We have actually started thinking about names.
She wants to name him after her dad, but a shorter, simpler and more modern version. He has three very long, very old-fashioned names
) but we're still throwing around names.
We want to also include my daughter in the name-picking exercise. We think it will make her feel more included in the whole thing.
And speaking of my daughter - we told her yesterday. For now, she's excited. Her best friend will get a baby sister in a few weeks, and she's been quite envious about her friend getting to be a big sister. So now she knows she'll also be a big sister, and she likes that idea.
She also came to the conclusion that if my GF's baby is to be her brother, that makes my GF her mother. She came to me a few hours after we told her, and asked me if she could call her mom. I told her that it was fine with me, but she'd have to ask my GF. So we went together and she asked her. Of course the answer was yes, but I wanted it to come from her. So now it's mom and dad
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It's starting to feel like we're a real a family. I can't quite explain how happy that makes me