Chanara’s Blog

I know I’ve kind of been missing in action, but for some reason, it was way more fun thinking about names before I actually got pregnant. I’ve needed a name vacation. But I’m back, and think I’m raring to go.

First off, here is our first picture of the baby…our next one will be in a July 28th, when we find out the sex!

Our baby at 9 weeks, 1 day

As soon as I told my mom that Fable was a choice for a girl, she ran with it. She at first just fueled the excitement over it, but soon, her love for it started to wear on me. I still really love it, but…it doesn’t feel like the one. But she has her heart set on it. So if it’s a girl, we’ll either go with Fable, or break her heart…any advice?

Lets for now just say Fable isn’t set in stone. Whoo, all of a sudden I feel lighter. Like the pressure of pleasing my mother is off. Right now…believe or not, I feel like Lucy is the one. Crazy?

Here is probably my list:

• Lucy-loving this, and right now it feels like the one…only problem is that it is Erik’s grandmother’s dog’s name…so everytime we go see Erik’s mother/grandparents(they live together) there would be Lucy the beagle, and Lucy the baby…
• Beatrix-Erik’s favorite probably. What he originally wanted until I convinced him of Fable. I love it, but it doesn’t quite feel right…
• Fable-love it, but it doesn’t quite feel right…
• Rosemary-probably off the actual table, as Erik dislikes it…
• Nola-This is probably not as a strong as a contender as the others…but Erik really likes it
• Annora-I love this name, might prefer it in the middle though, but it’s so gorgeous

Then again, maybe I’ll get to avoid all this stress, because I might have  boy…

If that happens, we had tentively set ourselves for my beloved Wynn…but it doesn’t feel right anymore. The only name that really feels right to me is Malcolm. Right now, I’ve fallen into a habit of accidently referring the baby as Malcolm when we’re talking about having a boy. So it just feels like the one.

Our list though, is probably:

• Malcolm-my top contender right now, Erik loves it too
• Wynn-our old top contender. I love it to death, Erik does too, but it doesn’t quite connect to this baby right now
• August-another name we both love
• Alasdair-a name I love, Erik does too, though he slightly prefers Alastair
• Perrin-For the nickname Perry. Once a strong contender, now slowly fading
• Oskar-I really do love this, and Erik does too, doesn’t feel as strong a contender, but I love the Oscar the grouch association. Oh, also my 17 year old, not pregnant sister, has declared her undying love for this name, and it completely set on using for her future son. So maybe I’ll keep this one on ice, at least until her next boyfriend and her newest name obsession!
• Hugh-love it, but Erik won’t agree to it, it’s his uncle’s name
• Linus-love it, Erik does too, my mother does too…something in me doesn’t want to count this little gem out completely.
• Elliot-just love it, a lurker name, never in the tops, but always flittering around. Erik loves it too. Really starting loving it after watching Oprah and learning about this Eliot…

So what do you think? Right now if I had a baby this very second, I’d call it Malcolm Alexander Clint McCall and Lucy (either Lucy Valentina Virginia, or maybe as a consolation to my mother…Lucy Fable Virginia?)

Thanks for reading, and for tolerating my long absence. I think I’m out of my name funk, so I should be a more constant blogger!