It has taken DH and I 5 years of being together to finally come up with a boy name! This has been quite the journey and was stressing me out, hence the ‘need’ for a post 
2019 may include more invasive fertility treatments and that is nerve-wracking, so I’ve felt like we should go into it with a name because that is the one thing we can control about our situation…
We’ve settled on [name_m]Judah[/name_m] [name_m]Ebenezer[/name_m]!
[name_m]Judah[/name_m] was a name I’ve mulled around but we never really considered it on a serious level. Something about it feels perfect about it now, though. I like the soft strength, the -ah ending, and how it still feels like an old-fashioned name (despite the very similar [name_u]Jude[/name_u] becoming a hit with many parents). According to NB, it means “praise.” I won’t get preachy, but we spent much of our infertility struggle thus far being bitter and in pain until we made the choice to approach our situation with joy and praise.
[name_m]Ebenezer[/name_m] is one that I’ve been trying to get DH to warm up to for quite awhile. He finally conceded that it would make a good middle name, so I’ll take it lol. I know probably 100% of people think of Scrooge but that’s fine. That’s my favorite [name_u]Christmas[/name_u] story ever and I love the redemptive story of the man. I didn’t know this but it means “stone of help.” The strength of that…the stability of that…means a lot. It is also a nod to my maiden name, which mean “stone” or “rock.”
We couldn’t be more pleased with this combo and I really hope it doesn’t change (side glance at DH). I don’t think anyone could sway us from this combo but I really wanted to see what my fellow Berries thought about it. Opinions?
Thanks and sorry about the book lol.