Yeah, I've Got Nothing...

     We aren't finding out what we're having this time.  It was a decision we agreed on and we feel pretty good about it.  I'm thinking we're having another boy, and Duncan says so too, every time we ask him.  It would be weird to never have a girl, and I'd be sad about never getting to do that, but that doesn't mean I'd be disappointed with a boy.  I love boys.  But we can't come up with a name that works.  We've used the names we like on the first three boys.  Here are some we've come up with and the reasons they don't work:

Graham- we like this one a lot, we love Gray for short, but I've noticed in Utah most people pronounce it like "gram".  It's a two-syllable name!!  Then our friends from Australia kindly pointed out that calling someone "such a Graham" in Australia is saying they're a really big dweeby nerd.  Super.

Reuben- we both really like this one too.  When I was a kid, we had our cousins from Norway come visit one summer, and the younger boy was named Reuben.  I remember him being really excited about bubble gum, and stuffing an entire package into his mouth at once.  If our last name is pronounced correctly, it sounds fine.  If it's pronounced how it looks, however, the two names together sound really dumb.

Milo- we have tossed this one around for quite a while, and can't decide if it's cool or a bit nerdy.  I think it's a really great name, but again, sounds a little odd with our last name (?).

Merek- I've had this one on my list for years, like before Gabriel was even born.  There have been a couple of hockey players with this name, and I really like it a lot.  It sounds out of place with the other boys' names.

And then there are those that have come up, but not as seriously:

Theo

Maddoc

Asher

Grady

     I don't know.  Aren't you supposed to be a little excited about your baby's name?  Shouldn't it sound good with your last name?  What if he ends up working in Australia?  What then??  

The same Australian friends are having a baby a week before us, a boy, and are naming him Willoughby.  We could never get away with that!  Say it with an Australian accent though, and suddenly it sounds really cool.  If I were British, for instance, we could have a Charlie or a Desmond.  Here?  Nope.

      Anyway, feel free to weigh in.  If you're secretly appalled at the name we choose in the end, boy or girl, sorry.  Gabriel and I were looking in name books a while back, and found some doozies, so just be glad we didn't call our kid Frick.