue we need to explore.
C) Choosing a name was one of the hardest parts of my pregnancy. The hubs and I just couldn't agree on anything!
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