What's in a name?

Alright... so yesterday we got the big news... this August we are having... a son! While I was mainly just happy to hear the words, "As far as we can see, everything looks find and the baby is healthy," and while I would have been just as excited if it was a girl, there has definitely been a lot of dreaming about what it means to have a son. We've got a precious little girl, Elizabeth (who turns 1 year old today, by the way), and it has been the thrill of a lifetime to be her dad. But now I get to start dreaming about this future baseball / football player / golfer / soccer player and all the games that I'll get to sit through and yell at blind referees / umpires. For the last 24 hours, my thoughts have been in the sports world. For my wife, though, her thoughts have been on one thing - what will we name this man child of ours? The moment we left the doctor's office, the discussion began. I came up with several names - all of them were shot down. Here is the list of names I thought would work. I'm certainly open to suggestions, but let me warn you - don't get your feelings hurt if your suggestion is shot down. I thought the ones below were all home runs, and, well... turns out that they had "K's" put beside each one. Here are the "winners" I offered:

General (such a fine name anyway, but combined with his last name, he'll make the Wheaties box even if he's not the best athlete).

Cotton (anyone ever heard of Cotton Mather, the famous pastor of the 1700's? Katie says with that name he'll sound like a pillow factory. Plus we have friends who've already taken that name for their little boy).

Concord (my Charlotte friends will get that one).

Wind (I know, not as creative, but if he became a pitcher, would give the guys on ESPN some good lines for when those batters whiff his split-finger fastball).

Saw (Waaayyy to graphic for my wife, but can't you just imagine him being a linebacker with a name like that? He would cut through that offensive line like a... well, you know.)

Seven (100 bonus points if you can tell me what television series that is from).

Sue (not only is it a family name, but according to Johnny Cash, he'd be the toughest kid in school).

Well, the bad news is that none of these winner names turned out to make the contender list. I just bet you we'll end up with some old boring name like John or David or Paul or... Kevin.