Yup. We're done now. We had Holly Morgan and we sort of had Hayley Ann and Christopher Steven and we had Hayden. Well, my thought was to have two names of each in case of twins, and I don't mind twins having the same first initial (I don't want to be like the Duggards and have every kid's name start with the same letter). So, with that said, if we have one and then decide to have 1 or 2 more... these may not stay.
Our final list for the first kid (or twins) is:
Hayley Belle
Holly Morgan
Hayden Ray
Hunter Steven
I was thinking about the possibility of a musical term for a middle name, like Lyric or Adagio or Aria or something. Being both involved in music for the majority of our life it seemed like a good idea. So, Jason brought with him to his competition last night his music terms and their meanings book (a musical dictionary). I started flipping through it and then saw bell. Like the bell to a horn or a bell you can ring. I thought about how to use bell as a name. Can't do Bella - I'm not a Twilight fan and even if I was, I don't think I would do that anyway. I have a friend who's daughter's middle name is Hermoine. Can't do it. Anyway. Then I remembered Belle from, yes, Beauty and the Beast. Now that I had my spelling I put it with Hayley. Hayley Belle. I liked it and showed it to Jason. He liked it. It's one we could see using both the first and middle name. We don't want to say that its named after Belle from Beauty and the Beast, that's not my intention of the name, just the spelling I guess because I couldn't remember otherwise. However, Belle is Jason's favorite princess and she is probably mine too. And, she is probably the best one to be named after - she loves to read, is smart, not your damsel in distress type, and, most importantly, looks at others for who they are, not what they look like. So, there's Hayley Belle.
We had talked about using a family name or a name from someone in the family as well. Having been stumped on Hayden forever... I went back to Hayden Ray (Ray being my dad's name). Jason had already agreed to it. It's not his favorite, but he likes it. Then it was Christopher. With 3 H names Christopher just didn't fit. So, off I went searching for another boy name that started with H that could work with Steven as a middle name (Steven being Jason's dad's name). I don't care for Hank or Henry or Howard or Hugh or Heath... Humphry is too old for me (though Humphry Bogart in Casablanca is fantastic!). I came across Hunter. Hunter Steven. Not my favorite but it works and I do like it and it seems like it fits in more than Christopher.
So, there we have it. We're done. Officially. Now we just need a baby! Then the big debate if its a girl will be which name do we use!
I should also add
Number 9. Have a movie night once a week for 6 months
Friday night's movie was Back to the Future. I do love this movie. :)
2 comments:
Love your names, especially Belle for a middle name! A perfect tribute to your wedding and musical background :)
Hey...you guys are WAY better off then we were...my DH wouldnt even talk names until we knew what we were having, then hated everyone I liked. Needless to say, it took weeks and weeks of arguing and him finally giving in to a name I picked just for her to get a first name....now its a battle for her middle name..lol. So congrats!
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