How Soren got his name

Here's the story of how Soren got his name, written on February 14, 2011 (Valentine's Day), the day we found out we were expecting a little boy:

B and I have been struggling for quite some time for a boy's name. There were names we liked, but we couldn't find one that we both were in love with. After the ultrasound, B said that he couldn't stand knowing we have a boy on the way and not having a name for him yet. As we were driving out of the parking lot after the ultrasound, B said "Well a name came to mind the other day, but I don't know if you'll like it" (mind you we've been saying this for years with different ideas). So I asked what it is, and he said "Soren". Huh. I wondered. Well, it's okay, but it's not a name that I fell in love with the instant I heard it. THEN (this will be taken out of the baby book ;-), I bargained with DH...I told him if we named our child Soren, then we get to have the wall decal for his room that I loved, but DH was not a fan of. (Yes, I'm a terrible terrible mother already). We chuckled, but really I kinda secretly liked the name too. Throughout the whole day I kept echoing in my head "Soren", "Soreeee", "A-So-So-So-So-So-So" (yup I'm big in the nickname department). The name began to grow on me; I was really beginning to fall in love with it. However, it wasn't until later that evening that I really fell in love with it.

My brother's girlfriend had said she was learning about the Danish philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard in one of her religion classes. Later that night I looked him up on Wikipedia, and discovered that his philosophies on Christianity fell closely in line with my own. He lived his life philosophizing that it isn't the nitty-gritty details of Christianity that are important, but the personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Soren Kierkegaard also fought for social justice and stood up for Women's rights. I knew then-and-there that we had found "the one", and I felt good about it.

Interestingly enough while doing more research on the name "Soren" tonight, I found that it is a character in a Fire Emblem video game. Ha! So that's where my hubby got the name from!!!

So to sum it up, our boy will be a video-game playing, praying and preaching Christian, and an advocate for social justice. And somehow, I can't imagine anything more perfect.