“Let’s just wing it,” Justin said when I was still pregnant and trying to brainstorm names for the baby.
We did have one name picked out for each gender, though, so I’m not really sure why we kept everyone in suspense for so long.
When the nurses asked right after he was born, I was the one who put off announcing it. There was too much going on — no need to make a decision on the spot, I thought.
I just needed a minute, but then it kind of spiraled from there.
Next Justin said we should sleep on it.
Sleep? Ummm… when exactly would that be happening?
Then, when we were in the recovery room, for some reason Justin thought this would be a good time to start looking up baby names.
“I’ve already read them all,” I told him. Literally, I think I read them all.
Still, I was nervous about pulling the trigger.
Is it the right name??? Is it too weird? It’s such a hard decision!! When someone came in for the birth certificate, I told them we needed more time.
Next Justin was second guessing whether we should flip the first and middle names that we had chosen. But I vetoed that idea pretty quickly.
My cousin reminded me to go with my gut. Everyone’s name always ends up fitting perfectly, after all.
Finally I was confident to make a decision. It flows nicely, it goes well with Jackson — plus it’s just an awesome name! And Justin was ready, too.
Back to what we originally picked out, we made it official: Beckham James Dardick.
Fun fact: I first came up with Beckham after I googled “names similar to Bennett” — which is Jackson’s middle name.
Another fun fact: Jackson’s first and middle name initials are JB while this baby is the reverse, BJ. That was not done on purpose, but still fun nonetheless.
