So we’re sitting at SFO waiting to board a plane to Minnesota for a couple days. Yes, you read the timestamp correctly. And we still have an hour until our flight. We, and by we I mean David, sprung for first class so we can sleep away the overnight flight. That and I’m pretty sure he just doesn’t want to share his tray table with me now that my baby-filled belly precludes me from using my own. Since we have an hour I thought I would share with you some thoughts.
Upmost in my mind? Why is it okay to groom one’s self in public? At the Newark airport a couple of weeks ago we spied with our little eyes someone cutting their fingernails. At the time I thought maybe he was related to the woman who was heavily plucking her eyebrows in the amnio waiting room back in January. Alas, I was at the hospital lab today and some guy was cutting his finger nails. Different guy. Different hospital. And the part that really made me laugh was that I was sitting in his line of vision and I made eye contact with him several times. However, the only time he stopped cutting was when someone walked by. Like he was trying to hide it or something. Except I could see him! He could see me! And what makes leaving bits and pieces of one’s self acceptable?
There is a guy across the way with a wee brand new baby. A couple weeks old maybe. The baby is crying. Just the wee little cry that brand new babies make. However, it is so very clear this guy is a first time parent. He’s bouncing and swinging this kid for all he’s worth. I’m not sure that having the kid’s limbs move so fast they are actually a blur is going to calm him down. I’m even less sure than David and I are going to know what to do to actually calm down our little one when he arrives. Although I have “swing baby” on the list of things to not try.
Speaking of our little one, we need help with a name. As in we have none and I’d like to go into labor with three. We can decide which one fits after we meet him. So far no one but me likes Phineas. I mean come ON! He’d be Finn and the guy who totally brings the keg to the parties! David likes Katherine. Clearly without help this kid is coming home with the moniker “Baby Boy.” And how much would that suck? And who wants an amended birth certificate. Nothing says “My parents love me!” like not actually getting named. So what are your ideas? The middle name looks like it’s going to be George so keep that in mind. And for obvious reasons no names starting with “B.” Other than that we’re entertaining all ideas …
March 21st, 2007 at 4:14 am
Hmm, when I hear Finn I don’t think of guys with kegs. I think of Finnegan, the sock puppet dog from Mr. Dressup. You’d only have that problem with Canadians, however.
I’m pretty boring in that I like traditional names like John and Matthew. I also like the name Liam, but Tori Spelling just used that, and I’m sure you don’t want to be like her. I’m not really much help, am I?
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March 21st, 2007 at 5:52 am
Phineas seems like the perfect serial killer name. They always have names like that. Or, you know, names like Jeffrey or Ted. So those are right out, too, I guess.
We liked the name Elijah for a boy. Katherine as a name seems sort of, well, feminine. My friend, Bill, wants to name his son Lars. So he’ll be tough. I’m not sure that’ll be the case, since Bill doesn’t like sports, has a great eye for decorating and is a chef and plans to teach his son all these same things. I told him he was headed right for “getting beaten up on the school ground” city.
Geoffrey is a good spelling, but Geoffrey George is too funny to name a child.
My cousin picked a great name for her little girl and then spelled it awfully: Kloee. Seriously? I can’t believe we’re actually related. Chloe is such a gorgeous name to say and to read. And there aren’t many around, so that’s nice. There are suddenly Ellas everywhere when I take her places. I picked that name years ago! :)
Good luck with the name game, it sucks trying to name a kid, because you just have to imagine how it’ll look on the 6:00 news wih your kid’s name up there. Hopefully he’ll be on there when they’re talking about him accepting the Nobel Prize.
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March 21st, 2007 at 7:32 am
I love Finn! Love, love, love it! I like Porter also, but that sounds funny with “George” a little too rhyme-y. But who am I to talk, what with naming my kid Sophie Grow?
And then Finn has the whole Jimmy Buffett reference. Since the little guy was rockin’ out like a good little Parrothead, I think Finn would be awesome.
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March 21st, 2007 at 8:36 am
Um, I’ve been calling him Finn for weeks now. In fact, he’s my godchild and I think you are obligated to name him Finn because I love it so much. See? That decides it for you.
I also like:
Connor
Samuel (Sam)
Christian
Elliot
Julian (if you don’t go with George for the middle name, of course)
Leo
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March 21st, 2007 at 11:15 am
I like the more classic names for boys. We did name our child James after all.
We also considered Jeffrey, but I guess that has the whole serial killer thing going… ;)
I like Bradley, but you have the No B rule. I like Joshua. Christopher. Basically I like names that work for a baby boy, but that he isn’t going to be embarrassed by when he’s an adult. And like Keely said, no stupid spellings. Xavyer and Gabryel spring to mind.
Oh, and btw, some famous person… Will from Will and Grace whose real name escapes me right now, named his son Finnegan, calling him Finn.
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March 21st, 2007 at 11:55 am
Maybe you have an unintentional super power- the power of invisibility. So when you become invisible, people do all the things that they are not supposed to do in public, because they can’t SEE you watching them.
Seriously, though, what kind of person clips their nails in public? That is totally disgusting.
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March 22nd, 2007 at 9:24 pm
Kelly
Kramer
Charles
Abraham
Jefferson
Jackson
Hamilton
Franklin
Gregory
Peter
Timber
Azure
N8
Jesse
:)
Scherbring
Edgar
Miguel
Yorn
Stormie George
Reighn
We’re out of ideas for now.
Love You.
Good night.
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March 22nd, 2007 at 9:35 pm
I was reviewing my comment and thought of some more.
Thomas
Calvin
Kline
Clive
Owen
Perry
Good night again.
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March 23rd, 2007 at 9:42 am
Ernest
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March 23rd, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Kasper
Crispin
Clarkson
Tucker
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March 24th, 2007 at 11:11 am
If you use “George”, the other side of the family (loving all three of you very much), submits “Kenneth.”
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March 29th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Anything not popular (i.e. John, Brian, Mike, Steve, Ken)is always a plus!
Adam
Lincoln
Quentin
Raymond
Grayson
Hayden
Cooper
Salvador
Nicholas
August
Rubin
Theodore
Phoenix
Ezekiel
Brady
Or name him after a famous artists last name - Dali, Picasso, Manet…
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