Hello, my name is.........

     I always assumed naming your child would be an easy enough task....not so. Every time I think I may like a particular name, I change my mind. I keep telling myself, this name is going to stick with our daughter for the rest of her life. What if she doesn't like it? What if she is ashamed to wear one of those stickers one day on her shirt that so famously reads: "Hello, my name is ________." 

    One of the problems is that my husband and I are so different. He likes traditional names. You know, like, Mary or Elizabeth or something normal. I, on the other hand, pride myself in being unique. With a maiden name like "Kokotkiewicz" you get used to being different. There is one and ONLY one of you. I like names such as Magdalene, Isla, and Lila. Jared says "Isla" looks like is-la. Obviously, he has never learned to pronounce island (eye - land). Just kidding, Jared:) He wants people to be able to spell and pronounce the name correctly. Which makes sense, except that more people spell my married name "Wilber" wrong now (insert WilbUr) than they ever did when it was Kokotkiewicz. 

  Before we knew the gender of our sweet, little Roo, Jared always said if it was a boy he wanted to name him "Maynard". There was a man that Jared and his brother looked up to in the church long ago, whose name was Maynard Maguire. It is unique! In fact, it is the most unique name Jared has liked...period. Maynard Wilber might be okay. If we knew we were going to have a future farmer in our midst......and if we were having a boy. Thank Heaven for little girls:)

     People keep asking me what our daughter's name is. To which I respond, "we haven't decided yet." Apparently, people translate this to mean that we know, we just want to keep it a secret for some reason. No, we really don't know and I'm not sure when we will decide. Maybe when I go into labor, I will have an epiphany. We agree on one name so far....... "Hope", but I think this will be a middle name. Other top choices include: McKinley, Meredith, and quite possibly Maynard. Just kidding! We do seem to be stuck on the "M's" though. For now, she will continue to be known as " Hello, my name is Roo."