I’m pretty sure this is fair game now to say that I’m going to be a repeat AUNT! Laura is going to have her second in May, and we are all very excited. Congrats, Palmer fam!

AND I have a few extended family members who are also having babies, and that’s exciting too! I’m pretty sure all that everyone who needs to know who those folks are already know, and I won’t put any names on here.

Speaking of names, I love the baby name conversation. Maybe it comes from liking to write — naming a character is always the most fun part. We used to talk at work all the time about baby names, and what everyone liked. (Christa, is Susannah still on your list?? I know what was on Julie’s list…)

The downside of waiting 8 years (yes, and counting) to do the baby thing means you run the risk of your favorite names getting used. And I know I’ve talked to other people — Laura included — who had a name that a friend or relative used and then you just kinda don’t feel like using it anymore. That’s what happens when your friends and family have similar tastes and influences — that’s all.

Makes you want to ‘copywright’ your favorite ones, you know? Like say, for instance, I wrote down any old name like MARIN on my blog, and then I’d have it in writing in 2009 that I liked it. Or say for four or five years. Or, like, hypothetically speaking, maybe for the last three years my favorite boys name has been OLIVER, and say I decided just to write it down in a public place. You know, just for fun. And then if anyone used them I could still feel like they were our names instead of someone else’s.

Except for Laura — you’re not allowed to use them ;) ;). We don’t want to give Rosie two grandkids of the same name, right? Although, for some reason I feel like Oliver Palmer is not on the list — but I could be wrong!

Here’s hoping everyone has healthy, happy and easy pregnancies through the next few moths! Good luck, and we’re thinking of you!!!!!

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