we had a name choosen for a good year or two, and never ended up using it!
instead,
we liked our first referral's name, Dairin, we pronounced it like the boy's name Darren, but it was actually pronounced DYeReen.
when we lost her referral we waited a LOONG time,
and finally choose our daughters name right before my visit.
BUT, for like the first day or so i just called her 'sweetie' or 'baby'!
LOL! i dont know about the rest of you all, but of all our kids, not one of them is without some kind of family nickname at all times!
so,
you can choose a permanent name,
but dont be surprised if you what you call you little one is quite different!
For a while little mira was even called 'Gak Gak"! cute, but wierd! and i dont know how we came up with it or when it morphed into a new nickname!
cris...who has no real nicknames at this time! just 'hey,mommy...."