A weekend of brainstorming progress

I'm writing this post in the middle of the morning on Monday because I can't do anything else until the dumb work computer finishes running a scan to remove the completely awful virus that has taken it over.  So, I thought I'd give a brief update.  We went to Charlotte this weekend to pre-celebrate Jordan's 21st birthday and also so I could tell several of the women at church whom I've known FOREVER.  (That was super fun :)  We also sat around the kitchen table (well, we were in the kitchen anyway) looking through baby names.  James and I have tossed around some names in the past few weeks but it goes like this: James: "How about _____?"  Me: "No way.  How about _______?"  James: "No way."  Awesome progress had been made...progress in the form of realizing that almost all the names that either one of us has liked in the past are NOT HAPPENING.  But, we actually managed to come up with a first and middle name for a boy AND a girl this weekend!  Only one of each, but before this weekend I was sure there was still going to be arguing going on 5 days after the birth.  Dad popped in to endorse James' suggestion of "Harley" (for a boy or a girl) and took it one step further declaring no fewer than 15 times that his vote was "Harley Davidson Driscoll".  I've already explained to them both that there is only room for one Harley in this house so unless James is planning on selling the bike we should move on.  I have a feeling that regardless of the name we choose dad will call him (or her) Harley Davidson for a least a few months.
Also, we were able to help James understand that having a "theme" in the nursery doesn't mean that the walls will be covered with animal wallpaper (WHO uses wallpaper??) nor will the crib sheets and shelves be covered and filled with bears or birds or giraffes.  After showing him some ideas I'd seen and liked I think we both like this idea:

Perhaps not in red because we have a very red bathroom downstairs and the room that will be the nursery is small, but I LOVE the painted "frame" over the crib and the few b&w framed pics.  I always figured I'd go with a dark wood crib, but I do love the way this white one looks.  Plenty of time to iron out the details, but I'm glad to feel like some progress has been made!