The Name Game

Many of you may be wondering where the name Dane came from (or you may not), either way I am going to share. Some of you might believe it came from Dane Cook, the really popular, very unfunny comedian who has become pretty famous over the past couple years. NOPE - we're not naming our son after this joker (see picture below). The name has actually been 3 or 4 years in the making. Cameron knew of a pro beach volleyball player named Dane and always liked the name. He mentioned it to me in a semi-serious discussion about kids' names even before we started trying to have a baby. My initial reaction was "my parents had a great dane dog so there is no way we're naming our kid that." He continued to push the name "it's tough & manly" or "there is no way to shorten it to something we don't like" until it finally started to grow on me. That has been our boy name for quite a while and I truly love it now. So, there you have it...