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July 27, 2009
The Name Game

One of the most common questions that I have been getting is "Have you guys decided on a name?"  Well, it's difficult to decide on a name for a baby when we don't even know whether it will be a boy or a girl.  So the answer is no.  We have not yet decided on a name.
 
That being said, we have a pretty good idea of what the baby's first name will be if it is a boy.  No, not Little Stevie (sorry Steve).  It will be William, after his father, grandfather, and great grandfather, all of whom are really great guys.  I would be VERY pleased if our baby boy grew up to be just like any of these wonderful Kalahurka men.  As an added bonus, the name William is also common in my own family.  On my dad's side, I had a grandfather and a great grandfather who were both named William.  So, if the baby is a boy, William it is.  Our only disagreement as to a boy's name has been whether to call him "Will" (my choice) or "Billy / Bill" (Bill's choice). 
 
The girl names are much more difficult.  It seems that Bill and I have very different tastes where little girl names are concerned.  My strategy is to think about names of women who I admire or of girl names that I just think sound pretty.  Bill likes to select a category of objects, and then run through that category to see if anything in there might make a good name.  Using this approach he has proposed "Koala Kalahurka" (from the furry creature category); "Riesling Kalahurka" (from the dinner wine category) and Brie Kalahurka (from the stinky cheese category).  Also, one of Bill's helpful friends suggested "La-a"  (pronounced "La-dash-a").  I think that one is from the ghetto fabulous category . . . ?
 
Despite the differences in approach, we have managed to come up with a short list of girl names that would be acceptable to both of us (sorry, Koala is not on that list).  Right now, we're leaning towards one of these in particular, but that changes from day to day.  I expect that we may continue to add to this list if we come across other nice girl names.  For now, however, we will likely be choosing from among these (in no particular order):

I guess we still have lots of time to decide.

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