Those who know me know I’m not really a very good housekeeper. I do a reasonable job of keeping the studio presentable, but my office at home, well, it would take Hercules and a navigable river to clean it properly. Therefore, it should be no surprise that I lost the instructions for updating my website. Since I couldn’t sleep last night, I ended up taking the photos in the site, and figuring out in Photoshop exactly what sizes everything was supposed to be and such.

Long story short, for the first time in 9 months, the main website for my studio is actually up to date. Three of the galleries feature new weddings, and gallery 5 includes engagement photos as well.

At every point in the process, if you asked either of us what Kristina’s first pregnancy was, we would have told you we both felt it would be a girl. Caroline Grace proved us right.

This time, from the very beginning, we have both felt we were looking at a boy and a girl. In fact, Caroline always said she wanted a brother AND a sister. Well, we’re getting pretty good at this prediction thing.

The lower child (who will be born first if delivered naturally) is a son, and the upper one is a daughter. We’re overjoyed.

Now all we have to do is agree on our son’s name… (See last post.)

When Kristina and I were expecting our little Caroline Grace, the name was a state secret. Even though we knew she was a girl, the potential boy’s name (since discarded) was closely held.

I don’t have that luxury this time. We definitely have a 1st choice girls name. No problems there. But we have very different ideas about boys’ names, and she’s told me in no uncertain terms, that she needs to know that my first choice name for a boy is not too outlandish for words. Even if it’s going to be one of a pair of twin boys.

As you can tell, I don’t have the most common name in the world. I like it that way. I know that when someone calls out, “Hey Ian!”, they’re talking to me. I want that for a potential son. I also like Irish and Scottish names. No matter what we pick, you can be assured that all of the names we are discussing come from either Ireland or Great Britain.

While we are not Catholic, my first choice name is a saint’s name, and it means “full of goodness”, although there is also an alternate meaning out there of “man of prayer.” I like both qualities.

Depending on whether or not the other twin is a boy or a girl, we have two major options on the middle name to go with it:

Declan Samuel (other twin is a girl)
Declan Spencer (other twin is a boy)

Please share your thoughts in the comments. Kristina and I both really would like to know what you think.