Show Us Your Life - FUTURE Children's Names

Disclaimer-- We are NOT expecting a baby!! I'm only participating in "Show Us Your Life" over at Kelly's Korner Blog. Just had to add that in so no one gets too excited. Ha ha!!

I wanted to participate in Kelly's "Show Us Your Life" this week because I love baby names. I love hearing about people's children's names and how they came up with them.

Since Mat and I were dating, we've talked about children. We already have names that we love so when we decide to have kids, we are ready!

Girl Names
*Mackenzie Richmond
I think this is probably our favorite girl name. One of Mat's maternal grandfather's relatives was "McKinley". I love that name but Mat isn't too fond of it so changed it just a little to Mackenzie. Richmond is a family name on Mat's father's side of the family. I think it is such a great southern name and I love having a family name.
*Savannah James
We love the name Savannah for two reasons: 1)Savannah, GA is my favorite city in the world! 2)Back when Mat worked for the YMCA, there was a little girl there named "Savannah". Mat fell in love with the name and I think it is great too. James is Mat's father's middle name. Yes, I love it for a girl!!

Other names I love (not necessarily ones that we have talked a lot about):
*Naomi - this is my middle name and Mat's maternal grandmother's name. For the longest time I hated my middle name. Now that I'm older, I LOVE it!
*Sophie/Sophia- no particular reason I love these names. I just think they're pretty.
*Amelia - my favorite children's book character ("Amelia Bedelia")

Boy Names
*Hamilton Foard
We absolutely love this name! Hamilton is Mat's mom's maiden name. When I worked at a daycare in college, there was a little boy named "Hamilton". I came home that first day and said we had to use that name!! I love using last names as first names. Foard is Mat's middle name and a family name. We've always known that we would use it as a son's middle name.

We better not have more than one son because we can't decide on any other names. Ha ha!
These are some other boy names that I like:
*Max- another favorite children's book character ("Max" in "Where the Wild Things Are"). I also love this name because Mat's dad is "Mac", Mat is "Mat" (duh!), and a son could be "Max".

As you can tell, we like using family names and names that have a lot of meaning for us. Naming a child is such a special part of being a parent and we want to be sure that our children's names are very special and perfect! I can't wait until God blesses us as parents!!