thinking of names....

for the baby. it gets harder on the fifth. for one, you have the input of four (well, three) other well-meaning children. if you've started a pattern...you know, first letter all the same, which we HAVEN'T, names from a certain country, OR the usage of old family names, your options are limited. not too limited...seeing how there are a bazillion names out there. our dilemma is that we chose the latter.....to use old family names as our children's middle names and now it's david's mom's family's turn. the problem is that she doesn't know her family's history so the names we have to choose from are not THAT old. which means....there are some jo's and some betty's and some bill's and so on......these are not exactly the names i want. we did find out there is a may and a minnie, which are getting more towards the era i'm talking about. but as far as the boys? swilford. that's the big boy name. with all due respect, i don't think a swilford will cut it. the other issue, is that i hear lots of names i love....all claimed by good friends. the other issue is that MY family has some good names that i love, but their quota is up! so, here i sit. thinking of names. maybe this one will break the mold. maybe we will just let the kids think of the name!