Last night I had a dream. It was one of those dreams that seemed totally real. The kind where you might even wake up and still think it's real.
In my dream I was pregnant and expecting a girl. But all of the sudden I gave birth to a boy. I was shocked, my mind was racing. I'm thinking "well, at least we painted the nursery a gender neutral color so that won't be too hard to change" and "but we already have monogrammed towels!"
Ryan and I decide to name the baby Sean because, as Ryan said, "Sean is a name we have always loved." Um, rewind. Hold up. No offense to anyone who named their baby Sean, but that name was never even on my radar and definitely not one I have "always loved." Not to mention the fact that is sounds awful with our last name. After I say Sean Lastname out loud, Ryan reluctantly agrees that maybe it's not the best choice so we decide on Henry. A name I really have always loved. But as a consolation to Ryan I have to agree to let him call my new baby boy "Hank the Hammer" which is apparently some sort of baseball reference. Whatever, his name is no longer Sean so I'm happy.
But now this is the part that gets fuzzy. At first I only have Ellie in my dream. So I think we were expecting Madeline but ended up with Sean/Henry instead. But then I see Madeline in my dream and think that Sean/Henry is actually a THIRD baby that I am yet to be expecting.
So my {bizarre} dream shined a little light on a few things...
1) The name Sean really sounds awful with our last name, just in case it ever did become a name I love in the future, we can't use it. Nor should anyone of Ryan's brothers. It does sound that bad.
2) Stick with a gender neutral paint color for the nursery.
3) I think I really do want a Sean/Henry. Or another girl. I'm not picky. I love our family of four but I am definitely not ready to rule out the possibility having a family of five. Besides, have you seen this video? That on its own is enough to make me want to have another!
4) I do love the name Henry even if both sets of grandparents hate it. ;)
So funny. Dreams are crazy sometimes. And I love the name Henry. It's our boy name that we've had to pass on three times now as we only make girls in our house. And as much as I love my three girls, I'd really love to have a fourth - hopefully a Henry.
ReplyDeleteHey, Kristin, I can't seem to find the video?
ReplyDeleteNot that I need another reason to consider a third. I'm already struggling with that decision! Ack! Maybe I should just skip the video!
And hope that I don't have any dreams like yours either! ;-)
Grandparents always seem to have an opinion! I think Henry is very classic and traditional. A name you can't really go wrong with.
ReplyDeletei love love the name Henry =) I found you on Surviving a Two Year Old's blog by the way!!
ReplyDeleteohmy and i loooooooved that video def makes me want another one to do that =)
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