"Baby K"

....was what we called him for the entire 9 (or 10, really) months he was in utero. Landon was nameless to the public the entire time, except for a few slip-ups by Bartek that weren't caught. Luckily! We had decided on Landon's name about a month before he was due, but we didn't want to tell anyone. That was our little secret. 

It was one of the best decisions during my pregnancy, besides the health-related ones, obviously! We found out the sex of the baby, so that wasn't a surprise, but being able to tell people that "Landon Mikolaj" was born at 12:47 felt like such a great surprise to give others.

Besides having the surprise element, I was afraid of the feedback we'd get. Landon isn't really a popular name. Nor is it traditional. I didn't want people to think we were obsessed with Landon Donovan, though we do know of him. It just fit us ...and was the only name Bartek and I could agree on. After he was born, we got such positive feedback. Hopefully it was real, not just faux praise because people were being nice.

It was also nice to have something that just Bartek and I shared. When you are pregnant, people ask you so many questions...What's the sex of the baby? How much weight have you gained? What are you craving? It's the one thing that we kept to ourselves and I'm so happy we did. Sorry Mom and Dad! The next one's name will be a secret too!