Rules, Regulations and Stipulations

I'll genuinely feel bad for our daughter if Tony has as many rules about dating as he does about what to name her. He's shot down almost every name in the book(s) and thinks of ridiculous rhymes for each one or how she could be made fun of on the school playground. That's why at the beginning of the naming process we just started calling her Foo Foo, an all purpose word made up by my Mom for something you don't know what to call. Foo Foo Female, her full name, became a joke after my Mom told us a story about a Spanish-and-not-English-speaking immigrant family that gave birth at her hospital. Yet unnamed, their daughter took home the name the kind nurses had given her on her chart. Female, with an accent over the "e" of course. Can you stand it? Poor kid! Anyway, that's the story of this blog's title...

Back to Tony's long list of rules. Names can't rhyme with anything; can't be someone he's known and didn't like; can't be unisex like Jamie or Casey; can't be a month like April or June; can't be one syllable (only the nickname can be); can't end in an "ey" sound (too much with the last name); can't start with "M" for fear of alliteration (guess that means he doesn't like my name!)and the initials can't spell out a word or mean anything when you google it.

Of course we have a few names in mind but we decided at the beginning that we'd like to see her first and then make a decision. So that's the plan. I considered revising so I could ask Gram Furze to knit her a Christmas stocking, but that can wait until next year!

I would love to report on my 30week check-up. It was yesterday at 10am and I thought it was at 3pm so needless to say, there is no report. I rescheduled for next Friday so we'll see how Foo Foo is doing at 31weeks. She's very, very active so I'm sure she is doing just great!! My Mom felt her rolling around last night and Auntie Jess (Ventura) felt her kick twice today!