another post got me thinking...

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so i was commenting on another post, and it got me thinking about the "wow, i was ALMOST named that" feeling i had when i once asked my mom, "what were some of the names you and Dad were thinking about when you were going to have me?"

has anyone else ever asked their parents that? and then been SO glad you had the name you did?? i thank God my mom was stubborn. Since i was her second child, but my dad's first, she agreed to let him choose the names, but she had to agree on the final one. Here are some of those she remembered:

*Girl*
Paris
Raven *which would have sucked since i came out blonde*
Kiro *k-eye-ro*
Alexandria
Venicia

*Boy*
Dakota
Austen *rather than Austin b/c he didn't like that we were Texan and it's our capital*
London
Thame

If you couldn't tell; my dad's a lover of travel. He'd been to all those places and loved them. 
The name/s my mother finally consented to? 
*boy* Austin Tarr (she hated the spelling with an 'e' and Tarr was his mother's maiden name) & *girl* Alexandria.  
no middle name b/c i was born before they could agree to one that went with it. plus i have a long last name and they were afraid i wouldn't learn to spell my name until i was in like 2nd or 3rd grade.

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My dad wanted Ariel Nicole for a girl, which would have sucked after Little Mermaid came out, and I just don't like the name. And for a boy he wanted Travis Clark, Travis because my older brother is Trevor and Clark is his middle name. I hateeeeeeee that name!

Him and my mom had made a deal though, she named a girl and he named a boy, she had this "feeling" I was a girl, so she knew she'd win, which means I love my mommy because the final decision was....

Paige Elizabeth, which I absolutely love and couldn't imagine being anything else. :)