It has been decided....

We finally have decided on the name! Well, we have known for quite a while now that his name will be Hayden. It was just a matter of deciding between Kyle Hayden or Hayden Clemens.

When I was pregnant with Taryne, we had chosen Hayden Clemens if it was going to be a boy. Since it was a girl, we went with Taryne Milady. If you don't know Milady is the first name of both of my grandmothers so it is a family name, an interesting coincidence that they both have that name and it is unique.

Clemens is also a family name. Kyle's paternal grandfather's name is Clemens. There are also some other coincidences with this name. Both of my grandfather's are named Clarence (along with my dad as well), but my paternal grandfather went by Clem. See the connection?? Kyle was very close to Clemens and it just seemed fitting to use his name for Hayden's middle name.

Fast forward to this pregnancy....I really like the name Hayden but it is becoming more popular, so I suggested we at least look at some other names if we were having a boy. So we did....and struck out miserably when suggesting potential names. So we decided, if it was a boy, it would be Hayden. The day we went for the ultrasound and found out we were having a boy, Kyle suddenly felt the need to possibly have Kyle as part of the baby's name...and he was the one that was convincing me to keep it Hayden Clemens.

Here is the catch...he wanted it to be Kyle Hayden because it sounded better that way than Hayden Kyle. We have our "name rules". Kyle did not want to mess with the confusion of Hayden going by his middle name and I didn't want to worry with 2 Kyles in the house that both go by Kyle. Since I could care less if Hayden is his middle or first name, I told Kyle it was up to him to make the final decision on the baby's name knowing he would go by Hayden regardless.

So, here we are, at almost 34 weeks and Kyle still has not decided. I have been bugging him to make a decision because I plan to paint a monogram on the wall like I did for Taryne. Well...I need to know how to arrange the letters! However, I am no longer painting the monogram on the wall, I am going to create it on a canvas along with some other wall art that we can take with us to Tennessee.

Well, I think Taryne finally made the decision for us. On the way home yesterday, she was talking about her brother and I asked her his name. She knows it will be Hayden, but she says Cayden instead. I think there is a boy in her class at school named Cayden. I usually try to get her to correct herself and I say Haaaaayyyyyden! Yesterday, she gives me a funny look and says "I don't say that". Well, okay. So then I decided to ask her which way she preferred his name, Kyle Hayden or Hayden Clemens. To be honest, I thought she was going to say Kyle Hayden because she often calls Kyle by his name and it is more familar to her. Nope, I was wrong. She took a moment, thought about it and said "Hayden Clemens" with a smile. Well, okay. So I asked her a few more times, changing up the order of the two name choices and every time she indicated she thought it should be Hayden Clemens.

When we got home, I asked her in front of Kyle and she gave her same answer. The look on his face was priceless and he said, "Well I guess it will be Hayden Clemens". While I think it would have been neat for them to have the same first name, I am glad we are going with the family name. It is what we had originally decided upon and I like honoring those in our family.

So, it is official. We have decided our little baby boy's name will be Hayden Clemens. We cannot wait to meet him!

Until next time...Gig'em!