The Name Game

It seems i think that we are pretty much settled on a name for this baby. Is it my number one choice? No its not but i do like it, its a strong name – a very Scottish name and one that any Scot would be proud to carry.
It has been a long hard journey getting to this point, we both have such diffrent ideas of what we like (i think i have said before my number one choice would be either Finley or Lucas while his something like Gordon or Peter) . In the end im not sure its the first choice for either of us but as its the only name we both like and agree on then its also the winner.
For the past maybe 2 months we have had this name on the table, i have been using it when i can .Getting use to it and letting it become part of my daily thoughts, it appears to be working as although for the most part i still refer to the baby as “baby” in my head and heart i use his name.

With the girls it was easy, i don’t remember the journey much with Rebecca’s name. We picked up a baby name book and spent a few months looking through it , we both got a feel for what each other liked and i guess as some point both realized it was the perfect choice (although not Becky, never Becky .I have always been insistent on that) . The middle name for a girl would be Stephanie after my sister , that was chosen before the baby was even conceived . I remember calling the baby Rebecca early on, long before we even found out she was a girl.

Eilidh was the easiest one yet, we knew with her we would find out the sex(with Rebecca we didn’t as no extra scans were planned till my fluid problems started, we were about 30+ weeks before we found out she was a girl) . Before the 20 week scan we talked about names a little, not really making any decisions or worrying about it much . After the scan it was decided very quickly. I asked Craig that evening if we could really talk about names now and he suggested Eilidh – i automatically said no. Then he looked up the spelling and i loved it , that was that and she was Eilidh from the moment on.
Middle name was a little bit more complicated as we wanted to use Joyce after his mum but she didn’t seem to keen , honestly we both feel she really did love the idea but did not want us to feel pressurized into it – this was definetly not true , while not our favorite name in the world we wanted to do that for her plus i have always felt Eilidh Joyce just goes so well together – plus i love calling her EJ

This time around a girl would of been Charlotte Grace (Grace after my gran) or possibly Grace Ann (which i also loved as it would be after my gran and using Ann from my mums name) . We always knew a boy would have the middle name Graeme after Craig’s brother. Alexander has been a name we both loved from the beginning but we always face the same issue – Alexander Graeme – we feel we would just be setting the kids up for teasing (a just in case anyone is not picking up the connection talking about this guy here .) If we ever had another son then i imagine Alexander will be our number one choice.

Have i rambled on enough now? Im waiting for Craig to get off the phone so we can finish our game of Mario Party on the wii and he is taking forever. For the moment our son will more than likely be called Ruairidh Graeme – like i said its very Scottish and follows the same tradition as Eilidhs name .Its of Gaelic origin and means “Red King” . Its easy to say once you get the hand of it honesty – Roo (rhymes with boo) – Ray . Roo-Ray .