nickname update

So, I have a new name for JAC. About a month ago I tried Pippen, and he and his siblings loved it. It's so fun to hear him calling himself Pippen, and him calling the girls Lolly or Nani. The kid is talking up a storm, and getting into all kinds of trouble. He was sleeping when the others met Marin (Wren until I/we come up with something better), so I don't think he has any understanding of what this bodes, but he's very into babies right now, so I'll try to keep you up-to-date on Pip's progress.

Love & Wrestling

Since NB is now making me pay to suggest names (see 3c's blog), I decided to post some I found here. These are the names of the children (under 13) who were at the first Thanksgiving in 1621.

Bartholomew, Mary & Remember Allerton,

Love & Wrestling Brewster,

Humility Cooper,

Samuel Eaton,

Damaris & Oceanus Hopkins,

Desire Minter,

Richard More,

Resolved & Peregrine White.

Love and Wrestling Brewster were brothers. How do parents decide which son to name Love, and which to name Wrestling? There's the whole nature versus nurture debate about names, but it seems like having either of those names is going to affect your personality somehow, isn't it?

Gotta love some of those other names too. Remember. Resolved. Humility. All seem like good Puritan names. Desire on the other hand...seems like her parents may have been the hippies of the group. And Oceanus, didn't they want to forget that trip?

Didn't I hear somewhere that one branch of our ancestors may have come over on the Mayflower? So these are actually family names. nota bene NB

Anyway, I love these names and as you all know, love coming up with pet names for those I love. I'm definately going to have to add these to my aresnal.

p.s. I pulled these from the Pilgram Hall of Fame website, which you can view here