Beckham

Thanks to everyone who sent in their baby predictions! It was fun to read through your submissions.

For most of the questions I gave one point for each correct answer, and then for time, weight and length, I awarded one point to whoever came closest in each category.

It was a close competition, and we ended up with a tie for first place. Each with an impressive 5 point total, the two people sharing the crown are…

Aunt Kristen and Lisa Fish!

Congratulations!!! Enjoy a vanilla latte as your prize! 🙂

Some notable responses:

• Kristen came within a mere 20 minutes of the correct date and time with her guess of 1:38 a.m. on June 10. Wow! SO crazy!

• Aunt Ginny was correct in her guess that the first name would start with a “B.” I can’t believe there was actually a winner here with so many possibilities! Made it easy for me. Not sure how else I would have done it — count the closest letter in the alphabet?

• I had the correct weight at 7 lbs 8 oz and nearly the right length with a guess of 21 inches. (I swear I never got any inside info from the doctors! Although I suppose I did carry him for 9 months… Either way, I’m not counting my answers in the contest.)

• Respondents were split almost 50/50 on the gender but were nearly unanimous in predicting hair. (There was no mustache, though…Sorry, Dylan! haha)

Answer Key

Gender: Boy

Date: 6/10/20

Time: 1:57 a.m.

Weight: 7 lbs 8 oz

Length: 20.75 in

Hair or no hair: Hair

Eye color: Blue

First name starts with: B

“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.