When you go on vacation, you sleep in strange beds and you live in different places. It's always good to come home to your own bed and your small world of comfort. I like to be home where I am safe and I can be me. I am home now, refreshed and ready to tackle the world. Actually Mrs. G put it in better terms, "you're going into blog withdrawals aren't you?"
Without further adieu, let's announce the winner of the naming poll for Genuine Baby.
Aidan wins with not quite a landslide, but enough to be the delegate for the naming committee.
Your choice now is for middle names. I did not want to skew the results for the first name by adding into the mix the the middle name, but here are your choices to go with Aidan. Please place your votes and we will have our candidate for the Genuine Baby Name. To be submitted to Mrs. G for her consideration.
1. MacLeod
2. James
3. Michael
4. Wolfgang Petersen
5. Logan
All of these are family names which have there own importance. All except Wolfgang which is my favorite and Logan, which was the second place finisher.
Aiden James... clean and manly. I have a thing about first and middle names not having the same number of syllables, too... most baby naming books I read said names flow better when the syllables vary, and I was brainwashed, I guess.
P.S. Welcome back!
I say Aiden James or Micheal... Logan rhymes too much and Wolfgang will only cause him pain... (By constantly getting his butt kicked) and I'm not too fond of MacLeod, really... Sorry...
Also, try yelling each of them together, and see which rolls off the tongue the best...
James.
"Aiden James Genuine! for the LAST time, quit throwing ball in the house!" has a nice ring to it.
I originally went with Michael, but after saying it in my head a few thousand times, I also am smitten with James. Aiden James, yes, that is nice...
I vote for Aidan Michael. Of course I'm kind of biased for Michael because of of my hubby, M. :o) My second choice would be #4. I'm all about original and unique names!
I'm actually going to go with MacLeod. He'll match the others and you're wonderful self oneday. :) I think there's a specialness to family names.
and Welcome home my friend. I've missed you.
MICHAEL! I'm I'm totally not just picking it because that's Ethan's middle name! It just goes so well with Aiden...
Ok, so does James...
but still, Michael.
I like either James or Michael...cause I'm a traditional kind of gal. Wow, the time is getting close til he arrives - how exciting!
P.S. I found out that blogspot links will only work if the "www." is eliminated. When you have a sec, could you please update my link on your "The Court" list? Pretty please? Thanks!
I like Aidan James, because it goes great with your last name!
Aidan Michael doesn't go good with you last name because it's like a tongue twister. I tried to say it over and over to get it right but I gave myself a headache.
I stand with a clear non opinion! I like them all! Safe Mrs. G., Safe delivery, healthy baby, and I'll call it good!
Oh no! My best friend just gave birth at the end of March. Her sons name? Aiden James...
So I can't possibly go with James.
I would like to option 'Danger' as a middle name.. if that's a no-go them Michael is a second choice.
1) james
2) macleod
all these names are very norwegian sounding. you from norway or something?
i keed, i keed.
Wolfgang is my boyfriend's name (gotta love the Germans) so I feel obligated to vote for that; you can call him Aidan Wolfy-G... sexy... :P
Other than that (well, first) it's MacLeod because it seems to flow. Then James, flows, but not as well.
Michael is my solid favorite for a mans name. My husband is James Michael, everyone has always called him Michael. That said, my dad is James ~ and for that reason as well as others, I am partial to that name too. For Aiden? I'd vote Michael. No...James. Geez, both have a nice Irish ring to me, but I think Aiden James flows better.
MacLeod, definitely definitely MacLeod, without a shadow of a doubt! It'll be more unusual than the other names, and a good link to the bairn's heritage as well. It's really common here in Scotland to have a surname as a middlename - for girls as well as boys incidentally - so I vote MacLeod!
Okay since Logan is gone (darn it)..
I go for AIDAN MICHAEL.
Michael, being the archangel and defender/protector!!
Aidan James! I too was on vacation, sadly I was too addicted NOT to blog. In a desparate attempt for a fix, I obtained a free internet trial sothat I could Blog from Sunny Florida . Home now. Thanks for your good advise to Theresa.