Royal Baby Fever!

William and Kate are all the media seem to be talking about these days. With good cause, there is a royal baby on the way! Articles stemming from where she will have the baby, when her due date is, memorabilia being sold... How much it will generate the United Kingdom economy, what title they will give the child...and what they will choose to name the prince or princess.

I personally think they will name the baby a classic, traditional, sounding name such as Alexander, Margaret, and will shorten the name in every day life as theirs have been to Alex or Maggie. Names are such a hard thing to choose for a baby. I mean really, why can't babies just come with a birth certificate like the cabbage patch dolls did? That would be so much easier!! One of the characters in Mad Men name their child Eugene. Eugene. Okay... It was about 1962..... But really Eugene? That is a hard name to live with. And such a "grown up" name for a baby.  But I also feel a similar way about the name Molly. I love that name.... But every time I think of it.... I think of a cute little girl.... Not an adult. 

My husband and I have talked a lot about names. What we like and don't like. And we have a list of a few names we like. We have incorporated names that are in our own culture and background ....or names that have special meaning to us for one reason or another. I fear that when our child is born, I will have a Molly or Eugene moment....I pray I won't as I love the names we have picked out! 

My husband really wants a daughter ... Which is surprising as males usually want a boy. So we made a deal, he can pick the girls names and I can pick the boys names.....but we both must agree on the name....you know in case we grew up with a kid that had that name they were a bully or something. 

The list so far is as follows: 

GIRLS                                               BOYS

Hannah (Hanah, Hana)                     Thatcher

Isabel                                                 Ben (Benett or Benjamin)

Bryce                                                 James

Quinn

These are the current names we both like. They are not concrete, but they are the highest contenders! We like names that are known but not necessarily the most popular name out there. We have awhile to wait and see what we have but Kate and Wills do not! What do you think they will name the baby? Do you think it will be a boy or a girl?