Thursday, October 23, 2008

What's in a name?

Many of you know that Dave and I have been set on our names for a long time! Chloe Jane for a girl and Aidan Ryan for a boy. However, a little incident in a grocery store may have changed all that! Let me explain...
So, I was in the produce section trying to get out of the grocery store as soon as physically possible (I hate grocery shopping) and this little boy went right in front of me blocking the aisle. He started dancing in circles. Very cute, but remember I wanted to leave! With old ladies thoroughly examining the apples behind me, I had no where to go. Finally, the mom of the boy noticed where he was and started yelling his name...you guessed it....."Aidan. Aidan. AIDAN!!!!" The boy didn't budge. Then the unexpected happened...she yelled his name once more..."AIDAN RYAN!!!" You've got to be kidding me! Granted we knew the name Aidan is becoming increasingly more popular, but really...what are the chances that I would be standing right there in the grocery store at the same time and place that the boy happened to act up enough to require his mom to yell his first and middle name? Come on. So, as I scurried away from the produce section and gathered up the rest of my groceries I was thinking about whether or not it was some sort of weird sign...does it mean we're having a boy? Does it mean Aidan Ryan is the perfect name for our little boy? Or most likely...does it mean that it wasn't a sign at all and that there are a million Aidan's in the world including enough Aidan Ryan's that I could run into one! After telling Dave the story we decided to change our boy's name. For the fun of it we both started making lists of both girl and boy names. Boy names for this one and girl names for the future...until we found a new girl's name too! Now I LOVE Chloe Jane and haven't had any run ins with a Chloe, but we also love our new choice. The long and the short of it is, don't trust any name we tell you until after the child is born! The new tops are Savannah Elise and
Austin Patrick...but, don't count on it yet! :)

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