Baby Names

So for whatever reason, Mindy & I just can't see eye-to-eye on girl baby names.

Last time around we agreed on Edwin Randall pretty early on, but we went to the delivery room with a potential girl name still in doubt. Since we've decided once again to not find out the gender until the baby is born, we are undergoing the same ordeal.

We don't have the boy name ironed out exactly (nothing's as obvious as our two dad's names), but I think we're both fairly satisfied with our short list*. A girl name? Jeez, we're not even close. The only thing I can find even remotely similar in our favorite names is that Mindy's just happens to be a famous cartoon character from the '60s, while mine happens to be a famous video game (sort of like a cartoon, right?) character from the '80s**.

To resolve this stand-off so we can move on with our lives, I have proposed the following compromise***:

1. We will follow the Winter Olympics for the next 2 weeks and note the name of every female medal winner.
2. Hopefully, we agree on our favorite name among the winners, and our job is done.
3. If we can't agree, we narrow the list down to gold medal winners.
4. Once again, hopefully, we can agree on one.
5. If still no agreement, we put the gold medal winners in a hat, then select one at random.

So you can play at home by rooting on the female Olympians with your favorite names!

Here's the list of the female medal winners thus far:

• Charlotte (gold)
• Kristina
• Marit
• Martina (gold)
• Stephanie
• another Kristina
• Hannah (gold)
• Jennifer
• Shannon
• Anastazia (gold)
• Magdalena
• Marie

* We will not be disclosing our boy name short list.

** It is coincidental that our respective favorites share names with cartoon & video game characters. The referenced characters were not our inspirations for name choices.

*** Mindy has not (nor will she likely) agree to this compromise.