The Name Game

Hello everyone, this is Pete!

I am making my blogging debut to let you all know that we have decided on a name! As my lovely wife has written, I have had a heck of a time deciding what to call our child... There is so much responsibility involved! This is one of the few things that will affect your child for the REST OF THEIR LIFE!

So, to give you a little history, I will take you on a journey of The Name Game over the past 7 months...

In the first few months, Marie was all about deciding a name for our child. She bought the "1 trillion baby names" book which I immediately hid away. I went along non-committal-like, but with enough interest to not get her mad at me. A few names were tossed about, but we were still kind of in shock about getting pregnant in the first place, so nothing was really talked about with any seriousness.

Sometime in August, Marie REALLY starts to get serious about naming our child, but I told her that I need to find out the gender before I even consider a name, because that immediately eliminates half of the choices! I was not about to waste my time thinking about a name that wasn't even going to work. So August 25th rolls around and we find out that it is a boy. The ironic thing is that by this time we had already mutually agreed on an acceptable girl name, so it was back to the drawing board for a boy's name.

I looked over the book and wrote a few names down and immediately knocked a few off the list. However, I was really struggling with this name thing! We determined that if we used one of our father's names we would have to use both, and could not just use one or the other, which would essentially mean that he would have two middle names (like me)!

Right before the sonogram that would determine his gender, we had some friends visiting and we were kidding around after watching a Carl Weathers movie and I said that if we had a boy, we would call him Tyrone "Action Jackson" Hackman. I liked it, and it had a nice ring to it. Funny enough, the Action Jackson moniker stuck and we started calling him AJ instead of Pinhead.

So we kind of liked it and decided that we would try names starting with A like Andrew or Alexander, with either Joseph Douglas or Pierce as the middle names. Joseph William is Marie's father's name, and Charles Douglas was my father's name. Pierce is actually a form of the name Peter. We had tried a few combinations, but nothing really sounded right.

We tried out Alex for a while and it just didn't fit. We tried out Andrew for a day and it worked better, but it still wasn't right. I was starting to get a little frustrated and felt like I was now starting back at square one!

Then, earlier this week, after a visit by some friends who have a 3 week old son named Charlie, it just kind of hit me... Despite the odd nicknames for Charles (as mentioned in a previous entry by Marie) I kind of liked the name! I mentioned this to Marie and she told me that oddly enough, she was kind of liking the name as well! She immediately took that as a sign that our son was going to be named Charles and that it was my choice for the middle name... Either Joseph or William. I thought it over for a bit and decided that I really did like the name!

So after much thought and discussion, we have decided that he will be named Charles Joseph after our both of our fathers... However, if you want to call him Charlie, Tyrone, Chuck, CJ, Action Jackson, Chip, Chaz, or even Bubba, that is fine with me too. Although, I have to say that Charles is not technically his name until we put it on the birth certificate! I may decide to change my mind, but I doubt it... It has been hard enough getting this far! So, I hereby declare that the Name Game is officially over! Yay!

Our baby pics.. Enjoy!

It's not a democracy....

For those of you following my blog, the latest in the Hackman household drama has been deciding a name for Pinhead. I think we have come to a name, but Pete, being the ever dramatic person he is, wants to wait until his absolute deadline to make it official. Personally, I can't wait to make it official. He wants to make sure 10000000% he is good with the name before making that final call. Unfortunately, I hate to break it to him, but this is not a democracy, its a VADGEOCRACY. Thanks right people. I work out the math as such: I get a 60% stake in the vote, he gets 40%. Therefore, by vadgeocracy rules, I win. Let's think about this. Who has to carry said baby in their belly for nine months???? HMMMM???? Who has to carry around ginormous boulders in a bra for nine months??? Whose hoo-haw is permanently going to be traumatized by squeezing out a watermelon out of a lemon sized hole??? Basically, who's knocked up and giving birth here? That's right, me!

