What's in a Name?

I don't know if anyone remembers, quite a while ago (while I was still pregnant) I said there was a cute story behind naming our baby.

My husband is terrible at keeping secrets. Example-he proposed to me THE DAY he brought my engagement ring because he couldn't keep it a secret until the weekend.

When I was pregnant with Bradley we found out the sex of our baby but decided we didn't want to tell anyone else-he stuffed up and most family members knew within a month.

When I found out I was pregnant with Isla we wanted to wait until 12 weeks to tell everyone. He couldn't keep it a secret so to stop himself telling family and friends (apart from immediate family members, who were told at 8 weeks) he told EVERY single stranger, work colleague or person he met within that first 12 weeks.

So when it came to choosing the name-which we both wanted to keep secret-we picked our top 4 names, he then told me I could choose the baby's name from those 4.

In case you are interested are top 4 names were: Maddison Ava, Indianna Jade, Isla Rose and Bethany Rose.

He told me his top favourite name was Isla Rose, mine was Indianna Jade but he said he would be happy with any of the four names and I could choose.

I knew if I told him what name I had chosen he would slip up and tell everyone. He WANTED to keep it secret but he just sucks at it. So I chose the name. And didn't tell him.

He used to try and trick me into telling him what I had chosen and in fact he was convinced I had chosen Indianna so he started calling my bump Indi.

I thought it was funny. He had actually named our baby but had no idea! Poor guy!

Around our first wedding anniversary I felt sorry for him. He wanted to know the baby's name but he really didn't want to ruin the surprise.

Our one year anniversary arrived. It was our 'paper' anniversary. So I set about thinking what the heck I could give him made from paper and decided it was time I tell him the baby's name.

So I gave him this poem

It reads:
"Daddy can you feel me
I'm wriggling just for you
I can hear you say you love
Dad I love you too

Very soon you'll meet me
And kiss my little face
And I will feel your warm skin
And admire your handsome face

Daddy are you ready
My life is about to start
I will hold your little finger
But you will hold my heart"

Love from Isla Rose Currie


He was actually so surprised I had named the baby Isla-especially since he had convinced himself I had chosen Indianna.

And the best part is, he managed to keep the secret until the end. He just kept calling my bump 'baby' so there were no slip ups in front of people :-)

How did you choose the name for your baby? Is anyone else's husband, or even you, bad at keeping secrets?
I suppose it's a good thing, he could never hide anything from me because he's so terrible at keeping even a tiny secret-never mind trying to keep something big or important (such as a marriage proposal) secret for more than 5 minutes. :-)