What's in a Name?

     Since my last entry the job of picking out a name for you is still ongoing! I jumped the gun announcing you would be a Caitlyn.  There has been some indecision that the name previously chosen is not the one Mom and Dad want anymore.  Things come up and other's situation tend to sway this choice as it did years ago with your Aunt Natalie.

     In 1988, the year aunt Natalie was born we were deciding on names for boys and girls. We were sure the name for our "son",  if it were to be  a boy,  would have the name Jacob.  Of course we shared this with everyone that we had chosen this name. This was the only boy name we had picked out because we liked it so well.  Others,  within our family, were also with child and had discussed their choices as well for their child when the time came.  It was our understanding that Jacob was never mentioned from this person,  as a matter of fact they had a mentioned a few other names to us .  This other family member had the advantage of giving birth 2 weeks before us and had a boy.  Low and behold to us, out of the blue,  they called their son "Jacob".  It was kind of funny but still put a question in our mind. Should we stick with our name choice.  We decided that we would stick with Jacob.  It didn't matter to us because we liked the name.  Well your Aunt was a girl and it didn't matter.  So Natalie it was.

    I think Mom and Dad have a name picked out now that they really like.  We will leave this our little secret for now.  No sense giving the neighbor down the street or friends and family anymore ideas for their child.  They can google up a name of their own.