weigh in on our girl names...

alli&pat

OK ladies, I've put on my big girl pants...I can hang...

Our 2 front runners are:
Sarah Elizabeth or
Lauren Makenna

(Both Elizabeth and Makenna are family names - Makenna is a twist on my maiden name and I'm not even sure that's the spelling that is best/makes most sense...so throwing that out there...)

Our other "likes" are:
Molly
Nicole or
Olivia

(Not sure how middle names would go with those...)

DS is Parker William if you care at all about making sure the siblings' names flow.

huffman627

I honestly love them all. They were all picks when we were choosing our girl name.

We ended up going with Marli Elizabeth. He wanted to name her mia, I wanted charlie, thus, Marli was formed. haha.

KeriMichaelMarie

I don't like Makenna. I think you should use your actual maiden name or not use it at all. The rest of your names are beautiful.

Good Luck! 

BetchySprout

I like every name up there except Makenna. I just don't like Mc/Mac/Mak names at all for any reason. And just Kenna? Just as bad (I have 3 people in my 4th grade flute section this year with variations on that name. 3 of 8.)

Sarah Elizabeth is an extremely common combo. Maybe Sarah Nicole or Lauren Olivia (maybe that is too close to Lawrence Olivier, I don't know).  

missesru

KeriMichael Marie:

I don't like Makenna. I think you should use your actual maiden name or not use it at all. The rest of your names are beautiful.

Good Luck! 

I agree with this.  I don't understand the idea of using a family name, but changing it.  Either use it, or don't, kwim?

Otherwise, I love your choices.

alli&pat

Thanks for the feedback so far ladies!  Not sure if any follow up info helps but...

KeriMichael Marie:

I don't like Makenna. I think you should use your actual maiden name or not use it at all. The rest of your names are beautiful.

My actual maiden is really long and hard to spell so imo, makes an awkward middle name.   Though, thinking about this is a good idea. 

To the other pp who mentioned the popularity of the Sarah Elizabeth combo - this is my huge hesitation.  It is by and far my favorite name but I'm not sure I like how popular that specific combo is. (Lauren is my DH's favorite and here's my petty confession - we went with his favorite name when we named DS and part of me not wanting to use Lauren is because of that - soooo stupid! )

We'd really like to use a family name as the middle name so I may go back to the drawing board for other middle name options. 

alliejo725

I think you have a list of solid choices, and there's nothing wrong with any of them. I have to confess that most are NMS, but that's not because they're bad names. They're all feminine and will age gracefully.

Between your front runners, I'd probably pick Lauren Makenna.

If it was up to me, I'd choose Elizabeth Nicole.

LMS05

Sarah Elizabeth is gorgeous. I love it so much! Lauren is nice. Not a fan of Makenna.

Ms.Jade

Sarah Elizabeth is boring boring boring. I personally know 2 of them. 

Lauren is wonderful. Makenna is blah.

Molly sounds like a dog's name.

Nicole is great.

Olivia is so overdone I think it should be outlawed for the next 10 years.  

 

FemmeNat01

I love Sarah Elizabeth!