What is in a name?

Names are tough. I have three girl names picked out and they will not change. I take that back, if I have three girls (that means the next two are girls AND I get baby hungry later and have a fourth), I was going to name her Penelope, but I do not want the same name Kourtney Kardashian used.

Finding out he was a he was tough. We didn't have a name. We were not agreeing on anything at all. I really wanted a Junior. Eric didn't. It'd also be difficult to have three Erics in one family. So I lost that battle. I threw out names and he didn't like them and vise verse. I was sett on using James as a middle name. We went through hundreds of names. We spent weeks throwing them around and trying them on. I had to rub my tummy and say the name. There were only two names that stuck and Eric hated one.

I was a stickler for nicknames. I hate them. I hate when people shorten their name and I hate potential names you'd call him in passing. That made me get rid of a lot of them. I'd prefer a name that can't be shortened and sounds great on a political advertisement. After I take office one day, I'd like him to follow in my footsteps.

One day, laying on the floor (it feels nice with my pained back) I said a name. I had two places I'd heard it before, I told Eric and he loved it and giggled. Why did he giggle? He loved it. It was the same name from a guy on Mortal Combat. Yes, we are naming him after that. Problem is, James doesn't work with it. It just doesn't flow. So we had to rethink it. Then I remembered this text...

IT FIT PERFECT. The name flowed. The first name couldn't be shortened. The middle name recognized both my handsome husband and my little brother. Don't worry Trevor, I'll use James on the next boy! So we set it. We have our name...

Jax Erickson Rios Fitzgerald

His last name is not Rios-Fitzgerald. His middle name is Erickson Rios, like mine. My maiden name is very important to me. My parents are the reason I am who I am and I am where I am. They have been the best examples to me throughout my entire life. I want nothing more than to honor them in some way, forever. I hope this is a tradition in the making and that my son will pass on that name to his kids. He will love his grandparents just as much as I loved them. 

*Disclaimer: I am fickle. The name may change. I love it, but he may come out and I could realize the name doesn't work. Then I will cry and he will be Baby Boy Fitz for awhile*