Little Ava

When we were expecting a baby, we put a lot of thought into what to name our child. We didn't want anything too popular. Our original girl name was Bella but thanks to all of you Twilight fans, we had to rule that out. We didn't want anything too strange. Nothing like BonQuiQui. We wanted something that was spelled traditionally. Not like when I tried to spell my name Cayte i 6th grade (not cool). We wanted something that didn't have to be shortened. All my life I've had to say, "I go by Kate." when people called me Katherine (my real name). These were all the hopes we had when we named our baby girl.

Yes, we did discover the name Eva after watching the movie Wall-E. But it fit all of our criteria. Plus it sounded good with Kate as a middle name, which we also really wanted. So when our bundle of joy was born we named her Eva Kate and thought all was well.....

We didn't realize that we would get asked multiple times a week, "How is little AVA?" Oh, little Ava. I did not see that coming. We always politely respond, "EVA is doing great!!!!" and hope that they catch on. It honestly doesn't bother me, I just laugh that we tried so hard to avoid confusion. We could always make a game out of it and pretend that Ava is Eva's secret evil twin. I also think it's ironic that everyone can remember that our dog is named Mr. Bill Cosby but they get confused about our baby's name. Maybe we should have named her Claire Huxtable.