The Name Game

How fun is this?? We now know who our son is, where he is from, and what he looks like. Let's pick a name.

While I was on the phone with Heidi agreeing that yes, indeed, this was our son, Jason had begun to look at his family tree and pick out names. He came across his grandfather's photo and then came to me and asked, "What do you think about the name Clinton?" I explained that I thought of a blue dress and a cigar. Next?

Jason and I had spoken about this before. He is very conservative when it comes to picking names. We had narrowed our selections to Jonathan and Benjamin in the past.  Jason ruled out Jonathan when he heard I had a boyfriend in 8th grade named Jonathan. Whatever.

So, we knew we had a Benjamin! Now middle names were to be discussed. This is how that conversation went.
Jason: "What do you think about Gary?" (his dad's name)
Me: "Remember, Jewish people name after people and not for people and your dad is still living."
Jason: "What about my dad's middle name? That's a family name."
Me: "What's your dad's middle name?"
Jason: "Franklin"
Me: "I am going to let you think about that for a minute."

What Jason didn't know was that I already knew Ben's middle name. It was going to be Maurice, after my grandfather. It just needed to be Jason's idea. We had a few conversations until it was "Jason's idea". What a smart and considerate man. :-)~

Now we knew we had a son in China, and our son had a name! Benjamin Maurice. Now, let's get him home.

Since we are talking names, I can not neglect to add something special here. Ben's Chinese name is Lan You Cun, which translates to "Has been saved". I know! Goose bumps, huh?