Life goes on

I was concerned how all of the tension yesterday was affecting Cupcake. I had a terrible few hours when I was unable to reach J and I know my stress levels were through the roof. I did the best I could. At times like that a girl needs her Daddy so I woke my Dad up at 4am in Texas, wailing down the phone. It took a few minutes before he could understand what I was saying but then he did just what I knew only he could - spoke some sense to me and calmed me down.

Everything was fine, of course, and life for us is back to normal this morning. We have gotten a step closer to naming Cupcake. I read about a useful technique and decided to try it out. Basically, you stand at the backdoor and shout out the various names as if you're trying to call the child in for dinner. I wasn't up for shouting out the backdoor but I sat on the couch and tried it out. It worked! There were some names that I loved but when it came to saying them out loud they just didn't feel right. One name felt so right that when I said it out loud I got all teary and giggly - looks like we have a winner!

The next test is one that we used with Toby's name. J and I like to give our babies long names with short nicknames so that they have some flexibilty. My other name test goes like this:

Step one - to test the long name

"Ladies and gentleman, please stand for the President of the United States [insert name] Futers"

Step two - to test the short name

"Hi, I'm [insert name] and I'll be your waiter this evening.'

or more ambitiously:

"And now... the one... the only... heeeeeeeeeere's [insert name]!!"

This is to make sure the long name is suitably serious and the short form is more relaxed and cool.

One name has passed all the tests and.... I'm not going to tell you what it is. :-)