I really think this is the last poll because I think we've made a decision. But, I can't seem to drop one name and shout the final choice from the mountain tops just yet. I'm curious to see what your opinions are on our final two; I'm pretty sure we can't go wrong with either choice and maybe when she is born, she'll just look more like one or the other? Perhaps this is a case for the 4-D ultrasound!
Ella Caroline: Ella for Eldora, Caroline for Carolyn. We changed the middle name to Caroline from Carolyn as previously posted. I love Ella for its simplicity but I worry it will date Baby Girl as a child born in 2007 since it is not truly a "timeless" name. (I should clarify that it's not the popularity of the name so much as the trendiness of the name. Right now on the social security list it is at the same spot as Anna, but the data for 2006 won't be up until probably right around the due date.) I love that it is for my grandma & Craig's grandma quite obviously (as Anna Adele is quite obviously for grandmas Anita & Adele). She could go by Caroline if she felt like she was trapped in a sea of Ellas & Ellies everywhere she went.
Margaret Elinor: Margaret because we both really like it, Elinor for, get this, all four great-grandmothers: E for Erma, El for Eldora, Elinor is a form of Helen, and Elenore is Carolyn's middle name. I love that! We would call Baby Girl Margaret, not a nickname (although we do like Meg). She would also have nickname options with Elinor if she wanted (Ella, Nora). I love that Margaret is timeless and I think it goes well with Anna. My only question is if Margaret Martin sounds okay or if the Mar-Mar part of it is a little too much.
Jake and Sam cancelled each other out but I still recorded their votes! I asked them both a bunch tonight and Sam consistently voted Ella and Jake voted Margaret...
So Jake switched from Ella then, interesting kid. I think Anna is voting Margaret lately, too, but mostly she just refers to her as "Baby Sister."
Strongly resisting stuffing the ballot box!
Sharon, I'm pegging you as a Margaret-type. If I am right then I will count your vote twice AND you MUST apply to the MLS program of your choice within the year. If I'm wrong, then you should still get moving on your MLS dreams. Welcome to your destiny.
For the record, some librarian types REALLY like Ella. Jake knows a really cute Ella from preschool so that might have swayed him to lean Margaret...
Oh, I don't think it's Sharon's librarian-ness that pegs her as a Margaret-type, just her Sharon-ness.
You'd think Jake would have picked Ella since he knows and likes an Ella...