At Last! We Have A Name!

James Sinclair Yeates

Now before you scratch a hole in your cranium, call CPS to report us for the abuse he's bound to get having this name, laugh, cry, pee yourself, or do whatever else it is you do when you hear 'Sinclair', let me tell you why we chose this name.

His mother.

You see, yesterday I went through a bit of a traumatic experience where one of the possibilities, however remote it was, was that one or both of the ones I loved would not come back through that door. (I know, I know, I'm being melodramatic. But hey. I'm the one writing and you're the one reading. There's always a critic. May your monitor short out, blow up, and make you poop yourself.) Furthermore, my first son is named after me. (Once you're four generations deep with a name, it's kind of an obligatory thing that must continue. Ok, maybe not, but hey, I'm not going to be the one to test those waters. Go ahead and call me a gutless wonder, and may your monitor short out, blow up, and make you poop yourself.) Our second son is kind of a conglomeration (man I LOVE dictionary.com) of both sides of the family. This is also definitely going to be our last journey into the adventures of pregnancy, and considering we have all boys, I decided I wanted our newest little addition to have a namesake relationship with his mommy.

Ok... Now all I need to do is find a masculine version of 'Chiara'...

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Wow. Thanks for giving me a challenge here pops-in-law... You couldn't have named your daughter something simple like Patricia, Carrie, Jodi, Andi, Alexis, Jaime, Riley, Hayden, Regina, Nicolette, Michaela, or any of the gazillion other gender-neutral names that are out there?!

Hmm... What does Google have to say about this?

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No, I don't speak Italian...

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Wow. There really isn't much out there. Wait a sec! Here's one! LITERALLY one suggestion!!! Sinclair. Hmm. Kinda weird. But I like it! French for "Saint Claire". Now "Chiara" is the Italian equivilent of "Claire" so this is perfect a perfect fit! It's traditional, which we like. It's rare, which is also good. And it's also the name of an oil company with a large chain of gas stations!!! (After all, we do live in Texas!)



So there you have it. James Sinclair Yeates. Like it or not, that's what it is! You can send your complaints to the management, but they won't listen... Now for a gratuitous baby picture!



BTW - Chiara would like me to remind all of you that most all of this drama over his name is largely entirely due to me, and that this Sinclair-middle-name-thing is all my doing. What can I say? An artist can only do so much with the materials he's given ;-)

And now another gratuitous baby pic...

Baby James with his "Saint"