What yo name be?

Dang, its been a while huh? I’m sorry. I will make it up to you later on in the conversation. Let’s see. What has been going on for the past three weeks since we last spoke? Well, on January 14^th we had our 20 week sonogram where the doctor thankfully confirmed that the baby is still a girl. I was hoping that in the 3 weeks since our last sonogram that she hadn’t grown a ….you know.  This sonogram was so much for fun than the last ones we have had because the doctor spent a lot of time measuring and checking all sorts of stuff and in the meantime we got to watch her bounce around in her bubble. I imagine the womb is a lot like one of those huge blow up jumpie things that people rent for their kid’s birthdays. But a little bit more on the weightless NASA level. 

Here are a couple pics from the sonogram

Around the same day as the sonogram I started to feel baby girl kicking a lot. It felt really weird going from little flutter bubbles like I felt in the beginning to now feeling full on kicks. I was even able to feel her kick by pushing gently on my lower stomach with my hand.  Since then she has been a little crazy where’s the partay girl. I have to tell you though. It is the best feeling in the world. You know they are alive and kickin’ and it makes their impending arrival feel even more real (and close!)

Anyway, today I actually want to talk about names. I’ve always planned on naming my child something that would keep her as individual as possible, but without going overboard. I have never understood when people give their baby a name that is one of the most popular names out there at the time. For example, since the whole Twilight fiasco, the names Bella, Edward and Jacob have been among the most popular baby names. For real people? Can you think of something a little less trendy and, oh I don’t know, less vampire-saga-ish? In about 5 years those kids will be in their Kindergarten class with a whole bunch of kids with the same name….because of a popular book. Dumb, I say!

Then there are those people who go a little too far with wanting their kids to have unusual names. The best example I can think of is a boy that was the son of one of my mother’s students years ago when she taught nursing. The kid’s name was Shithead…I kid you not. It was pronounced She-the-id, but, um, hello it is spelled Shit Head! What was she thinking???

I like to think the name we chose for our baby is somewhere in the middle of Bella and Shithead. But before I reveal it, I want to touch on one more irksome thing that people do. Take it as more of a warning than a rant. I cannot freakin’ stand it when someone (whether it be me or anyone else having a baby) tells another person the name they have chosen for their baby and that person says they don’t like the name. That is the rudest thing ever and if you are guilty of doing that, STOP! If someone tells me they don’t like the name I chose for my child, they will likely get a broken nose (since tasers are illegal).

Ok, so are you ready? The name we chose for our baby girl is inspired by two people. My sister Cori and my grandmother Jean. Her name is going to be….

Cora Jean Newsom