How about a sort of "Roll Call"? .....

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Registered: 02-25-2008
How about a sort of "Roll Call"? .....
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Fri, 04-11-2008 - 4:45pm

Hi everyone,


I just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. I'm Elaine and I stay in South Africa. I am currently in a relationship, but not TTC or pregnant, just love names.


I'd love to get to know everyone here, so please drop a post and introduce yourself, your SO and your children and/or furbabies :o)


How about we also list our top 5 or so names for a boy and for a girl? Or maybe your current choices for your baby?


Mine favourites are: Elizabeth, Gemma, Tessa, Keira and Erin for a girl and Christopher, Connor, Matthew, Thomas and

Lainybug
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Registered: 12-09-2005
Sat, 04-12-2008 - 5:18pm
Your son is precious :) I get so excited hearing Danica on someone's list. That name means so much to me. When I was volunteering abroad last summer, an 18month

                             
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Registered: 09-17-2005
Sat, 04-12-2008 - 5:53pm

Hi, I'm Kelly. I've been married to Len for about 6 years. We have one son, Nicholas Lane, who is about to turn two. And we're expecting another baby this November.

Right now our top names are:

GIRLS:
1. Talbot
2. Elisabeth
3. Annabel
4. Caroline or Carol Ann (my mother's name)

I don't have a number 5 name, so I'll list a favorite name we can't use, because our last name starts with an S and we don't want to give a child BS initials!

5. Brinkley (for a boy or girl)

BOYS
1. Alexander
2. Andrew
3. Cameron
4. Graham
5. Scott

:)

~Kelly


married to Len
Mama to Nicholas Lane, May 2006
expecting baby number two November, 2008!!


~Kelly

married to Len
Mama to Nicholas Lane, May 2006
expecting baby number two November, 2008!!

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Registered: 09-17-2005
Sat, 04-12-2008 - 6:01pm
Mandi, Leighton is one of my favorite names of all time. I like it for a boy, too. Alas, I can't use it because it is the last name of someone my husband can't stand. Arg!

~Kelly


married to Len
Mama to Nicholas Lane, May 2006
expecting baby number two November, 2008!!


~Kelly

married to Len
Mama to Nicholas Lane, May 2006
expecting baby number two November, 2008!!

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Registered: 07-30-2007
Sat, 04-12-2008 - 6:16pm
oh, kelly, that is so sad. if you love it, you should be able to use it i say. before we named ireland...well, ireland we wanted linzi i wanted her name to be linzi michael because my dad and brother's name is michael, my DH said ok. but I JUST BARELY found out he hated michael for her middle name. i am so glad we didnt have Linzi then, I'm thinking to myself, uh, it's your kid too! you have to like it, so I guess in a way they need to like it too. or not :) ha ha. well at least I know he likes leighton, i made him swear he really liked the name this time. lol. men.
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Sat, 04-12-2008 - 9:55pm

You are going to get a lot of responses from this post! This is fun! I love to read about everyone!


I am Lynda from Quebec, Canada. I would love to have more kids, but I think adoption will be my route so I am currently NOT trying to conceive. (not that I ever did TRY..it just happens)


I have several names that I love, but they usually get vetoed by DH. My favourite boys names are Elijah, Isaiah, Josiah, Ismael, Emmanuel. For girls I love Corinthianne, Ameythyst, Margaret, Marjorie and Delilah.


I already used what names that I could from that list. Ameythyst (Amey) is my dog. Elijah and Isaiah are two of my boys. Josiah was vetoed so we compromised on Joshua. I named angel babies as well. Caela (pronounced Ky-la) is my first angel. Caela Angelina means Heavens little angel is latin.

Lynda
mom to Elijah, Paul, Isaiah, Josh, and Angel



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Registered: 01-02-2008
Sat, 04-12-2008 - 10:29pm
Hi Elaine,
Im Grace (34) and my DH is James (36). We have four, soon to be 5 children. I have William Tucker

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Registered: 12-09-2005
Sat, 04-12-2008 - 11:01pm
Lynda- your sponsored child (in yoru sig) is adorable! I have 3 sponsor kids (1 in Haiti, 1 in Guatemala, and 1 in Ethiopia) and love looking at pictures of other people's kiddies :) I might just have to get a sig made of my girls' pictures!


                             
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Registered: 12-28-2005
Sun, 04-13-2008 - 12:03am

hello elaine! how cool is it that you live in south africa! it's on my list of places to visit! ;)

i'm carly (25), married to rob (25) for almost a year. no kids yet, and it will be a couple of years before there are any. for now, there are two kids of the feline variety. schrodinger is a male orange tabby DSH, and harriet is a female black and white DLH. they're my babies right now, and since they're less than 3 years old they really kind of are babies still, lol. we're hoping for more furkids in the future, when we get a bigger place.

our plans are for at least two children (hopefully biologically, adopted if that's not possible). if we decided we want more after that, we will adopt. no more than four children total though. i'd like at least one of each. even though we aren't trying yet, i love names and sort of collect them (especially boys' names...i have trouble finding ones that i like). i figure if i love a name, i want to write it down so that i don't forget it a few years down the line when i might need it.

i'm not totally comfortable with sharing my top picks for names (i'm very protective of my finds), but i will share some of my middle name possibilities and a few of my less-favorite names, or names that i love but can't use for one reason or another. (i'll honor your limit of five of each, lol.) i have a kind of eclectic taste when it comes to names.

girls: ilona, angelique, saoirse, pearl, beryl
boys: cory, oliver, reid, noel, quinn














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Sun, 04-13-2008 - 12:46am

Hi, I'm Carly from New Jersey. I have been married to Phil for a little over 2 years and we have a one year old named Alaina Rhoslyn (who we call Lainey most of the time!). I am also pregnant and expecting twins in August... genders unknown. We also have 2 dogs, a 8 year old mutt named Glory and we just got a puggle puppy (pug + beagle mix) named Harper.

my top 6 girls names: Lucy, Cecelia, Daphne, Susannah, Jillian and Gemma
my top 6 boys names: Levi, Wyatt, Conor, Scott, Kieran/Ciaran and Griffin

Carly + Phil loving our little Alaina (Lainey)... expecting

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proud parents of our four princesses: Alaina Rhoslyn (Lainey) 2.15.07, twins Georgia Carol and Natalia Lorraine (Gigi and Talia) 7.31.08, Penelope Julia (Penny) 8.25.10 and our newest littl

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Sun, 04-13-2008 - 11:08am

Hi!