Hi, My Name Is...

Blake Justin Hovenkotter

The name Fetie is no more, and Kyla is now the lone K surrounded by B's.

Blake has been one of our favorite names for a while, and most of our parents warmed to it immediately when we floated our short list to them. It was originally Becky's suggestion, and I have to admit that when I first heard it I thought it seemed too English and stuffy, but the more I heard it, the more I really liked it.

We never seriously considered making him Brett Junior. We do share a middle name, but this isn't meant to honor me, it is more of a testament to how much we like my mother's taste in middle names. However, our first names are similar in that they are both monosyllabic and begin with B, and consequently we will share initials.

Once we seemed to be settling on a name, and I bought Becky the letters B-L-A-K-E from Pottery Barn for Christmas that match those in Kyla's room. Kyla will be moving back to her original room after we paint it and Blake will move into the middle bedroom because it is already a boyish shade of blue. Setting up these rooms is going to be our big project after the holidays.

At least we now have one less thing to worry about.

"What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet"
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2