i know i haven't posted in a while, and there are clearly lots of things to post about, but i just needed to get this off my chest (because my husband thinks i'm crazy).
today's realization: i've reached the point in my life where i start to think "damn, she stole my baby name!"
now, this comes with some caveats. i'm not pissed if some random stranger, or even someone i was clearly once acquainted with (and therefore facebook friends with) uses one of my baby name ideas. but when it's in your family, it's a different situation.
case in point: andy's cousin had a baby yesterday. and they chose one of my baby name ideas (different spelling). his family is pretty close (they were pretty much raised as siblings). he says, "do you know how many steve's there are in my family?" (answer: yes, 3.) but they are in three generations, and one of them is a father/son. which makes that ALL totally acceptable.
i, however, cannot have a child with the same name as andy's cousin's child. they will probably only be a few years apart. they will be second cousins. yes, i have cousins who our second cousin shares the same name, but we don't see them all the time.
this will not be the same case. so that name option is out (but it's probably good that it is because i decided i loved it when i was dating a different guy than andy).
i have another name i like even more, that i will be CRUSHED if somebody takes. i feel like i need to stake a claim to it. but you almost don't want to say it because then somebody will be like "THAT'S AN AWESOME BABY NAME" and then they have a baby first and steal it.
thanks for letting me rant.
and in case you were wondering, stolen name: madeline. (andy's cousin spelled it madilyn)
somebody else, go ahead and use it. i sure can't. (please tell me i'm right on this?!)
