16 weeks, 1 day
So I know a few of my friends and relatives were wondering why we were calling our unborn child "Baby E". Since becoming pregnant, we have gone back and forth on baby names. What a tough decision to come up with a name that 1.) You both can agree on and 2.) A name your child won't hate for the rest of their lives. We decided if it were to be a boy we would name him Ethan and if it were to be a girl we would name her Emma. Hence the reference of "Baby E".
With that being said, those decisions were made BEFORE I started researching name popularity. I had no clue that both Emma and Ethan are two of the most popular baby names of the last decade. In fact, in 2009, Emma ranked #1 for girls and Ethan ranked #2 for boys. I have since read that Emma has fallen in popularity to the #2 ranking, and I believe Ethan has dropped to #3 or #4. We racked our brains for different names, because even though we LOVE those names, I remember what it was like to be 1 out of 10 Jennifer's in each of my classes. We decided if it were a boy Ethan would just have to do - as it is at least falling in popularity. Emma, on the other hand, is just still far too popular and that leads us to our new chosen name for a girl: Gwen.
With all that in mind - we had a pleasant surprise today by learning at my 16 week ultrasound that we are having.........A GIRL! We are so lucky to have found out without having to wait until our 20th week scan! So Good-bye "Baby E", Hello "Gwen River Gordon". Mommy and Daddy love you, sweet baby girl!
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I too wanted a less common name for that reason. Though I never went through it myself, Jason was (and still is!) always one of many. Even now wherever he works there always seems to be another Jason. We're still undecided on a name though, even with 2 weeks to go!
ReplyDeleteI really like Gwen! It's cute and elegant, but strong. Unique but not weird. Congrats on finding out it's a girl! That's super exciting that you didn't have to wait! Hope everything else went well at the ultrasound. Did you get some good pics?