2nd child harder to name??

Well I am going to try and get this blog thing back up and going. I know we have lots to keep our long-distance friends and family up to date on, so I will try to get back into the swing of things. With this baby on the way I want to keep everyone in the loop (and thanks to all the NWArk friends who "gently" reminded me I am NOT doing that). Can you believe I'm already halfway through the pregnancy (20 weeks)? Crazy. Which brings me to my opening topic on baby girl DeVore, which is we don't have a clue on what to name her.

Why is your second child so much harder to name than the 1st? I'm sure those of you have more than 2 would say it gets even harder as you go on. Why is that - thoughts? Comments? Now that we have Lowery, and that name is so tied to family, so uniquely her, it seems impossible to find another fit. Of course we had one for a boy ready to go, but God doesn't seem to trust us with raising boys - I'm not sure I trust us for that matter either - so no "Noble" on the way. For years I have wanted to name another girl Lily - my great-grandmother's name, the beloved "Mama Foster". I still love Lily, but it's like number 5 on the top 100 names of 2009. I want unique, I'm not sure I want her to share a name with 3 other girls in her class.

So we've started the search. We really like using family names, and we've poured through genealogy books - found lovely options such Mattie Florence, Inez and Della Belle. And can't forget the group of sisters named Ruby, Opal and Pearl. All beautiful people, just not necessarily ideal names. Speaking of the 3 "gem" sisters, Steve's grandmother has a beautiful name that we love - June (and it would mean a lot to him to name a baby after her). But he should have thought about that before marrying a girl with another month as a name. We can't be that family - Steve, Lowery, April and June. I can hear the, "where's May?" comments now. Anyway, nothing seems right and nothing seems to stick in our mind. Steve suggested doing a facebook poll of our final candidates - uh, no. So I guess we will have to keep deliberating. The original idea of Lily Claire is still up for consideration, but we're hoping for something a little more unique. I will post a list of final candidates soon (and don't worry, Mattie Florence or Inez probably won't make the cut). Anyone have a name they're dying to share with us?