So, by said definition and set expectations that are to be delivered, I get final say. He is in denial, and is continuing to think he still has a "choice" in the name. Poor Pete. I reached my point and it was broken the second he blurted "Thor" as a possible name for our child. Granted, he was kidding, but I suspected that his dedication and seriousness on the issue was clearly not on par with mine. We did try out two other names, but they did not feel right. He did agree that those names just didn't sound like our child and after a day or so of "test-driving" the name, we gave them up.

Needless to say, we do have to thank two very cool people for being so awesome. They know who they are and I do not want to write their names because that would give away Pinhead's final name. Regardless of what Pete' thinks, Pinhead's name has been chosen, and Pete will write on the blog Wednesday to make the huge "Reveal". Although, for a small bribe, I may be able to spill the beans. Hope you all are having a great day and remember, when your wife, girlfriend, significant person is knocked up.. Vadgeocracy rules.

Reaching my breaking point...

Okey dokey people. At this very moment, I am sitting in bed with my soon to be dead husband who is STILL contemplating names. Yes, we are still playing the name game here at the Hackman Household. I am working on keeping a calm and happy disposition at this very moment, while my husband blurts out names like Sheldon, Mortimer, Vladimir and Waldo. Under normal circumstances, I would find this hilarious, but seeing as our kid will be born in 69 days, I would like to settle on his name ASAP. OH MY GOD. He just blurted out THOR as a freaking name. I am seriously going to kill him. Well, obviously not, but let's just say that he thinks its hysterical to find the funniest, most insane names and see what kind of reaction I will have.

You know what, for the next five minutes, I am going to write about what the holy hades he talks about in the morning. Yes, I want you to fully experience the Pete Hackman daily routine when in bed. (get your minds out of the gutter, people) At this very moment, he is whining about why his Frisky Dingo is not taping. For those of you who aren't aware of this show, and that should pretty much be ALL OF YOU, its the most insane, retarded show on the face of the planet. I am not going to even bother with giving you details, but Pete is of course, enamoured with the show. I just cringe when I see him watch it because I can count the brain cells dying as he watches.

Now he is playing with the stupid remote control trying to find this stupid Frisky Dingo show. I am praying that it is no longer on the stupid Adult Swim and has been gobbled up by the TV Gods of forgotten programming.

Pete still has the baby name book in his one hand, but do you think he is trying to find out a name for our kid???? NO. He is still obsessing about this freaking frisky dingo.

Still channel surfing, so no news to report or update you all on that front.

Now he is taking this valuable time to ensure that all the shows we like are getting taped on the DVR. AHHHHHH, good to know that his priorities are lined up.

Ok.. i think I need to eat. Normally he is the most awesome husband in the universe, but today, I think I am about to lose it. Please don't worry you all, he will be fine. As long as one of you calls him and lets him know that it may be in his best interest to find our kid a name soon.

Update, he just pondered the reason as to WHY NBC is sucking so bad in the ratings and why they have such stupid shows like Night Rider and Crusoe on the line up.

Ok, I am done. I need to eat and have to baby retail therapy. I love you all and please keep me and pinhead in your prayers. I really don't feel like going to jail because I have a dumb dumb for a husband.

Short but sweet..

Sorry I haven't written in a while, but I have been super busy at work. I will post another amusing musing soon.. but probably not until AFTER Tuesday. Hope all is well! BTW, we got 3d/4D ultrasound done. IT's the coolest thing ever, and I will tell you this, it has calmed a lot of my fears. I will post those soon, promise.

It's a name, not rocket science!

For those of you that have not noticed, I posted a new poll on the left hand side of my blog. Please do not think these are the final names, but they are SOME of our top choices. We had picked out a girl's name already, and that was quite simple. (We decided on Vivian Grace LOONGGG before that Angelina chick picked it up) A boys name I knew was going to be a challenge. Not because of me, mind you, but because Pete seems to hash our EVERY variation of a name to death. I AM NOT KIDDING. Let me recap for you.

