“What are you going to name the young Prince?” asked the baby rabbit.

“I’ll call him Bambi”, the mother answered.

Now funny here, at this point of the story, no one said, "I once knew a hair lipped jerk named Bambi." or "don't ya think that name sounds a little 'light in the loafers'?" or "you're gonna regret naming him that in a few years since it's such a trendy name right now."  Nope, even little Thumper just replied, "I guess that will do."  But this is a Disney movie, not real life.  Telling folks in real life some of the names you are thinking of calling your little one, prompts responses like the ones listed above.  This is why (with a little shoving on Alan who can't wait to tell people the name) we have decided to wait until he is born to reveal the name of Baby Bass.  He is referred to as 'TrickY RickY' by my mother after the little scare we had at week 15.  I think folks are less likely to share the opinions of the name you have chosen (to your face at least) when you are standing there holding the little fellow that actually is now in plain site.

I do have to admit it is a little hard.  Alan told a tailgating buddy of his who he says doesn't know any of our family/friends and won't tell.  This prompted me to tell the horse show judge I was scribing for at the horse show.  She's from Odessa and I will probably never see her again.  That was a safe person to tell, right? 

 Well, the point of the story is that until March, we will try to keep his name under wraps until you see his sweet little face and no matter what we choose to call him, everyone will simply say, "awwwww."  And remember, take the advice of Thumper when people tell you their kid's name: "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all."  :)