Guenther- Rachel's maiden name
Gray- Ronnie, Ben and Arnold's middle name
Clifton- well that's obvious, that us!
When we talked about names, we liked the same names. We had a boy and a girl name picked out. And the day we found out our baby was a boy, he became Guenther Gray. Even the way he was laying with his hand tucked behind his little head, we knew... he is a "Guenther".
Gray is such a special name to us, because Mike's Dad, best friend Ben and Ben's dad all have the middle name Gray. The Booths are a second family to Mike and have lovingly adopted me as well.
So, whenever we tell people his name, we get crazy responses- 'Ooh, that's "interesting"', 'Hmm, I've never met anyone named that before', 'How will you spell it', 'What will you call him'... etc. We were warned not to share the name beforehand, but we are sure about it, so decided to let our friends and family bond with him and his name, even before he gets here.
Back to the 'what will you call him'- I don't know that we really know!?! Dad's nickname growing up was Gunney, short for Guenther. Mike has always loved it and so immediately gravitated towards that nickname. It is growing on me for sure.
Spelling it- now that is another issue... Guenther is a tricky spelling- I've spelled it for people my whole life- Gu-E-n-th-er. They still don't get the "E", no matter who slowly you spell it. We are keeping it though- learn to love it...
So when we spell Guenny, Gunney, Gunny... how do we spell it? Kerry is concerned about us dropping the "E" where is belongs. With Gunney- we keep the "E", but relocate it to the end. I don't know Guenny is starting to grow on me too though, and I see the logic...
Hmmm... less than 4 months to decide. All we know now, is that with these two parents... he is going to be adorable. And quite possibly, an Appalachian State Linebacker.
Flash forward 19 years to these parents cheering on the sidelines
TOUCHDOWN!!! He is being nice to the ref... he learned that from his Aunt Kerry
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