Background info...nothing against our parents, but we wanted our kiddos to have more sophisticated sounding names than us (Kara Dawn and Cory John) so that was always one of the main focuses. I aslo wanted them to be somewhat unique. We knew that we wanted to do C names for boys and K names for girls from the beginning, so that made it somewhat easier.
Caden Montgomery:
When we got pregnant with Caden we picked out a girl's name easily but had a harder time with the boy names. Once we learned it was a boy, I made the C name list and we discussed a few, but none just hit us. One day Cory came home and said he heard the perfect name on the radio. Caden...it sounded unique and we both liked it. I knew that I wanted to honor my Papa who had passed away before Caden was even conceived. So Caden's middle name is my mother's maiden name after my Papa John. I always think of Papa when I say Caden's whole name, or have to write it...I LOVE that fact!
Carter Andrew:
When we learned Baby #2 was a boy, I again made the C name list. It was shorter this time and Cory had a harder time deciding. Carter was on the list and I wanted it from the beginning. I had a thing for ER and Dr. John Carter especially so I think that is why I leaned so heavily towards Carter. Since we honored my side of the family with Caden's middle name we wanted to honor's Cory's side with Carter's middle name. We had a few to pick from and Andrew won out because it again was a little more sophisticated sounding than the others.
Cole Jackson:
Baby boy #3 we again made the C name list. It keeps getting shorter and shorter. We have always like Cole or Colton. Cory coached a little boy back in Stillwater named Cole and we loved it! We went with Cole because I don't personally like naming someone something and calling them something else. His middle name was much more complicated. I think I had two or three polls on the blog and Jackson didn't win the polls but Cory liked it best. I struggled with it, because although I do love Jackson, our dog's name is Jack and didn't want people to think I named my baby after my dog :)
And introducing...
Crosby James
Baby Boy #4 and again the C name list. There were a few more unique sounding names on this list so we had a harder time. There were a couple I really liked, but they were vetoed for one reason or the other. Before even finding out the gender, Cory suggested Crosby and we both liked it. It is unique and sounds sophisticated so it worked. While traveling this past week, I made Cory help me narrow down a name. We tossed around a few family names, then decided to go with a biblical name. Cory decided he wanted a one syllable name for the middle name, so James it is.
We also have in reserve for our futured adopted princess...Kyleigh Paige. This has been our girl name from the very beginning and God willing will be a future daughter's name one day! Cory has always loved Kyleigh and I liked Paige and chose the spelling. So there is the Reid baby name novel! I would love to read more of these from some of you! I won't put any pressure on anyone specific, but do share if you have time :)
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I absolutely love the name Crosby! Love, love, love it! We are into unique names too :) There are enough Ryan and Ashley's in the world.
I wanted family names as well so here is our breakdown:
Kaylee Ryan: My mimi's name was Kathryn "Kay" Lee so I put those together. Didn't know that Kaylee would be such a popular name these days. Ryan is after Ryan of course.
Cannon Cade Parrish: Cannon is Ryan's great grandmother's maiden name. Cade is after a good friend and Parrish is after my grandfather Perry Parrish. We though we were done having kids so we used them all!
Grace Elina: Grace after God's grace on us each and every day. Still a family name just a faith family name! Elina is the name the nuns at the orphanage gave her. It means bright light. She is a bright light to us for sure!
For our little guy soon to come, Deacon ____: Deacon means servant for Jesus. So another faith family based name. Then we will keep his first name given to him by the nuns for his middle name.
I love names too! And I will say that Crosby is my favorite name I have heard in a looooong time! Wow, this is a long comment :)
I love Crosby's name! He and Kinley can be little friends :)
Ethan Bradley: Our first choices (3 total) for a boy name were gradually marked off due to various reasons, so when we started over, we looked at a name list. Ethan was pretty much our favorite and we started calling him that in conversation with each other. One night, we were walking and decided it was time to either keep the name or pick something else to call our Peanut. We both liked Ethan, so we started thinking of middle names. Brad's middle name is actually Bradley, so there it was. Now I can't imagine calling him any of the original 3 names we had picked.
Kinley Rae: When we went in for our ultrasound and were able to find out the gender, we already had a boy name and a girl name picked out. The only thing we had to decide on was the spelling. We like Kinleigh, but put together, Kinley Rae just works better. Brad's (and his dad's and his g-dad's) first name is Kenneth, so Kinley goes with that. Ray was my g-dad's name and I have always wanted to have a girl with the name Rae to honor him. We call her Kinley and Kinley Rae, so I don't know how she'll know when I'm really trying to get her attention ;)
Can't wait to see you guys again, with Crosby in tow!
Love how you did this Kara! I think I shall start a draft in blogger myself, on this very topic.
Now, it may be a while before you SEE it....but that's a whole other story! :)
Wow! WOW! WoW! I LOVE THAT NAME! Couldn't be any better and I was wondering how in the world you could come up with another good C name...and yet you DID!
LOVE IT FRIEND!
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