The Name Game

When we decided to find out the gender of our baby, we agreed that we'd share that news with people (how could you not?) but not share the name. We chose a boy's name last year, well before we were expecting, but we could never agree on a girl's name, so really, the decision not to share our baby's name only applied if we were having a boy. And since finding out we were having a boy, we've stuck to our guns and not told anyone his name.

Sidenote: there is one person outside of Ryan & I who knows, and that's Lana. And, no, it's not because I shared it with her ~ well, not really. Last year before either one of us was pregnant we were playing the name game and I said I think if we ever have a boy, his name will be _____. Jump ahead to this year and she remembered. But she hasn't even told Dave what the name is so all's good.

Back to my story. So the other day I was getting a pedicure because it's getting a little tougher to reach my toes to paint them and so it's a good excuse to get a pedicure. The esthetician asked if I knew what I was having, then asked if we'd picked out any names. I have three answers to that question: Yes, but we're not sharing; Ryan Jr. (as a joke); and we haven't decided yet. I gave her the third response, and she told me I like _____ and ____ for a boy. She guessed our son's name! I just sat and smiled but secretly all I could think was how did she know? We aren't naming our son some unique made-up name, but it's also never on any top 10 baby name lists. In Alberta last year, there were way less than 100 boys given this name. And I don't mean top 100, I mean less than 100 in the whole province. Anyways, I was stunned.

But having said that, there is one person who's also correctly guessed the name but doesn't yet know it, and I won't reveal who that person is so they can't go back through their memory bank (as Lana did!) and say A-ha, by George I've got it! And, no, it's not George. But you'll all find out in 10 weeks, if not sooner!