What's in a name?

A question as old as Shakespeare. Well fair Juliet, the answer is - a lot. On second thought, considering her question was directed towards the boy Romeo. Boy names really don't matter much as we see people getting away with such silliness as Gage, Tucker, and Jaxson. But girls have to come with that "Ahhh" factor. THIS is pressure. With names like Tim and Brandi, the two of us didn't exactly come from the originality farm. Which is fine. Those were different times. These days we have handy web sites and books dedicated to baby names around the universe. They had genealogy records and The Bible.

A little background: the two of us have a hard enough time when it comes to important cooperative efforts such as trying to decide on a dining establishment. De Beers may have come up with "A diamond is forever," but so are names. You don't want to send a new soul into the world with nothing more than an apology. Nor do you want to avoid responsibility altogether. This very blog is titled after a good friend of ours whose 16th birthday present was discovering that her legal name was "Baby Girl." Have we used the word "pressure" yet?

Our goal was to find something that was unique in nature, not just spelling. A name that would stand out from all the others, because let's face it, this child is going to be tall enough to be standing out from all the others anyway. We thumbed through the books, checked out cool websites like this, we even looked at street signs for inspiration. In the end, after much discussion, we just went with our gut. We'd officially like to introduce the world to the soon to be, newest member of the human family: Dorothy LeAnn Ricks. Just kidding. Paisley Sage Ricks. All together now..."Ahh."