Next morning: discussing baby names

Your are awakend suddenly by a boff coming from inside your bell. "Mmngh" You moan with displeasure at being awakened from your sleep. You turn over on your back and gently start caresing your belly.

"You think it's time for mommy to wake up now?" You whisper softly, paying mind to Alex sleeping next to you. You feel a new soft boop against the side of your stomach. "Little cupcake it's 07:30, and mommy is tired." You groan softly. The baby respond placing another tiny kick against your uterine wall. "Alright if you are up i guess i have to deal with you." You respond smiling gently at your belly.

You start softly massaging your belly and lovingly crooning the melody of a bed song you have been teaching yourself. Your eyes transfixed on the tre naked mounds of your big breasts and expecting belly. Even though it woke you you are unable to feel any form of malice towards the life growing inside you. What does your little boy know about that sort of thing anyway. No you can only love your growing bundle of joy. Your baby boy. Your smile broadens as you feel him moving against your hand. The magicaly surreal feeling of your baby moving inside you, reacting to you.

For one hour all you do is croon and soothe your little one. Trying to make him understand how much you already love him. But as one hour has passed your mind is able to focus on other things as well. Continuing to caress as before you start thinking about the things you still need to get. A loot has already been prepared. The nursery in the next room was as good as ready before you moved in. But there are other things that needs to be prepared. Like a stroller. You haven't gotten one of those yet. You have noticed that some have small registration plates with the babys name on it now a days. That's really silly, incredibly cute and you decide want one. But you haven't picked a name yet. Is it to early for that? Well you don't have to decide yet but it surely can't hurt to think about it.

You start going trough boy names and se how you feel about them, trying them out in your head and se how they fit your little one. After a while you feel Alex stirring next to you. Lazily he opens his eyes and notice that you are already awake.

"Good morning" He mumbles, closing his eyes again.

"Good morning." you chirp back happily before resuming your crooning. "The baby woke me." You add.

He shuffles next to you and embrace you, your cheek gets a soft and loving kiss as he places his hand right atop your baby bump. "You need to be nice to your mother son and sleep when it's time to sleep." He tells your baby of still half awake.

"You're being such a strong and firm father, mommy likes." You applaud him.

"Well i think we should sett boundaries early otherwise who knows what will happen." He jokes still drowsy. Then you feel him tense up as the baby clearly moves against his hand. "I felt him." He whispers, his voice filled with wonder.

"I think he says he is sorry." You tell him.

"It's alright my little one, daddy is not mad." he reasures your baby while gently stroking your belly. "I felt him again" He says sounding giddy with excitement.

You stay like that for a couple of minutes. Playing with the baby in your belly. Both of you giggling every time you feel him moving inside you.

As your baby starts to calm down after a while you speak up. "I was thinking before you woke up. I know it might be early for it but it doesn't hurt to start thinking about it you know. It's an important decision after all but i kinda want to now what your thoughts are."

"Thinking about what?" Alex asks lazily.

"What to name him." You finally manage to say.

You are both quiet for a bit. "Do you have any thoughts Alex?" You ask him again.

You are both quiet for a little bit more. "I have one idea." He says finally. "Now i like this idea but you mind find it really weird. In fact i don't even know if i should say it." He sounds really hesitant about it.

"I am not naming our son some weird pop culture name." You say firmly.

"Well there goes plan B."Alex mutters jokingly.

"And plan A was?." You ask.

"Alright. But if this upsets you please know that i didn't want to do that, and if it does we are definitively not going for it. Alright?" He says trying desperately to perform preemptive measures.

"Fine, fine. tell me already." You say genuinely curious about what this potentially horrifying suggestion is.

He takes a deep breath in preparation and grows tense "John" he whisper softly.

A pang of mixed emotions suddenly hit you. Now you understands why he was so hesitant. Can you name your child after yourself? What does that mean? What will your parents think? Then again you kinda like it. And it might be fitting for your child to carry the name you used to have. It was Alex best male friend after all. Maybe it's a way of celebrating your former masculinity by allowing it to be carried on in your son. John. You liked that name somewhat when you had it. You put it to the test in your head a few times. John, your little John. You cradling him in your arms, your little John. You standing by the playground calling him 'Time to go John" and he comes running to you. You let the high real of your fantasy life play out in your head each time you call him. Every time the name fits. It ends with a young nervous man the spitting image of Alex dressed in a nice suit awaiting his wedding, "I love you John." And it clicks.

"Amy?" Alex asks hesitantly sounding worried.

"Yes, that's it." You announce your decision out loud.

"What?" He asks confused.

"John! That's his name." You declare.

"You don't think we should wait a bit and se, we don't have to decide yet."

"No. John feels right. That's his name." You decide.

"Alright." He sighs, relenting.

"You hear that my little muffin? Mommy and daddy have decided what to name you. Your name id going to be John. That's right, Mommy's little baby John. our baby John." You announce happily.

"Our baby John." Alex sighs happily, becoming fully relaxed once again. No doubt being thankful that his risky suggestion landed well.

You and Alex spend the rest of the morning little baby John. Talking to him and using his new name, singing to him and gently touching him. Letting him now how much mommy and daddy loves him.