Anonymous wrote:Louie

You are both Jewish academics, perhaps one of you is a rabbi? You named Louie after your maternal grandfather, a man you didn't really know too well since he lived in New York and you grew up in San Francisco, but it felt like a nice way to honor your mother's family. You live in a house of books: piles of books on the floor, sagging bookshelves, and even on the stairs. Your dining room is the heart of your house and the source for many family meals and discussions. Lively discussions are a regular part of the day and sometimes they can even get pretty heated, which scares Louie, but he will quickly learn that this is a way of showing affection/power/and interest. You favor comfortable shoes, but stylish hair cuts and hate when your husband doesn't shave. Red wine, fresh fruit, and good pickles are staples in your kitchen. You like Cajun music, have lots of quirky friends, and are planning a trip to Budapest for research and pleasure. Louie will most likely be an only child and will be teased for his old man name, but he will grow to be a man of good solid character and interesting pursuits.

I have never posted my children's names on here before for fear of outing myself, but this is too fun to resist. Please someone do mine!

DD: Lela
DD: Sasha

Anonymous wrote:Evan & Gracie, please

You have wanted kids for a long time, but it took awhile to convince your husband. In fact, you're still not sure he's fully invested. You make all of the decisions, you wipe all of the bottoms, you do all of the band-aids and special boo-boo kisses, and he occasionally do some bed time reading. It's not a full partnership, but that's ok. You knew that when you pushed for kids that you would be the one doing the heavy lifting (and delivering).

Evan was a name that you both agreed on fairly quickly. No special spellings to deal with, no weird nicknames, no cultural or historical issues. And true to his name, Evan, was an easy baby and has grown into a cute and likeable little guy. He'll eat anything, he has good manners, and is always well-liked by the teachers.

Gracie on the other hand took a lot more discussion and cajoling. Your husband had his heart set on Julia. You never really figured out why but you suspect it might have been an ex-girlfriend's name and it was just too close to Julie for you. Julie, like Candy, felt like a trashy party girl name. You wanted your daughter to have a classic, elegant name. You didn't initially consider Grace. You were leaning towards Amelia and Sophie, but somehow Gracie came into the picture when you realized that Julia was becoming an issue. You won the battle and Gracie suits her perfectly with her sparkling, sometimes too intense, personality. She is frequently the one who attracts attention from strangers and relishes it.

You dress fairly conservatively, Banana Republic, J.Crew, but that wasn't always the case. In college, you had a reputation for streaking and doing topless Chinese fire drills. Your husband doesn't know that about you and you have never introduced him to your college friends, but sometimes you miss those wild days.

I love that someone pegged you sleeping with your DH on the second date based on your baby names. *munches popcorn, avoids working*

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Anonymous wrote:One more try for -
Isaac, Elijah & Arianna

You are AA. You were an English major. You had aspirations - a lawyer; a journalist; maybe a judge. But you also basically have ADD and while you finished your bachelor's degree pretty easily, you realized that you probably weren't cut out for an advanced degree. You met your DH at a bar in DC during one of those winter days when the Fed closes early due to an impending "weather situation" which turned out to be nothing more than an inch of slushy snow. You slept with DH on the 2nd date, which was actually the 1st date since your original encounter in the bar doesn't really count as a date. But, you've long since gotten over the sluttiness of that, since you were exclusive with DH pretty much immediately and married within 2 years of when you met.

You regret using such obviously biblical names for your first two, since you're actually not very religious at all. You and your DH fight sometimes, mostly about money. The kids are bright and funny.

Awesome, thanks. All of the bolded parts are true. I don't regret the names, but people do asume we are religious (and AA). I just really love the name, Isaac. My husband is Puerto Rican & I'm white. I'm going currently in school to get that advanced degree.

Anonymous wrote:One more try for -
Isaac, Elijah & Arianna

You are AA. You were an English major. You had aspirations - a lawyer; a journalist; maybe a judge. But you also basically have ADD and while you finished your bachelor's degree pretty easily, you realized that you probably weren't cut out for an advanced degree. You met your DH at a bar in DC during one of those winter days when the Fed closes early due to an impending "weather situation" which turned out to be nothing more than an inch of slushy snow. You slept with DH on the 2nd date, which was actually the 1st date since your original encounter in the bar doesn't really count as a date. But, you've long since gotten over the sluttiness of that, since you were exclusive with DH pretty much immediately and married within 2 years of when you met.

You regret using such obviously biblical names for your first two, since you're actually not very religious at all. You and your DH fight sometimes, mostly about money. The kids are bright and funny.

Anonymous wrote:Better late to the party than never, right? If anyone's still around:

Abigail
Audrey

You were ecstatic when you found out you were having twin girls. Having grown up with three older brothers, you always wanted a sister and you couldn't wait to decorate a nursery in pink, pink, and more pink. Your mother was also thrilled and your girls arrival was a turning point in your relationship with your mother. You couldn't have made it through those early months of motherhood without your mother's help. Yes, your husband is a good father, but he's more a traditional guy and just couldn't do everything the same way your mom could do it. Now that the girls are older, he is much more involved...coaching their soccer team, reading to them every night, and even playing dress up with them. You pat yourself on the back for finding such a good husband, but sometimes you worry that he thinks you are a little frumpy. Don't worry, he's fully committed.

