Could I have your attention? I want to introduce....

Phenethylamine. Say it with me... Or Fenni (the aphrodisiac dog). although currently he is having the reverse effect here....

Since Phene...(gurbleblurp)...amine will be called Fenni, that actually kind of included the suggestion of Fenn as well, so we have TWO winners.
Wendster and Karen of Rocking Pony are the grand prize winners (just so happens, Karen was also my Tax Time buddy, so she doesn't need to send me her snail mail address). Um, Wendy, you do. Click on that 'email me' thing over there ----->---->
see it? and send me a snail mail address please.

There was a runner-up too. In fact, it actually got down to drawing straws because we couldn't decide. Tara, over at Tara's View of the World will also be winning something from England for her suggestion of Sir Chocolate Puppington the third. It cracked us up! (and Tara, just so you know-- it's on it's way already... with my mailing record, this win wouldn't have been so great if I couldn't tell you that).

Now to let you in on the complicated process... awww, you're leaving?

We all gathered around the computer-- like in the olden days of gathering around the radio. The olden days really missed out on YouTube though...
As I read off and wrote every name suggestion that had come in, the family got to mull them over in their heads.
One very outspoken 5 year-old kept giving me suggestions as I wrote and since he's so wise with phonics these days, he corrected me when I wrote names that didn't match what he was telling me. So, Tom's Midnight Garden got added. He still insists he's calling the pup Tom (this is my determined April birthday boy). At least he moved on from the Nicky Butt suggestion.

The Star Wars nerdy Hubby was happy with several of the names, but I think Vaders Mom just got a new reader with her suggestion of Chewy.

J2, who was recently in a Midsummer Night's Dream production, wanted Shakespeare.

There were so many good names-- we just had to begin a process of elimination and narrowed it down to about five. The we slept on it and got it to three. Then we just had to close our eyes and pick.

Now we'll see if it sticks or if we find ourselves calling him Jake....

Thanks everyone. I will be hosting another giveaway (because it's so much fun) in June, so don't forget me when you're laying on a raft slathered in sunscreen--and I might throw out a bone before that (in case you weren't planning on popping back until then). You never know.... Congrats Wendy, Karen and Tara!