Jul 13 2008
Signing Off
July 13, 2008. Here is a photo of Tyler Lopez, me and Richard Ortner on my final day anchoring BK (before kids).
The girls are still not due for a couple of weeks, but I have some work to do and with my medical conditions I didn’t want to take any chances. During our Sunday morning newscast we had some fun with my departure.
These are the names Meteorologist Richard Ortner recommended for my twin girls! Which ones do you like?
It may be hard to believe, but we still do not have names for the twins. I thought my husband and I were getting close, but now we are disagreeing. He thinks I should pick one and he should pick the other. But what if I don’t like the name he chooses? Plus, I keep thinking of new names that I like. Ugh….this is not easy.
I guess now that I will not be working for a while I will finally have time to finish the nursery and decide on names! I think one will be easier than the other.
See the video: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/17031535/index.html
Hey, you are the one who carried these two girls and got the cankles and the backaches and still worked full time!!! You should choose BOTH names!!!
When my daughter was born, we already had her name picked out… that is until we saw her; it just didn’t fit. And with my son, we reversed his first name with his middle as first glance. With both of my kids, in my “infinite wisdom”, I gave them names that when shortened, were nice, but also allowed them to use their full names if they chose when they got older. Reality is this; they will become teenagers and want to be called “Star”, or “Destiny”, or “???”. Go with your heart… the name will fit before they ever take their first car ride.
Mine are 19 and 16 now; cherish every single minute… it will be gone before you know it. I’ve enjoyed sharing your journey and look forward to hearing from you soon. Good luck and thank you for sharing.
I agree! Mom gets to decide the names! My hubby picked our first babies name and after 20 hours of labor, 3 hours of pushing, and a csection, I thought I should of named him. Second baby I named. Any future babies I will name. I told him that if he wants to name a child, he could carry it! LOL
Dayle,
Good luck with the girls. Here is my input on the names. Make sure they flow well when you yell it because unfortunately you will have to. As the others have said cherish your time with them because it does go by really fast.
My grandmother (from the south) always said you should pick a few names and then go yell them out the back dooor (like you are calling them home to supper) and see how they sound and then choose from there. So I guess, you can try that. That is how all 7 of my brothers and sisters were named and it has worked out so far.
my husband and I wanted the same name for our little boy so that was easy
whats not so easy is our different parenting styles which differ depending on the situation at hand. It’s a whole new world after kids but i would not go back to my old life for anything! Good Luck Dayle and remember IT’S OK TO CRY 
good luck with the birth of your babies .. may everyone be happy and healthy … and get as much sleep as you can right now .. because once your little angels are here … sleep will be something of the past!!
~ raven
I hear you dilemma on the baby naming! When we were pregnant with our first ( a girl) I had my girl name picked out since High School. Victoria Grace. My husband said OK!
My husband on the other hand always knew that he wanted his boy to be named after his father Raymond Paul.
When we had our second ( a boy) I agreed to go with Raymond Paul even though it was not a name I would have ever picked.
Good luck with everything!!
Good luck! How exciting (and scary) that you are almost there. I know you have a ton to do and you want to do it all before Vorticity and Helicity get here (love it!) but it’s ok to relax. All you need to have is a bag of diapers and wipes. You’ll survive the rest if you don’t have it done it time.
I also chose names so my children could use the full name or the nickname without any trouble. What I forgot to test when saying the names, was saying the shortened name with the last name. Oops! Say all variations out loud!
Last little note, please, please, PLEASE ask for help if you are experiencing any sort of “baby blues” for an extended period of time. It took me 7 months to get help for my post partum depression (PPD) and it was bad. It’s ok to ask for help and it is more common than you might think. So many of my co-workers have told me about their wife’s crazy behavior after baby and each one has improved after treatment for PPD.
Congratulations and many blessings for healthy babies and a healthy delivery.
I had twin girls 13 yrs ago. I got to choose their first names and their dad picked out their middle names. It worked well for us. It’s funny too, when you see the babies, you’ll know who should get what name! My girls’ names fit them to a “T”. Good luck! It’ll be easier than you think!!!! Especially, if you have another child after these little ones. It makes having one baby piece of cake!
Go with your gut feeling. It’s ok if you want to wait till they are born and see what name they “look like”. That is very common. When I had my son I had they came in and had me fill out the paperwork while dad was still at work. The nurse asked if I had a name yet. I could put what ever I wanted and there was nothing he could do! Luckily we had a name we agreed on but that did not happen until the day before I delivered! Good Luck and God Speed to you and your growing family!
