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Found 'the one' - and it's not Beauden [grin]

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arizonagirl · 02/10/2010 23:13

Hi everyone,

Well, after a few days of constant name games, me and dh are sorted. Thanks to everyone's help we have decided not to go with Beauden after the BAD reaction on here. Or Indigo or Lyric or Soren. Lots of you still will hate our choices but I think you know when you have decided because you don't care less anymore what others think (in a nice way).

Soooo. our final choices are:

Girl: Sonnet Melody
Boy: Winter Beau Alexander.

See, I still have my Beau in there Grin.

I think these fit in really well with our other dc. The only big problem is that we have an Autumn so it may well sound contrived. But they aren't going to be joined at the hip and will have their own identities.

One last favour!!!

Can anyone suggest a nice third name to go with Sonnet Melody? (Our other three have all got two middle names so I want to do the same).

Was thinking perhaps:

Sonnet Melody Grace
Sonnet Melody Eve
Sonnet Melody Erin

Want a classic name she can fall back on if she hates her other two names.

Anyway, thank you for all your help. I think I can almost leave these boards in peace now Grin

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arizonagirl · 12/10/2010 09:54

Ha ha - thumbwitch ... will keep Zephyr in my back pocket.

Sleepyhorse - Winter has gone, thanks to the wonderful mums on here. I still like it though!!

Skippingturtle, thanks for the nice comment. It should all be ok. It's just that I have had three caesereans and the decision has been made for me to try and have this one naturally. Long story but safer than a fourth operation which would be complicated. Seen a chiropractor who thinks he might have addressed the problem but only time will tell!!!

Will keep you posted.

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sleepyhorse · 12/10/2010 08:21

Sorry but I really don't like Winter - it just makes me think of cold, grey and general misery.

skippingturtle · 12/10/2010 07:20

Everything crossed here arizona, I think I have more anticipation for the arrival of your baby than I did for my own! Wink

3thumbedwitch · 12/10/2010 04:42

ooo arizona - hope the birth goes well and I will also Grin if you end up calling it something plain and simple after all this!

laurenamium - I know an India Rose here, who is mostly called Indie Rose.

You sure two weeks isn't long enough for you to come around to Zephyr?? Wink

BonzoDooDah · 11/10/2010 23:00

Oh scary arizona - have you talked about the birth problems on another thread or are you keeping quiet until after the event? I wish you so much luck with it - everything crossed.

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arizonagirl · 11/10/2010 22:45

sorry skippingturtle....still waiting and not due for another couple of weeks. Did expect this little one to arrive early though.

Will let you know when Sarah or David is here safely with us Wink. Wish me luck - very risky birth ahead and I will be so glad to be on the other side.

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skippingturtle · 11/10/2010 11:06

Come on arizonagirl, stop messing about and have that baby! Can't wait for you to curve-ball us all and call it Sarah or David. Grin

Aviendha · 11/10/2010 10:28

Elizabeth is a good middle name. I like Soren and would have chosen Soren Alexander were I you :) Good luck!

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arizonagirl · 11/10/2010 09:32

Thanks softnstrong - think Rainbow is a bit too far out even for me, although I heard of someone using that name and thought it sounded lovely. Hmmmm...just noticed the Jem Beau - are you trying to lead me down a crazy path???

Think we are sorted. deliakate, yes, Whistler is really nice. Will pass it over to dh. My family had a dog called Sable so that one would be out. Thanks everyone. Still checking in and no baby yet Grin

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deliakate · 11/10/2010 09:11

OP, not sure if the decision has been made, but I thought about a couple of good names for you - Whistler (like the artist/ ski resort, and similar to Winter, but not a season) and Sable which is a soft sounding nature name.

softnstrong · 11/10/2010 00:03

I think you should call him...

Rainbow Jem Beau

laurenamium · 10/10/2010 23:36

thanks arizona...im seriously considering it! she will be one of the two either way!Good luck to you too!

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arizonagirl · 10/10/2010 22:37

Thanks laurenamium. I think Indie Rose is lovely, but Indigo Rose is even more beautiful. Hmmm... better stop thinking about that combination - it sounds lovely. Good luck!

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laurenamium · 10/10/2010 17:17

I love Beau, and I love your girls name :-) your as loopy as I am and I love it...Iv gone for Indie Rose despite reactions on here for my little girl :-)...Considering changing to Indigo though, I love it!

CheerfulYank · 10/10/2010 11:04

Woody is the same in America, not to worry :)

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arizonagirl · 10/10/2010 10:32

Ha ha ha. Thanks for making me laugh this sunny morning. First at Cheerful Yank for getting me thinking about Indigo yet again!!! Then I just had to laugh at your suggestion, Russiandolly about Woody. I'm sure us English girls can appreciate why??? Grin Grin. Oliander not bad - thanks for thinking of me still.

BonzoDooDah - you made me laugh too - what lovely name choices Wink. Lovely friend called Idris, Zephyr probably could grow on me but not in the time available....and Skyler Beau Alexander - what great taste you have Grin Grin Grin

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BonzoDooDah · 10/10/2010 08:46

Still no baby eh?

Well you asked for preferences so mine are:

  1. Idris Beau Alexander
  2. Zephyr Beau Alexander
  3. Skyler Beau Alexander

GrinGrinGrinGrinGrin

russiandolly · 10/10/2010 07:41

Hello: probably mentioned already, sorry, but what do you think of Oliander or (and I love this) Woody?!

CheerfulYank · 10/10/2010 06:52

I just love both Indigo and Grey, but I have a last name which makes it impossible to give my children a color for a first name. :( So I try to push them on other people! :)

mathanxiety · 10/10/2010 06:31

How about a really unusual one -- Justice?

ShoshanaBlue · 09/10/2010 23:27

Love the name Asa - are you a Manchester City fan by any chance?

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arizonagirl · 09/10/2010 22:53

Evening everyone. Just checking in after a busy old day in Mothercare.

Some nice suggestions; CheerfulYank - do not tempt me to go back to Indigo Grin.

Well, we thought we had settled on:

Skyler Beau Alexander ('cause I got my Beau in)

but I notice that the preference seems to be for Skyler Jem Alexander. So I need to sort that bit out - dh isn't keen on Jem. I like it a lot though.

I take your point about Sonnet Melody but I do like it and suspect changing it would take another 400 posts to sort.

So I think we are almost there. And to think if it wasn't for you lot, Beauden would be here any time soon (if it's a boy!)

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mathanxiety · 09/10/2010 21:37

'Chene' is oak in French

mathanxiety · 09/10/2010 21:35

Chaney explanation

Sonnet Melody is a little like 'words and music' -- is this what you meant, DanceintheDark?

TooImmature2BMum · 09/10/2010 18:35

I like Peregrine, but it's a little too Right Honourable, if you know what I mean. Of course, I'm now going to suggest Gabriel, which is only connected to nature in the loosest possible sense and a bit like Ashley (as in Gone With the Wind Ashley) in being slightly girly. The nature connection comes from Far From the Madding Crowd, in which a character called Gabriel Oak is supposed to symbolise nature...(I did Thomas Hardy for 6th year English and that one fact seems to have stuck.)

Back on Peregrine, I once read about a Peregrine whose family nicknamed him Hawk. I like clever-funny nicknames like that.

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