Naming Baby

With the third baby on the way we have had a very hard time coming up with a name we both like. I will like one name and Brian will like another but of course they don't go together so we can't compromise there either! It wasn't always this difficult lol. With Ava, she was always Ava Grace. I had loved the name Grace since before Brian and I met. I always wanted to name a daughter Grace. When my cousin Chrissi was pregnant with her last child she threw out the name Ava Grace to her husband. I realized I loved the name Ava and it went great with Grace! I was secretly doing the happy dance when he shot the name down. So when they had their little girl and named her something completely different I knew Ava Grace was fair game! By this time Brian and I were dating and had talked about our future and kids and such. I told him I liked the name Ava Grace and he was completely on board. We also loved the name Connor, the middle name was up for debate though. So when we found out we were pregnant the first time and then found out the baby was a girl we automatically knew her name would be Ava Grace. And no other name would suit that child.
Ella, on the other hand, proved to be a bit more difficult. Once again we stuck with Connor if the baby was a boy but for a girl we had actually picked out Chloe Faith. I had always liked Chloe and Faith was a double meaning. Our goddaughter's name is Faith so we were wanting to use it for that reason as well as the fact that Ava's middle name was Grace so it went well together. We got halfway through the pregnancy when Brian realized he didn't care for Chloe Faith. So while watching Ella Enchanted (silly movie but still cute) we both came to the conclusion that Ella would be great! So she was Ella Faith, for a couple of days. That was when people started calling to ask us if we realized we were naming our child Elephant. Well dangit we didn't think of it and now I was flustered. So then we changed the middle name to Paige, until we thought about the meaning of her name and didn't care for it. So somehow we came up with Kate and it stuck. And yet again, no other name would suit that child.
Now, here we are just three days away from finding out what this little one is going to be and once again we can't agree on a name! I love Mia Paige. It is very feminine, flows with the girls names, etc. Brian, on the other hand, likes Liberty Paige (I hate this one by the way). So we did a poll on Facebook, something we swore we would never do lol. And so far I am winning that battle. And for a boy, Ava wants Connor William, which is not a bad name at all. It is just really long unlike the girls names. We like Ian Conor as well. The first name starts with a vowel and is short like the girls names. So far I think that one is tied or close to it with Connor William on the poll.
We will find out on Friday what we are having and I have to say, I can't wait to call this baby something other than "baby," "it," or my personal favorite, "Para." Yes there is meaning behind the name Para. When I was going through my first trimester I was sick as a dog, constantly. So I took to calling the baby (affectionately) my little Para Site. Yes, I spelled it that way on purpose. Both of our girls' first names end in an "a", both their middle names end in an "e", and their first and middle names together equals 8 letters. No, we didn't realize this when we were choosing Ella's name, that was a fluke. But now we are trying to do something similar which is where Mia Paige completely works, and was once again a fluke. I happened to love Mia and Brian really liked Paige. They flow together well and comes out like the girls names. And so does Para Site lol, which is why it is spelled as it is. But don't worry, this child will not be named Para Site as a real name!
Now can you see why we have resorted to the name poll online? Haha! Most people don't get so technical when it comes to their children's names and I know it is dorky, but it is who I am!