Tuesday, November 4, 2008

What exactly is in a name?

I feel 110% blessed that Web and I have always agreed on what we would like to name our children. I am not sure if all couples do this, but we talked about this before we were married, before we were engaged even. It just seemed natural and it did not take us long to decide that if we had a little boy, Christopher Vance would be his name. Christopher comes from two of Web's very best friends. One of them actually introduced us and got the ball rolling on "us!" Each Chris is very unique but most importantly they have each meant a lot to Web throughout his adult life. Vance comes from Web's stepfather who passed away before we started dating. I would not say that we named him after Vance, but he was a wonderful man and we both loved the name. There are not too many boys out there named Vance, which we love, and it fits his personality just right ;)!

Which brings me to Hutchings' Baby #2! This time it was just as easy ;). We have a little name bank of all names and combinations we like. Try not to forget that I can be a bit overly organized...LOL!

So, if Baby H turns out to be a he, his name will be John Webster and we will call him John Webster. John is after my grandfather and Webster is after Web of course. I just think it has a great ring to it :)!

If Baby H turns out to be a she, her name will be Margaret LeighAnn and we will call her Maggie. Ever since I can remember, I have always wanted to name my little girl Margaret and call her Maggie. It just so happens that Web's mom's name is Margaret. The Leigh is my middle name and Ann is from my mom. Basically she will be named after the three coolest women she will ever know...LOL!

If you can't tell we love family names!!! I think it is neat to look back on where your name originated from and if you have anything in common with the person you were named after ;)!

I can tell you one thing...we are already so in love with our little one :)!

10 comments:

LOVE YOU A GOOGLE... said...

Love the names! and you are right she will be named after one cool momma! :) It is so wonderful being pregnant and planning for a little new baby's arrival! I can't wait to continue to hear all about it. I just love your family and all your great stories!

Lauren said...

Please, oh, please be a MAGGIE!!

Jill said...

Love the names. And I LOVE Maggie. Love it love it love.
It was on our lists of girls names with both our daughters. But I had a cat named Maggie and just couldn't get over that. Even though she was an awesome cat.

Anyways, congratulations on this new little blessing. Being a mom to two little ones is truly an adventure!

Jill said...

I'm so glad you and Web agreed on names from the beginning!!! A RARE THING at our house....sometime I just say, "what do you think..." and he says "no." HA!!!! Oh well. The only name we ever agreed on boy or girl was Eli, so I'm pretty glad we had a boy!!!!

Julie said...

It is so neat you can work so well with your family names!! It will be so neat to see what you are having; a baby I know, but I mean boy/girl.! :) :)

Meagan said...

I love, love, LOVE that names! I am not-so-secretly hoping for a Maggie... but I would love me some John Webster too! Just a healthy happy little bit that loves his/her Aunt Meag! ;-)

Jenna said...

Lee is my middle name and Ann is my moms - and if we were having a girl her middle name was going to be LeeAnn! Too funny! I love all the names!

mer@lifeat7000feet said...

I love the names you picked out! Especially Margaret/Maggie. My sister's name is Margaret, and her best friend growing up was also a Margaret. However, neither one of them went by Maggie!

Leigh Ann said...

You ARE the coolest chica I know! :)

I love, love, love the names, as you already know. I have a feeling you are going to be able to cross Maggie off the list! I just know she will be Maggie. Well, and of course, I adore the Leigh Ann part. Hee hee! I was born on my grandmother's birthday and so they let her name me. Thank goodness she just took the "Le" part of her name, "Leota." I love my grandmother, but I am so thankful she did not name me Leota. Can you imagine?

Lindsay said...

I love the fact that you arleady have baby names all squared away! will you find out baby's gender before the birthday??

I love the name maggie - we have a dog named maggie though...so that would be just wrong naming our baby after our dog! LOL.