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Baby Names in My Family

This weekend, I will be attending my cousin’s baby shower. I am very excited because she is my favorite cousin and she’s the second one of the eight of us cousins to have a baby. I am even more excited because she is going to have a little boy and I have a little boy. Family gatherings are going to be very, very interesting in a year or two as Declan and Dylan get to know each other and play together at family gatherings. The topic of baby names is always an interesting one. One thing that Dylan and Declan … Continue reading →

Baby Names: Beyond Pink and Blue

When I was seven years old I swore that I would name my first daughter Sarah. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. I would give birth to a boy named John and a girl named Sarah. Of course, my future husband would happily agree to the chosen names because, you know… he loved me… and who wouldn’t want a son named John and a daughter named Sarah? Oh, and the huz would commute daily to his job on Wall Street from our home in Greenwich, Connecticut, while John, Sarah and I baked cookies from scratch. Ah, sweet, innocent seven. … Continue reading →

Dumbo (1941)

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a baby elephant with really big ears! Mrs. Jumbo belongs to the circus, and she is feeling lonely. All the other elephants have had children, and she hasn’t. But one night as the train is wending its way through the dark to the site of the next show, Mr. Stork flies overhead with his delivery. It’s a heavy one, that’s for sure. He pops his head into the elephant car, and sure enough, it’s for Mrs. Jumbo! She unwraps her bundle to find a sweet little guy with big blue eyes and … Continue reading →