Activia?

One of the joys of expecting is the search for the perfect name, in our case, names!  Very rarely do I hear a name that I don't like.  One might think finding the names of our mini-mahls would be easy.  Not so fast.  When faced with options for our children, I immediately feel a great sense of responsibility and pressure.  Questions to consider:

• What does the name rhyme with?  This factor is important to consider because at some point both of our children will be in junior high.
• What does the name mean?  One name that we like has an ancient definition meaning "Elf Army."  Can you imagine having a name that meant an army of funny-looking short people with pointy ears?
• How popular is the name?  Imagine this:  They're five and playing in a soccer game.  You yell their names and all eleven players on BOTH teams turn and look at you. 

You want the name to be unique...stand out, but not in a bad way.

Well, Teressa and I really fell in love with a girls name a few months back:  Olivia Grace, ("Olivia" means "peace"). If we had a girl, we seemed decided on that name...until a few days ago.  Teressa informed me that she was having second thoughts.

The reason?  The commercial from Activia.  Apparently, for Teressa certain names often bring to mind a particular song. Yes, every time Teressa thought of "Olivia," she thought of that catchy little jingle from the Activia commercial.  Teressa is afraid that every time she thinks of our future daughter, she'll want to sing:  O-liv-i-A!