Well by now I guess you are wondering why we have been calling him "Baby X". Those that know us well, know that we have a hard time agreeing on names. It was day 3 and we still had not chosen a name. The person from the Social Security services said that we needed to pick a name by 11:00am as they were closing to observe Independence Day.
For the last 9 months we couldn't decide on a name and now we had 3 hours. There was only one name that Kimberly loved from day one. The biggest problem was that one of our good friends named their daughter this name a few weeks earlier, out of respect for them I was against it. As the hours ticked away I knew she wasn't changing her mind so I called my friends.
Just weeks before Sean and his wife Sandy Almstead had given birth to beautiful twin girls. We had visited them in Augusta, GA on our way to Florida and couldn't wait to do it again with the babies. I hated to call and ask but, I knew it was the only way for us to leave the hospital. I decided to take the easy road and send him a text message since it was 8:30am. Unfortunately they were laying in bed wide awake and called me back promptly. I could tell in their voice they were initially shocked and not jumping for joy. I hung up the phone knowing I was about to make somebody mad at me, I just had to choose my battle.
I started to break the news to Kimberly when, luckily they both called me back and said "We would be honored if you used the name EASTON". At 3:15pm (about 4 hours after the deadline) we decided on EASTON GREY BRUCE.
Needless to say we have wonderful friends. We can't wait for both Eastons to meet when we drive back to NJ in August.
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We all want to thank Sean and Sandy for helping Denny and Kimberly with their decision. We too loved the name as soon as we heard it. Thank you again for being such good friends. Hugs and kisses to your two new additions.
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