THE GREAT NAME DEBATE

Most of you know we really struggled with a name for our little girl. I have to document the drama and the logic that went into her name. The name for our first daughter has always been MYLEE. We are talking like 11 years ago, when we were just engaged type of time frame. Then we get three boys before our girl. And low and behold that d@mn Miley Cyrus has to be the teen pop star right now and as much as I tried to convince myself that I could still use the name...and that Miley Cyrus wouldn't be popluar forever...I just couldn't do it. No one should name their little girl after a teen pop star. It should be illegal.

The next name in the running was MARLEY. Anyone that went to Sunset High School during the years Bill and I did might have an idea of why Bill likes this name! :)- A girl named Marley just might have been the "hottest" cheerleader at our school. And to help with Bills case, our boys struggle with saying their "R's," so hearing them say Mawley is just way too cute. I had nothing against the name, but I just didn't like how popular it has become recently...especially with the movie "Marley & Me"....and of course Marley has to be the dog. Real great!

My choice was MABLE. Loved it! I can still remember the day I came home and told Bill the name. Our conversation went like this:

Chiara: Okay, I have a name for you to think about. I absolutely love it!! It means loveable. It is a family name and I really really like it. I don't want an answer right now. I want you to think about it and give me an answer in a few days....okay? The name is Mable.

Bill: SILENCE....then literally 2 minutes later....Nope! No way! Never going to happen. Sorry, but I've thought about it as long as I'm going to. It sounds like a cartoon cows name. My daughter will not have that name. We don't need to talk about it any further.

So much for my "think about it and give me an answer in a few DAYS" instruction. I held out hope, continued to bring it up, hope he'd change his mind once she was born. But no. The cartoon cow just wouldn't leave his mind. (If anyone really knows if a cartoon character cow named Mable really exists...please share!) Even in the delivery room he's talking to my Dr about it and says, "I mean...I could see it being kind of cute for a baby, and for a grandma....but what about ALL those years inbetween?!?!"

Needless to say....the decision was hard. A teen pop star, a hot cheerleader/dog, or a cartoon cow?!?! Wow!! :) The name Marley totally fits her and we love it!! Now I just need to find a way to stop Bill from calling her "Buster!!" I tell him he needs to use words like sweetheart, or princess, or something a little more girly sounding than BUSTER?!?!?