Good luck with your babies and may you have a happy and healthy delivery! I agree with everyone else…MOM carries the baby (or in your case babies!) MOM has all the “wonderful” side effects that come along with being pregnant, MOM is the one that delivers the baby/babies! And what does DAD do?? Hold our hand and say, you can do it. MOM gets naming rights! But when it comes down to it, even if you don’t have names picked out, you’ll know once you see those sweet little faces. When my husband and I were pregnant with our youngest daughter, her name was Brittney from 24 weeks until 33 weeks when I delivered. Since I delivered prematurely she had to go to the NICU almost immediately. I was given about 2 minutes to give kisses and hugs and count fingers and toes. My husband went with her to the NICU. I was having some complications after birth so I was still in delivery 90 minutes later. My husband kept coming in to check on me and give me “baby updates”. During his second baby update he told me she just didn’t look like a Brittney, she looked like a Chelsea. Now this was a name we had NEVER considered. Once I was able to go to the NICU to see her, I completely agreed and her name became Chelsae. Two rules to remember…1) Don’t fret the small stuff! and 2) It’s ALL small stuff! Just enjoy your babies! Thank you for sharing! We look forward to “baby updates”!
Hi Dayle,
I had an easy time with my son’s first name. We had a hard time agreeing on his middle name until my grandfather died while I was still pregnant. So I named him after grandpa. His name does roll well when I yell it. He’s two now so I yell it a lot. Congrats and hope everything goes smoothy for ya.
Best of luck Dayle!
Congratulations again and enjoy the ride!!!
I agree with the need to have a yell-test on all variations (and watch the initials for unflattering acronyms or words). Yelling out the back door is a great way to do it.
I do not agree with the calls for mom-only rights to naming, though. Yes, mothers endure the physical changes and the delivery and recovery, but fathers endure watching the loves of their lives change and suffer for love of them. Most men are conditioned to suffer in silence and so I suspect it would be very difficult to get them to own up to it, but pregnancy can be terrifying and emasculating for them because (as we mothers know too well) there is very little they can do to help beyond the hand holding and saying “you can do it”. Rather than look at our partners with disdain for limitations beyond their control, we can smile and offer our efforts out of love. Once the babies are out, dads can “do it all”: diaper changes, bottle feeding (pumped breastmilk or formula), bathing, cuddling, night-duty, pacing, laundry, housework. I found my husband eager to help because he had felt helpless for so long. So, in the long-term, the duties can be split much more evenly–there’s just a lot for Mom in the beginning. (Also, studies have shown that dads actually do undergo hormonal and physical changes in sympathy to their pregnant partners.) In short, these beauties are Daddy’s little girls, too, so do name them together!
I would recommend coming to consensus together on both girls’ names so that you and Dad like both names. Consider it practice for all the parenting decisions you will need to negotiate in the coming years (ear-piercing, sleepovers, driving with friends, dating, etc.) Remember you can hyphenate or give more than one “middle” name if you need to “fit it all in”.
Hope you have an easy labor and delivery.
You’ll know what to name your Daughters AFTER they come into the world.
Just remember this,what ever you name them,make them UNIQUE names.
That way,God willing if they become famous,everyone will remember their names.
This coming from a female,Ricky to a female Dayle.Best of luck to you and family.
Congrats you are almost there! As far as the baby naming goes sounds like it’s time for a unique approach. I knew a girl whose parents could not agree on what she should be named. So they wrote the names on strips of paper and placed each name by a candle. They lit the candles, the last candle burning is what they named her. I loved hearing her story of how she got her name. Anything is better than Richard’s suggestions!
I think it’s fair to have you name one of the girls and your hubby name one of the girls. Although it is true that we as women, do the most “work” in bringing our children to this world, I don’t think it’s okay to not let your hubby help in picking names. Afterall, it’s not his fault that he can’t be pregnant and go through labor and child birth. I have three boys, ages 11, 9 and 4, and I can’t imagine their names being what they are without my husband’s input.
Congratulations on the upcoming arrival of your baby girls. Finding and choosing names can be a chore in itself…make sure that when they get older, you won’t hear…mom what were you thinking when you chose my name. My youngest who turned 19 yesterday on August 3rd was named after a bird. When I became pregnant, this beautiful Robin would come every morning and chirp a lovely melody. About two days before I went into labor, I woke up and heard a lot of peeps. My morning friend had given birth to her little birdies. I ended up naming my daughter Robyn Kelli.
Anyhow, the best of everything for you and your family.
ps..recommending a name….ANNALIEA (pronounced) Ann a lay a. This is my middle name.