What's in a Name?

Almost daily we're asked, "Have you chosen a name yet?" My standard answer is no, because we haven't definitively decided 100% that the name we like will be final. But we haven't budged from our favorite option so far. So...maybe we've got a name?

But we'll keep it a secret either way, because that's the only surprise we'll be able to reveal when she's born. Everyone knows it's a girl, so we'd like to announce her to the whole world by her name. 

Picking a name is tough, by the way. In practical terms, you want it to sound good, be somewhat easy to spell, and jibe with your own name. Chris and I already have people say "Chris and Kristin, that's cute," or "Kristin and Chris, that'll be easy to remember." (They never actually remember.) We're ruling out any names with a hard K sound because two is enough...three if you count our cat, Chloe. 

We're also ruling out any names with even the slightest negative connotation to it, which knocks out a surprising amount of names. One of us might like a name and the other will say, "No. I went to high school with a girl by that name and she had really bad breath." So the struggle is real. :)

For now let's just say her name is Caitlyn Jenner Sheppard. #CallMeCaitlyn