Arrgh ! Names !
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Topic: Arrgh ! Names !
Posted By: jax
Subject: Arrgh ! Names !
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 4:09pm
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Ok so, we had the best of intentions when we started out, and even got it down to a shortlist - but that has since fallen apart and we can't decide on anything ! Nothing seems to fit, even the ones that we really liked before. I think we are starting to lean towards wanting to pick a name before she's born now, but are really struggling.
Anyway, just needed to vent really  ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
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Posted By: 98765
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 4:23pm
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this prob doesn't help but Jack didn't have a name until he was 4 days old and Jack wasn't on our list. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 4:41pm
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LOL Thanks though Rach, that sounds like something I would have said to anyone else asking this question (and if I had already had a baby) LOL I mean, it still might not happen until when / after she's born but... like I mentioned we are leaning more towards wanting to pick a name beforehand *sigh* ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 5:40pm
what about luana,corina,aaroha,,rua,maddison,they were mine if james had been a girl good luck picking i changed my mind of james name when i was in laubour ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 6:48pm
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you can always ask on here - i think heaps of people have.
Some other names we had picked were Jasmine, Veda (vay-da), opal, eden, Tamsyn, lilly, Anna, and coral.... but we like pretty different types of names. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 6:50pm
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There was also one when i was heavily preg with Ayja that had heaps of people writing stuff on. lol. have found it and bumped it for you - started off as a baby boys name post - but got kinda hijacked i think and ended up having girls as well ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: lenabeanz
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 7:11pm
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My step sister, in law has just named her baby girl 4 weeks after she was born... Blair... seems a bit odd to me but there are alot of one sex names being used for the other sex... I will just have to get use to it!!
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 8:28pm
| did any take your fancy on the thread I started which was all girls names? I was really starting to worry about finding a name, I felt like once I knew she was a girl she had to have a name and identity if that makes sense |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 8:38pm
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I know it's going to sound as lame as you can get, but we knocked Maddison off the list because a) someone we know has it b) our cat is called Maddison (Maddy for short). I even got out the really awesome baby names book we have, and got all the way up to the letter 'E' before DH finally agreed on liking one of the ones I'd picked out ! I've started a new list and am going to edit / add at will I guess, not sure how long it will take us to settle, I don't want it to be forever though. Oh, and the name DH said he liked as well was Erin.
Edited to add: Robyn - I know EXACTLY what you mean about the whole identity thing !!!!! ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 9:54am
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we settled on jack's name pretty early, about a week after we found out he was a boy. this time, we don't know what we're having and names are just not coming to us!
we have a boy name picked, but everyone lately is convinced i'm having a girl, incl DH. our girl name we had for jack was mya zoey, but i'm not sure i like that anymore. i'd like to use zoey, but my parents now have a dog named that
anyway, i'm no help at all, good luck on your quest  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 10:46am
| vanessa my neice is maya (close to mya) and my nana was zoey so my sister has used it for a second name. I think both are cool names. |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 11:40am
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I liked Zoe / Zoey too, but it got vetoed as being "too hippy" *rolls eyes* ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 1:06pm
u know what i think is pretty? erin spelt Aerin ,or Aeryn 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 8:10pm
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Maya had a name pretty early on, I named her after a poet (as you have all heard a thousand times lol) but the twins are posing a bit of a name problem! I feel like they need to have strong, meaningful names too, but there aren't any that come to me. I kind of like Chiara (Italian for Claire which is my sisters name) but know 2 Chiara's already (one spelt Kiara) but other than that no idea.
They will both have two English names and two Maori names like Maya, and teh bigger twin is going to be something-Mercedes something something but no idea what the 'somethings' will be yet, and the smaller twin still has no names at all. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 8:42pm
| My friends name at school was Ciana which is kinda similar if you aer looking for something else Emma. |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 8:44pm
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Jax - I ended up with no idea what to name Hannah when I went into labour. I had a whole lot of names that I thought were really cool, but then would go off them a while later. I ended up naming her with Hannah, which was the only name that I didn't despise by the end of it. It's not a very romantic way of naming your child, but in the end she just looked like a Hannah.
