what's in a name?

a lot of people have been asking ian and i what we're going to name the baby now that we know it's a boy. it's a decision that we're not taking lightly; after all, he's had a life of having to repeat and spell his name, ("Ann? Eden?"), and half the time we end up giving my name at restaurants because it's so common. and speaking of which, i know what it's like to sit in a class and be referred to not only by my first name, but my last, just so that the teacher can differentiate between the three other little girls with the same name. 

so we're thinking long and hard about baby boy mcmichael's name and we'll tell everyone when he's made his grand appearance into this world. because there's also the very real chance that he'll show that beautiful little face of his and we'll say, "whoa...that kid is SO not a [insert name that Mom and Dad picked lovingly for him here]."