Kelly at
www.kellyskornerblog.com has a "Show Us Your Life" post each week. I thought I'd join in this week. She asked how you chose your children's (or future children's) names.
Greg and I wanted names that were not common (so there wouldn't be 6 kids with the same name in a class), but we also wanted names that weren't too unusual (no unusual spellings and names that wouldn't be hard for everyone to pronounce). I was also concerned about initials and monograms (mine was TLC growing up!)
Reagan didn't have a name until it was time to be discharged from the hospital...the nurse came in insisting that we name her so we could take "Baby Girl"
Sandidge home! I had wanted to name her
Presleigh (had heard the name on the radio about 5 years before she was born and just loved it & could use my middle name Leigh). When Greg saw "Baby Girl"
Sandidge, he nixed
Presleigh because she had so much hair and even sideburns that he said she looked like Elvis and that would be all he could think of when he looked at her! Greg's favorite name was Macy. Not mine.period.end.of.story. So back and forth we went, finally agreeing on Reagan Leigh. Reagan~because we like it; Leigh~because it's my middle name too!
Cooper was a much easier for us to decide on. We had found the name Cooper in a baby naming book while expecting Reagan and just held on to it. We knew he would be Cooper James from the moment we found out he was a boy. Cooper~because we like it; James is both of our father's first names (although neither go by it).
1st photo with mom & dad
Cooper has sucked his thumb and index finger since the womb
1st birthday party (11/30/08)
He's always been so expressive
2nd birthday party (11/29/09)
3rd birthday at Chuck E Cheese (11/30/10)
Cooper was a much easier for us to decide on. We had found the name Cooper in a baby naming book while expecting Reagan and just held on to it. We knew he would be Cooper James from the moment we found out he was a boy. Cooper~because we like it; James is both of our father's first names (although neither go by it).
(2006)
Cooper's 1st birthday
Today, I found out that he will be moving up to the next class at school beginning in January ~ this means sleeping on a cot, eating table food at a table and chairs (no highchair), making new friends and having to fend for himself, which I don't think will be a problem! 