Maybe by the time you get there you'll have a name you don't hate too!! (Gosh I'm helpful tonight )
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 8:44pm
| Btw... Does hubby not like Sophia? or did you go off it? |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 9:11pm
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I love Sophia!
Peter and I went through 2 names books (one German one English  ) and still only came up with a handful of names that we both liked. We didn't know what we were having though which made it harder I guess too. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 10:44pm
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u could do a Geri Halliwell Jax...she named her daughter after Bluebells cos they were everywhere, so look around what do u see?
* and in a few weeks time, we at ohbaby welcome little Keyboard Bono Bird*
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 10:56pm
We still like it, and it's still in consideration, but is not leading as strongly as it was before (Sophia). And GAH ! I read about Miss Halliwell's naming thing... what a bubblehead !  Want something strong, but feminine, unique but practical... aaaaaaaaaaargh ! ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 06 June 2006 at 6:12am
| I think sometimes people do the unique thing just a little too far. |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 06 June 2006 at 7:38am
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Depends on your definition of unique, I see unique as something 'less common', whereas some people see it as a licence to go nuts ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 06 June 2006 at 8:11am
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It is a really hard decision. After all the baby has to live wih it for the rest of their lives! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 06 June 2006 at 9:27am
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I chose "Zaara" when I was may be 20 weeks pregnant and didnt know that I was having a girl. And that was the only Girl name we chose. I also wanted a different/uncommon name but didnt want a very indian name. Simply because she is going to grow up here and needed a name that people can actually pronounce....He he ha ha. However I found "Zara" a bit boring so added aN extra "a" to spice things up....LOL
And Zaara is a Indian name. So works out well. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 06 June 2006 at 10:50am
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I hear you on the unique thing Liz. With Maya I wanted a name that wasn't going to be so common she had 4 other Maya's in her class, but that wasn't so radical she got teased or had to tell people how to pronounce it. Even still she gets May-a a lot instead of M-ya which is how it is supposed to be pronounced.
Sorry Jax - hijack! I like Sophia. It's pretty but strong not wussy and girly. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 06 June 2006 at 1:31pm
ugh* I have teh same problem. We had abotu 3 gorgeous names picked out for boys (not deliberately but we just foudn boys names easier) and after we found out it was a girl we were stumped! now we have a few names we sort of like but none that really stand out to us! and trawling through the name sites is soooo laborious I cant be bothered...I am hoping I will hear a name and it will just come to me but I strongly suspect taht this baby will be born beofre we come even close to finding a name... ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 06 June 2006 at 4:57pm
| I had never heard addison until it was suggested on here and the day after I told my family what the name was we heard it about 4 times, including grays anatomy but I still think its not to common enough, same as Kobe, a little different but not way out there. |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 7:28am
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I just found our list of girls names we liked: Ava, Ellie, Rosie, Jamie, and our fave I will keep quiet, LOL, for next time round ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: 98765
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 5:51pm
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My friends wee girl is Maddix and shes so cute. We were guna call Jack Grace if he was a girl. I also like Kayden for a girl or boy. What I did is I wrote all the names i liked down from a name book and let ben choose the ones he likes from the list. It didn't work because Ben hates any kind of name that isn't really common and refused to choose any name off my list. We ended up with Jack cos of Jake from once were warriors which is Bens favourite movie but thought we better not name him that so it turned into Jack. Thats also where we got Grace from. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 8:05pm
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Ooh, jake gets the "Jake the muss" thing alot. I'm not impressed. We named him Jake from the Blues Brothers.
