Popular Baby Names…

OK, so right now, I am at work….Yes, I am supposed to be doing actual work, but, I’m sure you all know how boring that can be.  So, instead, I have been looking at popular baby names!  My husband and I are finding out if our little bundle of joy will be a a little boy or a little girl this Thursday, so I have been wondering about different names. 

So far, the only name my husband will tell me he likes is the name Tristen/Tristan for a little boy.  He doesn’t want to go further into the name discussion until he knows for sure what our baby will be.  I like the name Olivia Marie for a little girl.  I told him that he can name the baby if it’s a boy, as long as I approve of the name.  Yes, because I am carrying this baby for 9 months, I get VETO POWER! As every Mommy should!  I also told him that I am naming our baby if it’s a girl, and he gets NO VETO POWER!  As it should be! LOL!

So, I came across this site:  http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/babynames/

You can see the most popular names in the U.S. for 2007, and there is a link on the page that you can click and find out the most popular baby names for every year since 1880 (I think.)

I am very excited to find out if we are having a little girl or a little boy!  Of course, my hubby is hoping for a boy, and I am hoping for a girl, but the only thing we are praying for is a happy, healthy baby….you know, 5 fingers on each hand, and 5 toes on each foot, etc.

A lot of people think we are crazy for not wanting to be surprised, and then there are some that think we would be crazy if we wanted to be surprised.  I just want to be able to buy and register for mostly pink frilly things if it’s going to be a girl, or blue, boyish things if it’s going to be a boy.  I don’t want to get just the generic colors that go with both genders…(yellows and greens)….

Plus, there is still a chance of surprise, because the Dr’s results/findings in ultrasounds have been known to be wrong before…..Example:  My aunt just knew she was having a boy…the doc said so, several times….but when the baby came out, it was a little girl.  That was 24 years ago.  More recently, my cousin-in-law had an ultrasound and the doc kept flipping from one appointment to the other…first a girl, then a boy, back to girl, no wait, boy….so, when the baby finally came, it was a boy!  That was 3 years ago….

Hopefully our doctor will tell us a sex and stick to it, because hopefully he will be right the first time he tells us boy or girl.  But you never really know I guess, until D-Day (Delivery Day)….

Anyway, if anyone has any name ideas, please leave a comment!!!  I would love to read your suggestions!!!

Until next time, Happy Blogging!