Name Calling

I went to lunch with Jackie Brown yesterday. She let me go on and on about you, and we started talking names. I told her I thought we had decided on Bennett, but that I'd just recently decided to keep looking for a boy name. That's when she so kindly informed me that we probably should stay away from B names so your initials wouldn't be BM. Wasn't that nice of her?! What is shocking is that every time I come up with a name, your dad comes up with 10 ways other children could make fun of it. Yet, for months we've been trying to think of a middle name for Bennett, and he didn't catch that.

I had originally wanted to name you EmmaLeigh if you happen to have girl parts, but I think we've decided on Sophia Louise. Louise is your Great Grama Fox's first name. She's gone now, and it's too bad you'll never get to see that sparkle in her eyes, know how bad she used to drive, receive a stuffed animal she made for you, have to sit through one of her very long stories, or get to play Yahtzee with her, but you'll probably have her name.

Yesterday, your dad pointed at my belly and declared it Beantown. Just for the record, I'm not even showing yet, so he did not say that because my belly is the size of Boston. It's because our little Bean lives there.