This has been an almost impossible task. Almost. Coming up with a girl name we always knew would be a feat. Matthew is more the sensible one and I am the more unique one, and both of us are as opinionated and stubborn on the topic as the other. Our options were to either a) agree on a name, b)one of us go through life hating the other one or c) call our child "Baby Girl Cox" until the end of time..which I can already tell you does NOT look good on a resume.
HOWEVER at 38 weeks and 5 days gestation a miracle occurred. After months of deliberation, testing, negotiating and thinking this would never happen, we actually agreed on a name. And not just any name- a name we BOTH actually like.
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So what is this super-spectacular-took-you-9 months-to-come-up-with name you might ask? Well....
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Yeah, like we'd let you have it that easy!
The Game
You may or may not know that if you had to split up my "sports interest" into categories and percentages, 1% of my sports interest would go towards the Superbowl (which is enough to make you want to make a bowl of chili the night of the game), 51% of all sports interest would go to whatever game/team/league Matthew happens to be playing in at the time, but the 48% that is remaining goes to March Madness. For some reason I love filling out a bracket, watching to see what games make it and who gets knocked out (notice I said "watching to see" and not "watching the games"..I really could care less about the actual games...I just like to see how my bracket does). Whether I win the entire pool..(as I have done TWICE I might add) or lose, I enjoy it just the same. Since March Madness came to a close this past week, Matthew and I decided to make it last just a tad bit longer with our own Baby Cox Name Madness Bracket style guessing game.
Matthew and I put together a list of actual names that we have considered throughout this pregnancy and/or throughout our child bearing/baby name discussing years as a couple. We divided them up randomly and put together a "Pink Division" and a "Purple Division", each with 16 names, much like the NCAA tournament. We then randomly selected out of the 32 names and placed them through out the brackets. Baby Girl Cox's name is among the 32 names- both a first name and a middle name- but it's your job to figure out what her name is!
- Select a "winner" from each pairing much like you would the NCAA bracket tournament all the way down to a final winner. The final winner is what you believe Baby Cox's first name will be.
- All brackets must be submitted back to us either in person or via e-mail (matthewandjordancox@yahoo.com) by April 15th OR when I go into labor. The actual "tournament" will begin when I go into labor and the progression of the "rounds" will begin to be released going down from 32 names, to 16, then 8, then 4, then 2 and then the final, actual name!! You will receive points for every winning that you get correct.
- In the event that there is a tie, the tie breaker will be to guess the baby's weight. Whoever of the two gets closest Tie-ee's gets closest will be named the official winner.
- I would caution against making fun of any of the names on the list. As you might recall from earlier in my post- all of these names were considered by one or both of us at one time or another and you never know which name(s) might end up being the actual names we have picked.
- The winner will receive a trophy, a picture with baby girl Cox (who will by then have a name) and a place in Baby Girl Cox's baby book that will forever immortalize this game and your ultimate triumph.
- We have tried to be as high-tech with this as possible, but try as we might, we cannot find a more high-tech way to submit the brackets than to e-mail them (unless you want to print it off directly from the blog). If you'd like to participate, then please comment below or on Facebook your e-mail address and I'll send you an Excel version of the brackets that you can fill out and then return to me.
| Baby Girl Cox's Name Bracket | ||||||||||
| Administered by: Her Dad, Mom and Big Brother | ||||||||||
| Elizabeth | 1 | Pink Division | ||||||||
| Sutton | 16 | |||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||
| Faye | 9 | |||||||||
| Preslee | 8 | |||||||||
| 9 | ||||||||||
| Karsyn | 12 | |||||||||
| Hazel | 5 | |||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||
| Addison | 11 | |||||||||
| Londyn | 6 | |||||||||
| 13 | ||||||||||
| Claire | 7 | |||||||||
| Paige | 10 | |||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||
| Natasha | 14 | |||||||||
| Mallory | 3 | |||||||||
| 10 | ||||||||||
| Parker | 4 | |||||||||
| Natalie | 13 | |||||||||
| 4 | ||||||||||
| Channing | 2 | |||||||||
| Marshall | ||||||||||
| Lucy | 7 | Purple Division | 15 | |||||||
| Champion | ||||||||||
| Wilma | 16 | |||||||||
| 5 | ||||||||||
| Paisley | 9 | |||||||||
| Tie Breaker: | ||||||||||
| McKinley | 8 | |||||||||
| 11 | ||||||||||
| Vivian | 12 | Lbs | ||||||||
| Adley | 5 | |||||||||
| 6 | Oz. | |||||||||
| Brooke | 11 | |||||||||
| Sage | 6 | |||||||||
| 14 | ||||||||||
| Bridget | 7 | |||||||||
| Peyton | 10 | |||||||||
| 7 | ||||||||||
| Atalie | 14 | |||||||||
| Madalyn | 3 | |||||||||
| 12 | ||||||||||
| Harper | 4 | |||||||||
| Piper | 13 | |||||||||
| 8 | ||||||||||
| Morgan | 2 | |||||||||
| Campbell | 15 | |||||||||
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