Friday, October 9, 2009

a conversation with big sister

me: hey vivian, what do you think about the name grant?
vcd: no mommy. it sounds like greedy. would you want a greedy baby?
me: no...i guess not. well, what about hatcher or holden (what can i say? i was rereading catcher in the rye.)
vcd: noooooo, mother.
me: oh...ok. well, why don't you suggest a few names.
vcd: ok. what about:
minick
diggit
shelly
wait, that's too, nubby...shellican is better, mommy.
marlakate (one word, i asked)
peela
leega
airanick (which i quickly realized was a cross between aaron and nick.)
sennican
mannequin (she apparently like the "can" sound...we had quite a few of these.)
nan
narneca
vivica (the name of one of barbie's three musketeers.)
me: vivica sounds a lot like vivian. why don't i just name her vivian?
vcd: MOOOOOOMMMMM!!! vivian is standing right here beside you! you gotta pick a different name! uuuuuhhhh!! (in exasperation...and walks off, obviously tired of me.)
me: oh, thanks.
:)
oh, and just for the record. when we first told vivian we were having a baby she wanted to name it "pumpkin patch sally clark". so this is an improvement...i guess?!

5 comments:

CathyBB said...

Be very VERY careful! =) You know Luke would have had us name Natalie "Celery" if he'd had his way! By the time we had Nicholas, Luke and Natalie were convinced babies just CAME with names.

Buttercup said...

Great collection of names. I kind of like Holden, too.

jenny said...

hahahaha! i'll have to tell nick about arianick! :-)

xoxoxo

jenny said...

hahahaha! i'll have to tell nick about arianick! :-)

xoxoxo

Susan said...

She should name Star Trek characters! Those are creative. I still vote for Ruth.