What's in a Name?

Before getting pregnant, I often wondered what some parents were thinking in naming their children. We've all heard those stories about the woman who named her little girl Female (pronounced Fa-maul-e), or the woman in Louisiana (Mary- see what your state produces :)) who had twins and named one Unique Lee and the other one Sincere Lee. Or what about the woman who named her son Nosmoking (pronounced Nos-mo-king) but it's spelled No Smoking!

There's so many facets that go into naming a child. You don't want to give them a name that could get twisted into something mean or spiteful, or that other children could use as ammo to invite jokes from their peers. And you don't want to name them something where their initials spell out a curse word or, even worse, just name them some of those listed above. Children make fun of other children for even the smallest of things, so why even add that burden to your poor child (like the old song by Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue)?

So when Chris and I sat down and tried to come up with names that we both liked, it was really difficult. Frankly, it was one of the more difficult decisions we've made. This name will be attached to her for the remainder of her life, and we wanted it to be a good, strong name.

Before I go any further, you should all know that Chris wanted to name her Tennessee. That was pretty much a no-go for me from the beginning.

It went both ways, too. There were name that I loved, but Chris hated. So coming to a consensus was pretty difficult. You have 2 very different people with 2 very different ideas, all the time trying to compromise on such an important decision.

So in the end we decided on name, which I'll hope you love as much as Chris and I do. So without further ado - we present to you Miss Carragan Geneva Arnold!!!