#17 and climbing

We struggled for a while with naming our daughter. Of the many, many rules one should abide when faced with such an awesome responsibility, we tried to avoid names that were too popular*. We didn't want her to be saddled with a name that 5 other girls in her homeroom also had, forcing her to choose between being "Funny Mia", "Tall Mia” or just plain "MJ". All options that we'd be comfortable with if she decides to go that direction, only as long as she isn't painted into a corner.

So it is with not a small amount of foreboding that we see "Mia" has jumped quite a bit recently in popularity.

Honey, we tried our best.

*other rules in no particular order include:
- no names of people we're directly related to (don't want to send the wrong message)
- no names of people we hated in jr. high
... oh, and the list does go on.