Saturday, October 8, 2011

Drum Roll!!!

Well folks we have decided on a name for our little girl!!! 

Harper Lucille Kunz
Let me just say this has been one of the HARDEST things Brandon and I have had to do.. I have no idea how we agreed on Kinsey's name so fast lol.  I have liked the name Harper from day one.  (I got the name from the Beckham's)  But Brandon would always say it sounded like "hopper" and wasnt a very girly name.  Anyways, we went back and forth from name to name and the only name we could agree on was Aspen.  Well we soon remembered and found out that there is a little girl on Brandon's side of the family named Aspen and she just turned 1 a couple months ago.  They would be too close in age and that just wouldnt work out having them with the same name lol So it was back to the drawing board!  We came up with Elizabeth and a few others but I just wasnt crazy about them so I guess you could say I was the picky one.. We would also come up with other names like Lucy, and a couple other names ending in "y", but I didnt want to have my girls have similar names and since Kinsey was already a "y" name we couldnt have another lol 
Then one night I finally told Brandon we had to agree on a name before we went to bed!!  We spent a couple hours talking about names and to be honest I just didnt like ANY of them.  (girl names are hard!) Then Brandon told me he didnt mind the name Harper, but still wanted to see what else there was. (this was the first time he actually had something positive to say about that name lol) So after a long time later he came up with the idea to flip a coin!  We did best out of 3 and I called heads and WON! The deal was if he won he had to name her but the name had to go with the middle name Lucille, and if I won her name would be Harper.  After I won Brandon seemed just fine with it :) and I am SOOOO happy! 
Her middle name is our Great-Grandma's name on Brandon's side and she passed away not too long ago from pneumonia.  She was truly an amazing woman and I felt like I knew her my whole life!  We never saw her out of her nice dresses and her hair and make-up was ALWAYS flawless.  She was very conscious about her health and had the best body I have ever seen an elderly lady have.  When you would ask her what her secret was, she would tell you she exercises everyday (thats the truth!) and eats all low-fat ;).  I love her and miss her everyday and wish I got to spend more then the short 5 years knowing her.  I am so excited that our little girl is going to carry on her beautiful name :)
Well there you have it! Thats one less thing on my "to-do" list and now i have much more stuff to do!  I started to paint the nursery and her quilt is almost done.  So I hope I can stay at a good pace and have everything done by Thanksgiving!!!

2 comments:

  1. SUCH a cute name! I'm jealous you guys have decided on a name! We are almost there :)

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  2. So cute! I can't wait to meet her!!! :) How could she not be the darlingest baby with a name like that?!?

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