“get down out of that tree before you fall and break your arm”

last night, “C” texted me to ask if we’d come up with a name yet.

I replied with the name we’d been talking about earlier that evening (and no, I won’t tell you what the name is, so stop trying to guess!).  We’d realized that this name, while it wasn’t either of our #1 favorites (which we’ve each stubbornly stuck to for WEEKS!), was a name we both liked equally well and could see maybe fitting on this kid.

So, I texted her the name and waited for a reply.

Minutes ticked by and I started feeling anxious.  No reply.

Half an hour went by, no reply.  Is this the whole, “if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all” thing? Does she hate the name?

Two hours went by.  Still no reply.  I’m in the tippy top branches of the crazy tree at this point, convinced that she hates the name and is going to raise the baby herself because these two nincompoops can’t even pick a good name, so how on earth could they take care of a child?

By 11:00, I’d done my best to shove these thoughts aside and get over it. We could come up with another name.  Back to the drawing board.

At 11:20, on a whim, I checked my phone, just in case I’d missed the ring.

She’d replied at 7:23 (right after my text–my phone just hadn’t rung for some reason).

She likes the name too.

8 comments ↓

#1 katie on 02.17.10 at 8:18 am

yeah for fitting names, and name agreement!

#2 Kathleen on 02.17.10 at 10:06 am

lol!! oh i would have TOTALLY been freaking out to… bigtime! glad she likes the name.. i can’t wait to hear what it is!

#3 Mona Jean on 02.17.10 at 11:34 am

This is all so exciting…I can feel my own heart increase in speed when I read your posts! I totally get how you are going CRAZY and CAN’T FOCUS! Congratulations on being NORMAL! (hey, who wants to be normal…) What an exciting time in your life, and with any luck, this will be the biggest, wildest roller coaster you will ever be on in your whole life…so enjoy!

#4 Molly on 02.17.10 at 1:49 pm

How EXCITING!!!! That is just great news! One less thing to worry about as you go into the next few weeks. I was thinking of you when we were up at 3am with Silas (who had a fever last night for the first time). I guess I was thinking about how exciting it was to be able to be there for him- even though I was tired then and even more tired now- and how thrilled I am that you will get the chance to be up in the middle of the night, too.

#5 blogapotamus on 02.17.10 at 3:08 pm

whew! one more speedbump navigated! 🙂

#6 Susan on 02.17.10 at 8:21 pm

Well. I guess that settles it then! I can’t wait to meet him 🙂

#7 Rebekah on 02.19.10 at 11:28 am

That is so exciting! So glad that you checked your phone and that she agreed to the baby’s name!

#8 annabanana on 02.23.10 at 8:56 pm

i think you should name the baby the navajo word for: “crazy tree”

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