Cody and Sierra smiled while they looked into the crib and saw their newborn daughter for the first time ever since they arrived home. She was beautiful with Cody eyes and Sierra's nose. She was cherry and lively with a hint of sweetness within her. Cody walked up to her and lifted her out of the crib and the two of them smiled. They walked to the living room, where both parents sat down on the couch and couldn't stop admiring their beautiful baby.
It was a labor of love delivering the baby. Through twelve hours of agony, sweat, tears and with Sierra yelling at Cody to never touch her again, they finally delivered their first child together. At six pounds, two ounces, it was a healthy baby girl. Cody and Sierra cried when they were able to hold their daughter for the first time since they tired so many times to have children but it would always end in a miscarriage. After four years of trying, they finally carried full time and their first child, sadly to be their last since the doctors told Sierra that she could never have another baby, arrived in the world. After a few weeks, she was able to come home and now, Cody and Sierra were enjoying their first precious alone moments with her.
"Sierra, the hospital called and we have to give them a name for our daughter to go onto the records." Cody said while tickling his daughter's chin. When her father's finger touched her chin the baby started giggling and it brought much needed laughter into their lives.
"I know Codykins but we never decided on a name since we had different ideas. However, I guess it's a good idea since I don't want our child to not have a name." Sierra replied.
"How about Marguerite Rose? That sounds lovely and it would honor the Anderson side of the family."
"No, that's too French and too formal for my tastes. How about Molly Sue?"
"Sierra, you know how much I hate the name Molly so that's a no. How about Jessica Hope?"
"No Codykins. How about Victoria Alexandria Adele?"
"Too long and too British. We are not raising out daughter to have tea with the future Queen of England."
Cody and Sierra might have been a happy couple but when it came to the naming of a baby, they didn't know what to do. They had wrote page after page of potential names only to mark page after page of names out while they spent the next couple of hours trying to figure out what to name their daughter. Their daughter was getting sleepy so while Sierra placed her back in the crib, Cody marked out the eighteenth page of names and sighed. At this point, he and Sierra would be spending days trying to figure out a baby name. He was about to lie down on the couch and figure this out when he heard a knock at the door.
"Now who could that be?" Cody asked himself while he slowly walked up to the door. He opened it and there stood Harold and LeShawna in the doorway, smiling. Cody invited both of them in, not expecting them to pop like this.
"What are you guys doing here? This is a total surprise!"
"Well Cody, me and LeShawna was on our way to meet her parents when we heard about you and Sierra having a baby so we just had to stop by and congratulate the both of you." Harold replied.
"Sting bean, you and crazy stalker girl might have been one messed up couple but I'm so proud for the two of ya." LeShawna said while giving Cody a hug.
"Thanks guys but it has been a kind of a mess."
"What do you mean by that Cody?"
"Well me and Sierra can't agree on a baby name. We have went through name after name but we can't find one that pleases both of us and so I was wondering, can you help us?"
"Sure, I guess we can." Harold and LeShawna replied at the same time. So the trio went into the living room and waited for Sierra to return and when she finally did, she was quite suprized that Harold and LeShawna were there but once when they explained everything, Sierra agreed to let them help and slowly, one by one, they all read the names aloud and it was the same response as last time, either Cody or Sierra would love a name but the other one would hate it.
About thirty minutes later, Harold came across a name that wasn't marked out that he thought sounded perfect.
"Guys, how does Jane Elizabeth sound? It remands me of Jane Austen, the English writer and Elizabeth, the main character in Pride and Prejudice. Although it has a English name, it's not formal and I can see it now: Jane Elizabeth Anderson."
Cody and Sierra looked back at each other and paused for a moment. They thought about the name Harold suggested and wondered if it was the name that they were actually looking for.
"I actually like it." Sierra said while breaking the silence. "It's a fitting name and I can actually see it work. Codykins, what do you think?"
"I'll take it. Although it's a name I don't enjoy, I think it will grow on me. Jane Elizabeth Anderson, I like it." Cody replied while he thanked Harold and LeShawna for helping them. After they left, Cody and Sierra walked back into the nursery and smiled. Looking at their baby, they couldn't stop thinking of the wonderful name.
"Welcome to the family Jane."
This is for signelchan, a really sweet and wonderful friend of mine. The idea from this came from Joos, kamikaze2007, who told me that one of your favorite couples was Coderra. He also suggested the baby element and my first idea was to do the daily activities of raising a baby but I ended up typing about naming a baby, something totally different than what I planned but I still created a pretty good oneshot. Amanda, I hope you will enjoy your special day and I wish many more for you! :D
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