Chapter 10- Fun and The Name Game
I'm now five months pregnant. And, I'm exhausted, now comfortably into my maternity wear, and grumpy. Poor Gerry doesn't seem to know if I love or hate him at any hour in the day!
'Gerry! I'm in a good mood, I won't bite, promise. Come downstairs, I've got to talk to you about something!' I call up the stairs. "Promise you won't yell at me?" Gerry jokes. 'I won't, I've just promised you! I gave you and the boys a bollocking this morning, that's enough for one day! Little one is having a kick around if you want to feel? You love it!' I try to persuade my stubborn and scared fiancé. "Okay, I'll be down in a minute!" Gerry calls back.
'Right. We're going to talk about name. It's exactly four weeks and two days until we find out if we are having a boy or girl.' I tell Gerry a couple of minutes later. "Do we have to?" Gerry whinges. "I'm tired!" 'Yes, we do! Let's think about boys' names first.' I reply. "Gerry Junior" Gerry says hopefully. 'Are you actually joking? I'm ruling out that, James, and Gordon. I like the names Miles, Jacob, and Joseph' I reply. "I'm still hoping for Gerry Junior! Nah, I'm joking, Jacob's nice" replies Gerry, rubbing my tummy. "Do you want to be called Jacob? How about Ernest for a boy? Edwina for a girl?" he jokes. By now, I'm shaking, helpless with laughter. 'Gerry! Stop it! I'll cry my makeup off!' I giggle.
As if in response, our baby gives a hard, firm kick. "See! Little one agrees! They love the name Jacob!" Gerry grins. 'Hmm. What about girls' names?' I ask. "Jessica is a nice name, it's quite traditional" replies Gerry. 'Yeah, I've noticed some of the older names are coming back. I heard someone calling the name Matilda the other day! Jessica is... Yeah, I like it...' the more I reflect on it, the more perfect the name Jessica seems to be. 'Okay, definitely Jessica if we have a girl' I reply, noting the name down. "How about Jessica Grace, after your mum?" Gerry asks. 'Jessica Grace Standing... How about Jessica Grace Rose Standing?' I smile. Gerry grins back in response. "Sandra, that's perfect! I love it!" he replies, kissing me. I kiss him back. 'I didn't think it'd be this easy' I reply. "Well, I'm full of surprises, me!" Gerry replies. I giggle. 'I know you are, you surprised me when you took that picture of me snoring and put it on Facebook!' I reply. "Did you see that?" Gerry asks guiltily. 'I wouldn't be telling you if I didn't! Brian and Steve saw it and liked it!' I reply. Gerry looks even guiltier. "Sorry, Sandra" he says. 'That's all right, I'll just upload this to Facebook' I tease, selecting a picture from my Ipad and tapping the upload button. Gerry sees it. "Don't you even think about it! Nooo!" he says helplessly. I've just uploaded a picture of him wearing Brian's AFC Wimbledon scarf last week.