All I want for Christmas is a name for PadThai!

PadThai finally has a real name. . .at least it's about 95% certain. But we are still opting to keep it under wraps--in case Benny comes up with a funny reason he doesn't like it. (Yes, this has happened on several occasions.) I'm SURE he would rebut and say the same about me. . .but this is my blog post and I will not allow him to defend himself!

I wouldn't say we ever had that "ah ha" moment I blogged about a few months ago, but we did kind of re-stumble upon the winner and settle on it in a matter of a day or two. Surprisingly, it is not one of the 10 names we had been seriously considering for the past several weeks--instead, it's a name I suggested once upon a time, and Ben nixed it immediately back then. . . .so I kind of let it be and didn't ever bring it up again. . .until we had both reached our breaking point in the name search and had to start recycling previous rejects. It's been about a week now since we "settled" on it, and we both still seem comfortably happy with the idea of our little man's new moniker. To me, it's a name that suits a guy who's smiley and caring and charismatic. . .just a few of the traits I hope our son becomes.

Maybe we'll drop a few hints as the due date approaches! Here's one: PadThai's new name did not originate in Thailand!
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I haven't posted a Belly shot in quite awhile (actually, I haven't posted anything!), and thought I should. . .although, this one is actually a few weeks old, when I was about 30-31 weeks along and PadThai supposedly weighed about 4 pounds. His latest ultrasound measurements still indicate that he is larger than average. His leg bones are, GULP!, >95% in terms of length. Tall genes run deep on both sides of the family, so this is not a surprise to us.