One of the first names on my list was Charles William. I personally love the name Charles. I think Charlie is the cutest little boys nickname, and the two names pay homage to both grandfathers. I mentioned this name to my mom who also loved it. Good.. it passed that test. For the most part, people at work thought it was a good, strong name as well. Now, let's get to Pete. Ahhhh Pete. Many of you know him as sweet, easy going, go with the flow Pete. That is except when it comes to naming our child. This man has put more effort and thought into Pinhead's name than when we bought our house or we got married. I am serious. Do you know what he said when I said Charles William? He came up with FIVE nicknames for the name Charles and proceeded to say no to the name based on said bad nicknames. I sat there in SHOCK. People, when the hell was the last time you heard the name Chip or Chaz as a nickname for Charles??? Can you believe that? I think the boy dug back, WAY back, to even think of one of those names. We have some good friends that just named their little boy Charles and I think its precious. Do you think anyone would ever call this little boy Chip??? I don't think so. Charlie is about as far as people go nowadays. Unless of course you live in Yuppieland and need a membership to the local country club.

Pete has promised me that he will give me his final decisions on names by the time we leave for Florida. I swear, if he doesn't come up good with his promise, he will rue the day!! I don't think it's that hard. Granted, you don't want to give your child a craptastic name that will haunt him for the rest of his life, but give us some credit! Here is the best example of WTF for the week when it comes to a child's name.

A friend told me that they came across the following name: Ta-a. Now, how would you pronounce it? I was with a group of others and we went round and round about it. As a joke, i mentioned something about the dash and they said, well you are right. Get this, it is said TA-DASH-AH. Yes, these people were too freaking lazy to spell out dash and just put in the punctuation for it. DOES THIS PERSON HAVE FRIENDS??? Where the people at the hospital on a lunch break? I mean who names their kid that? I can understand our predicament if that's the kind of name I wanted, but there's no way it even comes close.

So there.. I just had to vent. I have noticed my temperament is starting to get a bit "crispy" as my aunt likes to say. I think it's just the fact that I still have 10 weeks left and I don't think I will make it much longer. Thanks for reading and make sure to vote. Maybe Pete will get the freaking hint!!

Holy SH$%! My uterus is on fire!

Last night, I was in a peaceful slumber, when all of the sudden, I awoke to the most piercing pain in the world. Now, I had no idea what it was, except for the fact I had never experienced pain like this. It was sharp, and strong, like a hot knife cutting through my uterus. For those of you reading this, do not panic. I have done my homework and these are simply round ligament pains. I have had these for a while, but I guess pinhead is growing everyday. With this new added weight, my uterus is being stretched beyond its normal limits. It has dawned on me that this is only the beginning!!!!!

If these are just stupid ligament pains, what in the hell am I going to do when pinhead comes out of a hole meant for something smaller!!!???? Holy schnikes.. I try to look for some comfort on the pages of the internet baby sites, but in reality, they were much more unnerving. I kept reading about the Braxton Hicks Contractions and how they begin in the third trimester. Now here's my thing. If this is my first kid, and the websites keep saying you are just having "fake" contractions, how the heck do I even KNOW what a contraction feels like?? I mean really!!!!!!!!!! Other than menstrual cramps, there has been no real pain down by my gates of paradise. (in their defense, they were pretty intense cramps) And seriously, would someone just take a moment to write on these stupid websites what the heck these contractions feel like.??? They just mention something about timing them and how if they become more intense to go to the hospital. HELLO!!!! How about what they feel like.. there has to be some moms on retainer to explain what they feel like. Even something like "your vagina and uterus feel like its on fire" would be more help then what they write.

Anyway, all is well for now. I hope I don't panic anyone. Seriously, I just had to vent about how no one tells virgin pregnant women (he he I just think that's funny..) about what kind of aches, pains and spasms they are getting themselves into. I mean really.. I may just have to write a freaking book that doesn't mince words and tells pregger ladies exactly how it is.

Alrighty you all.. I am about to watch Ironman with Pete and Pinhead, who is now kicking my spleen. At least one of us is happy...