Need some advice. I have been pondering on what to do about our baby's last name. My last name has 9 letters and Ali's has 5. Do we hyphenate our last name to give the kid 14 letters or use both of our names, Ali's falling last, un-hyphenated? Let us know what your family did.
On another note, we had belly shots taken today by a local photographer. It was hot as hell even tho we started at 9am this morning. We are both unsure of how they will turn out since I was sweating by 9:15. Our photographer has assured us..no worries...that's what photo shop is for.
Ali was beautiful and so was her belly. We can't wait for the proofs!
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We kept my last name. J plans on taking it as her last name as soon as her mom dies :) that's terrible right. she's 84...we don't have TOO much longer.
Can't WAIT to see the pictures. I'm sure they were both GORGEOUS !
Can't wait to see the pics.
Neither Jess nor I wanted to hyphenate, so it was a matter of what to do instead. Before Sydney was born, we both changed our names to one name - we used both our last names to come up with a new one.
It involved applications, fees, court dates, and official stamps for us to do it, but it wasn't a huge deal. Though, the procedures are different state to state.
Since I'm the bio mom our son has my wife's last name
Baby BB and I both took jay's last name. We felt it gave her a special link and tied our family together. Oh, and our last names sounded horrible together whatever you did with them - far too many Ds!
When we got married we took the same last name so that we could match with the kids. Hyphenating has always seemed like too much to me. If taking the same last name together isn't possible, I like Jessie's idea of using the non-bio mom's last name. Then everyone's tied together.
Since my wife had our kids, we used my last name. Using hyphenate is tooooo much trouble!!! I am waiting on my wife to change her last name.
I changed my last name to my partner's before our son was born. I thought it would make it easier and simpler for everyone and it honestly has! If there is anyway you guys can do that I would highly recommend it!
We hyphenated our last names to give to the kids. It is a total of 10 letters, 3 syllables. We actually asked them about how they feel about it, and they said it was no big deal.
I took my wife's name before we began TTC, and our son has that last name. I did move my old last name to be my new middle name. The name change process in my state was a hassle, but not expensive and did not require a court date. I know that in some states you cannot put a name on the birth certificate that doesn't match the mother or father's last name, so that might be something to look into.
We used both last names putting my partner's last name as a second middle name. We didn't realize you could give them whatever last name. Then my partner added my last name onto the end of her name making her former last name a second middle name. We all have the same last name now.
My partner took my last name so we all have the same last night. We felt it validated/legitimized our family for social purposes.
My wife took my last name and both our kids have the same last name as us. (I'm the non-bio mom.) Hyphenating seemed too long and complicated and we really wanted all of us to have the same last name so there could be NO confusion when it comes to things like school...
We have gone through the same dilemma... our problem is that both of us have our ex-husband's last names and we don't want our future kids to have either last name. So we go back and forth on which of our maiden names to change to, and we don't want to hyphenate either.
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