If he was agirl, he would've been Aiko - which is japanese for Love child. Taine was named from no-one but we did get the name from taine randall (whose borther?'s child drowned on the swimming pool cover...so sad!), if he was a girl he would've been Leah. |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 8:42pm
| I was just thinking between this baby and all my neices Im going to an have Amy, Aly, Emme, Addy and Maddy, funny how all the names are so similar and no wonder its confusing. (there are more but thier names dont rhyme |
Posted By: pixeldust
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 8:53pm
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If I'd had a girl, she would have been Hazel Carolyn or Hazel Grace, and DH would have had no choice in the matter. Another one I heard recently was "Navy", which I thought was interesting and pretty, though I wouldn't choose it myself. A couple I've come across: Raeanne, Gianna, Eadie, Vada, Jaya, Ophelia. -------------  
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 9:13pm
*ahem* Problem solved it seems...  ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: pixeldust
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 9:20pm
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Oooh Jax, pretty choice of name! Make sure you have a backup though, just in case :) -------------
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Posted By: lenabeanz
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 9:20pm
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*ahem* not a subtle hint Jax?!?! ------------- http://www.snugglepie.com">
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 9:25pm
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I've got the hots for Hannah at the mo..or Ruby. Rod will hate both, I'm sure. Might just stick with Jaimee if #2 is a girlie, since that one is agreed on from when we were arguing over JJ's name pre birth.
Ooooh we get jake the muss sometimes as well, liz, but more often we get *cringe* jake the snake.. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 9:48pm
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I like Ruby And I know I should have a backup, but it was hard enough to get DH to agree to settle on this one LOL ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 11:13pm
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i like it jax very pretty and girly ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 12:02am
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my mates girl is Natalyah which is the russian form of natalie.the proper spelling is natalia but my freind wanted to spice it up a bit so done the H an Y thng ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com"> 
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 7:43am
| I knew a couple of natalia's, its a pretty flexible name to shorten, lots of options |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 9:23am
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Very pretty name, Jax! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 9:55am
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Oh if you want Russian Names I can help....
My mum is Lubov...but Luba to all (means love) My Aunt is Oxana....people get us confused all the time Yulia....other form of Julia Ludmila or Luda (Another Aunt) Swetlana or Sweta (Another Aunt) Irina (Another Aunt) I have many many more.....He he ha ha  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 10:00am
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oohh Roksana I love the sounds of the Russian names - keep them coming...! ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 10:18am
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Really? He he ha ha ...I couyld you know!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 11:59am
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Erin is a gorgeous name, well done Jax on finding your bubba name!
Mike named Paris - i had no say in the matter, he came up with the whole name, which he assures me was NOT inspired by Paris hilton so that's all good. I got to choose Ayja's name and just changed the spelling from Aja, whichi reckon people would end up saying wrong all the time... to Ayja, so it looks like it sounds... also cos Aja was the hindu word for goat apparently. lol. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 12:01pm
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Thats a really nice name Jax!!
My uncle and aunty named their daughter Darcy and i love it but obviously couldnt use it. Siderah (pronounced sid-er-ray) and Sariah (cross between Sarah and Mariah) were the strangest names i heard lol |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 12:05pm
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Really? I did not know that Janine. A far as I know Aja means grand father. But I think its Aaja. Also in hinduism Aja means unborn God!
But in all honesty I like Ayja better!! I am such a geek ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 12:18pm
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lolol, i only go by what i read in a baby name book. hhhm unborn god huh? i think Ayja's adopted that kinda of attitude anyway. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 1:09pm
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LOL....I think she is sooo cute..hell why not ...Unborn God it is!!... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 1:44pm
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we chose our name's really early on and haven't gone back over them since and still really love our choices, so we don't have any back ups.
for a girl "Caitlin Lilly" Caitlin, just because we liked it and Lillian is my Mum's middle name and we wanted her involved in the name, so we added the "modern" version. for a boy "Matthew David" Matthew, again just because we liked it and David is my Dad's name. DH's brother's kids are all named after their side of the family and apart from there not being any "nice" names left to choose from we wanted my family's names for our kids  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 2:46pm
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Before we knew bubs was a girl we had a list of names funnily enough we had about 4 girls names and 1 boys lol
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Posted By: Anna
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 2:58pm
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Yay! Quinn is such a cool name!!
Quinn was always a Quinn, right from dot. We had no other names chosen This time round we have nothing. We decided that we wouldn't get into it until we had found what kind it was (boy/girl) but now that we can't find out we are stuck. There is nothing that I like yet... but we still have another few months to think about it! ------------- Anna http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 3:44pm
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forgot to mention, Jax, love the name. I had Erin on my girl list last time.. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |