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!!