Walter Schmidt said that he and his wife would respect the elders' wishes, and the name would be decided by Elijah Schmidt.
Elijah had long prepared two names: if it was a girl, she'd be called Nancy Schmidt; if it was a boy, he'd be called Oscar Schmidt. Same pronunciation, different characters, and both sounded very nice.
Emma Benson liked them a lot and immediately started calling her son "Neil." But Julia Anderson was from China and a bit superstitious; she reminded Emma to use a baby nickname first, saying that calling a nickname makes it easier to raise the child and he'll grow up healthy.
Emma smiled. She thought it was superstitious, but you still had to listen to your elders, so she changed how she called him.
Anyway, "Little Rock" was a name she'd come up with herself, and it felt more intimate, reminding her of her months of pregnancy, happiness overflowing…
