Why seek out new life, when you can create it from the comfort of your own home?

Now that we know the sex, we have settled on a name for our son: Perrin Philip Kleinberg.

Choosing it turned out be pretty easy, since we have had it picked out for a while now. I’ve known that I wanted to name my kids names that are very unusual, and I always liked names from literary works. I don’t remember when we first came up with the idea, but we picked Perrin as a first name several years ago while going though one of the Wheel of Time books, where it is from the character Perrin Aybara. Not only does the name have a great sound to it, but the character is one of my favorites of the series. He’s a simple and humble man whose dedication to and love for his family and his community pushes him to greatness and to change the world.

Philip comes from my dad’s first name. It’s sort of a tradition that my parents started, and I love. My sister’s, Heather’s, middle name is Frances, which is my mother’s mother’s first name. My middle name, Murray, is my father’s father’s first name. Heather followed the same pattern with Nolan, and now we have with Perrin. It’s a great tradition that I hope that Perrin chooses to follow when one day he has kids as well.