As if Mary and Stu are not already super proud of her, Kate Hawley went and got herself knocked up again!!! She and her hubby-hoo Brian are going to be parents to a new bouncing baby something in February. (I asked Kate what she was going to have and before she could say “we are not finding out” I said, “A baby Giraffe?” HA!) Ethan will be a big brother and I’m sure he will love the new playmate, once the new kid stops crying and keeping Mummy Kate up all night! Of course I am sad that it took Kate 18 weeks to tell her favorite Jenna about the new bundle of impending joy. I’m also sad that I have no ability to return phone calls, but still…Kate knew that!!!
So next year, when we head out to visit Kate on Ethan’s second birthday, the bitty baby will be 3 months old. *sigh* I am sure it will be love at first kissy kiss!!
So, let’s play a super fun game! Kate has all of these specific rules for baby names. I’ll list the rules and then maybe you can make some suggestions. The rules are as follows:
1. Must be two syllable first names so that it will go well with the last name Smith and so the child will have two syllables to hear their name read in class, rather than one. (her rule, not mine!)
2. Cannot be a name that can be made into a nickname. Ex: Margaret into Meg, Bess, Marge etc.
3. The middle name must be two or three syllables long to offset the two syllable first name and the one syllable last name.
Phew, this is exhausting.
I think there may be one or two more rules, but let’s be honest, it was ALMOST 9 pm last night when she was telling me this and I have a hard time with that time of night!
But truly Kate and Brian, congratulations on the new baby!
Now send me pictures of the old kid.
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Oh, I forgot one other requirement in the name game...the baby can't have a name that starts with "B" as Brian has said that he cannot put another child throught he teasing that comes with sharing his initials. Also, thanks for the blog...it helped me escape some lesson plan writing this morning!
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