Wednesday, October 10, 2012

What's in a Name...


So I tend to break my own personal rules...

One rule I have is that I won't name my child until I see them, because I always want to see if they "look" like that name. 
Well, like many things I say I will NEVER do and end up doing, so here I am already naming our second boy,

 Oliver

I can't get that name out of my head, and every other name just doesn't seem to fit, and I keep wanting to call him Oliver whenever I'm talking about him. There was one other name that was a close 2nd but when I said the name to people they would give me a funny look. I still love it and I might use it later, it came from one of my favorite books, Wuthering Heights - don't worry it's not Heathcliff, and I have never heard anyone use it. So maybe I will use it in the future. 

So where did Oliver come from???

Right after I found out I was pregnant I was at one of the theme parks with Thomas in Orlando when I heard a British family called out their son Oliver, and right away I thought "That's it! If I have a boy." I have never thought of that name, and kind of brushed it off because I didn't think Dustin would like it, well, it has turned out to be Dustin's favorite name I have picked out, and I know he really wants it, but since he picked Thomas he's letting me have the final say. 

Also I like the sound of Thomas and Oliver... I can't help and think how cute those names sound together. 

We haven't decided a middle name but we are thinking:

Oliver Joseph Clark
 after my dad. 

Anyway, who knows maybe we will change the name, but I really think it's Oliver at least that's what I'm going to be calling him now.

So here's to breaking another rule of mine. 


4 comments:

Jocelyn Christensen said...

I love that name!!

Clarissa said...

I LOVE that name!!!!! If Graham was a girl she was going to Olive. So happy for you~ Two boys is crazy, but SO fun!! Hope you are feeling good.

Heidi said...

So cute! My girls all have names they've claimed for their future children and Oliver is one of Chloe's picks :)

Clarissa Dyer said...

I love classy names! Oliver sounds so adorable for a boy!