what's in a name

wow - why is it so hard to choose a name for our little guy.  Not sure why its so hard  - we had names picked out if we had gotten pg on our own - but things change.  we had some names - I guess everyone had their own likes - so our mission this weekend was to pick a name.

as we discussed it over and over this weekend - it kept changing.

I think we have one - its not 100% for me but its growing on me - we'll just have to wait and see .  I just feel its very important for our little guy - we love his name and plan to keep it for his middle name - so we want to honor that and make sure its something he can have for life.  at least Craig and I agree on a few things - that are just important in the naming for the two of us.  we'll see.  we want something classic or not too common - so we'll see.

It helped that we were at a nice tourist place this weekend - Frankenmuth, MI -so all these "name" or personalized stuff.  we found a few - Nate is a rare name - don't think we've ever saw that in one of these places - occasionally we have found Nathaniel - so we get it - looking to see if we can find something like that.  we like a "long" name for the full name and something short for the every day name.

Oh well - we'll get it - we've at least got pictures and I know we'll find his name - Craig really likes Curtis - and we'll call him Curt - Nate likes it too - I do as well too - just trying to look at his picture and see if he looks like a Curt - he does look like a Curtis!

I know - stressing over the little things - but its something he will need to live with forever!  but we did find some nice Christmas ornaments from or celebrating Africa - looked for the Ethiopian flag - didnt' find it -but we'll find one.

Oh - and for those in the Detroit area - if you go to the Blue Nile restaurant in Ferndale, MI tomorrow - all proceeds go to the military - Blue NIle is an Ethiopian restaurant in the metro area.

happy 4th of July
Gail