Picking a name for the baby can be so difficult. I mean, this name is going to have to carry them through the next six months. Six Months?!?!?! Yes…that’s right. I’m not talking about what to name the baby once we know who he/she is, but what to name the unborn child.
This all stems from the fact that my strange brother-in-law decided that Tugboat was a good name for who is now Drew Larimer. So, we’ve been on a quest to find an equally intriguing name for our bundle of joy. In our first appointment, we were told that our baby was the size of a peanut, and the ultrasound also kinda looked like a peanut. Problem is, MOST people go into the doctor when their baby is the size of a peanut and you hear this name often (I believe this term was used by one of our friends as well). Additionally, the problem with such a name is that it’s a moment in time. Do we keep changing as the baby grows? Do we currently call it Apple? Then we just look like we’re copying Gwenyth Paltrow and the Coldplay guy. Then Thursday, when we switch to week 16, we have to change to Avocado? I haven’t even heard of celebrities using that one. It’s just weird. So that’s not going to work.
So then we switched to names such as Baby, Baby Brehm, Doober (yeah, I know), etc. But again, somewhat too predictable and not fun enough. With the Mexico connnection described earlier, we used to say that there is a little Mexican baby growing inside her, but that tended to confuse a lot of people. When the “morning” sickness got real bad, Ashli wondered if a monster was behind it, but we were told that it’s “inappropriate” to say such things.
Currently, again thanks to Chris, we’ve landed on Snowball, as Ashli mentioned earlier. Does it make sense? Absolutely not. Is it fun? I think so. Will it stick? Who knows, but it definitely works for now. What do you think? Any ideas? Let us know in the comments and we’ll let you know if anything wins over Snowball. And if there are any real names in there, they automatically lose, we will not be taking reader suggestions for that one. Sorry. Speaking of which, if we have this much trouble finding a name for the six months, how ARE we going to pick out one that has to last Snowball’s entire life?
