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[kathyjm]

Here's one that always perplexes me...Why is Peggy a nickname for margarite?? LOL...

I love the name scout!

Your family names are very big in my family. My name is Katherine (named after my aunt Katherine). I WISH my mom wouldn't have let people shorten it becuase I feel like 'Kathy' is sort of juvenile...like chatty kathy LOL. My sister and my daughter both have the middle name of Elizabeth. My father's name is Richard (and it has not been shortened).

We dont shorten our kid's names either. Sometimes when I'm joking around I'll call Katelynn 'Katie-sue' with my best southern twang (her middle name is Sue) but that's it.

Let us know when you choose what names you'll use. I just love all of your kids' names!

[Scout]

Maybe Margaret=Meg=Peg=Peggy?

I've never understood the John/Jack thing, either. Northerners!

[MainstreamMom]

The John/Jack thing isn't a "northern" thing it's more of a religious/cultural thing (mostly Irish/Catholic). In the Catholic religion, it used to be that you would never name your child after a non saint. Therefore, parents would want to call their son Jack but would have to name them John to honor the saint. It's the same thing with the Nancy, Ann Mary thing.

[Sewingsiren]

I think the name Genevieve is beautiful. I also like Anais and Margaretha. Weren't you thinking about Clementine before too? I call all three of my children by there full first name and only use "nick" names when just fooling around. Everybody said people will call her/him _________, but no body did .

[ExCareerGal]

Scout- I love the name. Actually all of the names you use for your family are great. I always have the most boring names, but we like all being J's.

[DietCokeHead]

I love it too!! I say it's decided then.

My family is Irish-Catholic too and it drives my mother INSANE that we picked Jack, Molly and Kate instead of John, Mary Margaret and Kathleen (what she thinks their real names should be) LOL!

I like to keep it simple!

[honeybee]

[Scout]

Lol, Clementine is not bad but it just reminds me of Calliou now.
I liked Carolina, and we also liked Georgia, but ultimately they just didn't stick. I think we are pretty sold on Genevieve. We both really like it and it fits well, I think. And my Mom is the only one who doesn't love it, I think.

ECG, thanks for the compliment. My boys' names aren't all that exciting, though. But they're ok. I have hated my name my whole life, so I wanted really pretty girls' names. I like very feminine, old-fashioned names for girls. There are some shorter, cuter girls' names that I like but wouldn't choose, though.

[prescott]

[DietCokeHead]

Unfortunately I never had a chance to have to come up with one.

Have you been snipped?? If not I say that you should get your lovely wife into the "family way" again and try for a girl!

[Jessica]

[DietCokeHead]

I don't even know if I could handle it -- not even if you told me that God doesn't give us more than we can handle

For all I know, maybe he thinks you can handle twins!



When I was pregnant for what seemed like the millionth time in 4 years, a parent at my school asked me if I was "in a family way" yet again. I was like "Wtf does she mean???". Someone had to fill me in on the lingo.

kids are so effing expensive

So true. That's why my ass is going back to work in August. I don't like being poor!!

edited to add: I know what you mean about if you were guaranteed a girl you'd go for it. If I was guaranteed a boy I would for sure have another one too.

[Jessica]