Picking Baby Names

Prior to becoming impregnated, I had to idea how much thought goes into choosing your child's name. As my husband and I sift through baby books, web sites, and phone applications full of baby name ideas, we realize how many factors come into play. The initials can't spell a real word, the name can't rhyme with any bad words or be easily made fun of, the first name has to sound good with our last name, the name needs to be unique without being difficult to spell, etc... the list goes on and on. One of the factors that I hadn't taken into account was the meaning of the name. We had all but decided on a couple boy names, but they meant uninteresting things like "son of a blacksmith" or "man with one leg." What the heck!?

So we've finally landed on Riley Elizabeth for a girl and Jace Allen for a boy. If you're curious, you can look up the meanings. hehe.