You enjoy dressing the girls in similar, but not identical outfits, including matching hair accessories. You love getting regular pedicures and you can't wait to do that with your girls. You enjoy the who stay-at-home mom gig. You can't understand why other moms complain about it. You belong to several playgroups and are active in your church. You drive a Toyota Siena and have a weekly cleaning lady (but you always clean up before she arrives). You enjoy cooking, especially French and Italian dishes and you regularly get compliments when you bring things to neighborhood potlucks. You dream about one day owning your own catering business, but that will have to wait until the girls are older. You subscribe to Martha Stewart, People, and Family Fun magazines.

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Anonymous wrote:Oliver
Mary Anne

You didn't tell DH but you named Mary Anne that after The Babysitter's Club character, and even did her room in navy blue and pale yellow. She is outgoing and friendly, and has become the honorary granddaughter to your elderly next door neighbor after seeing her laying on the floor of her living room through the window when Mary Anne was walking the dog. She came running home with the dog, yelled at you to call 911, forced DH to come with her to break into the neighbor's house and immediately went and pulled down the lady's dress which had gotten hiked up in the fall (which made DH feel relieved because he'd never seen real life granny panties on a real life granny before). The old lady had a broken hip, and Mary Anne went over to visit every single day after she got out of rehab. She brought Oliver once or twice, but knew he tired out the neighbor.

Oliver is a soccer star, a natural athlete at everything, and gets high grades in school despite being class clown. His best friend is a tomboy named Tessa who's a little rough around the edges, but a kind girl.

DH is a high school principal of a private school and you are head of the guidance department at another school, a public one. DH comes from money, and you have laid the foundation to get a condo in Manhattan. The two of you often cook dinner together. Sometimes, you make milkshakes for the kids for dessert, and you put liquor in yours and DH's. Once a month you host a game night with friends you've had pre-kids. Alcohol is served at game nights. Often the kids only play one or two rounds and then all settle into the den with blankets to watch a movie. You think it's sweet when they fall asleep together.

I LOVED the babysitters club....hmm, maybe it was in the recesses of my brain. I thought it was because I'm Roman Catholic and my middle name is Anne, but I think you're onto something. My favorite color is navy, I wore granny panties waaaaayyy to long after my 2nd baby and my husband was a teacher many moons ago. Sadly he has no family money, but we both love milkshakes, in fact I got one almost every night the last month of pregnancy with both kids. And I'm a force to be reckoned with in neighborhood pictionary games. Great job!

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Anonymous wrote:I loled at the babysitters club reference!

Thanks! I don't know how you first really grasped what diabetes was, but I learned from Stacey McGill.

+1!

Anonymous wrote:DS Kyler
DS Ryan

You secretly pulled a Kardashian with the Y being the second letter of your kid’s names. Your name is Sylvia. Other names on your list included Dylan and Tyson.

You have a degree in social work. You only worked for a few years before realizing that it was a difficult job for very little pay. You were thrilled when your husband agreed to allow you to be a SAHM, just to get you out of your career field. You have an overbearing MIL, who implies that she can parent boys better than you. She thinks you are a push over regarding discipline, but overly strict when it comes to their nap schedules and diets. Little does she know that your husband has had extensive dental work due to her parenting skills.

You typically vacation at nearby beaches, but are secretly planning a trip to Disney World that you think the boys will enjoy.

While you have a close relationship for with your husband, you consider your best friend, Michelle, to be your soul mate. You love being a mother, but are still searching for your purpose in life. I mean, there has to be more to life than this, right?

Anonymous wrote:Better late to the party than never, right? If anyone's still around:

Abigail
Audrey

You went to a midwesterm state university (your parents were working class, but aspirational). You majored in English lit and love Jane Austen. You went straight to law school (because what else does one do with an English degree)?. You got into a much better law school than undergrad--top 10, even--but really racked up the law school debt. Luckily, you also met your DH there. You were one of the cutest girls in your law school class and highly sought-after. He seemed slightly exotic to you--being a reform Jew from New York--and you weren't sure it would work out with your Catholic background, but he was so smart and witty that you gave it a try.

You worked at a less-prestigious biglaw firm for a few years, but your heart wasn't in it. Besides, DH really thrives on the competitive nature of law practice and was just better at it than you. You secretly wish you had followed your dreams to be a school librarian, but everyone told you were "too smart" for that. You now SAH with your girls (you like to dress them in coordinating outfits from gymboree with hair bows) and your DH resents the huge law school loans you are still paying back. You want to move back to Ohio to be closer to family and for a lower COL but DH likes the big city.

You live in North Bethesda in a split-level house that you loathe and really hate that everyone knows its really just Rockville. You have a lot of facebook friends from college and high school and resent that they have such nicer houses and vacations. Your girls go to a preschool coop-you pretend to enjoy cooping but really hate it since those days are the only break you get from the kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Huh. Cute.

Nolan
Isla

Nolan is named after your husband's great-uncle, a beloved man who supposedly told lots of jokes and lost an arm in a farming accident. You never met him, but you love seeing how your husband would talk about him in such a tender, admiring way. And you love the idea of passing on family names. It is such a solid link to the past without have to get caught up in all of the silly trendiness of modern names. Your Nolan is a bright kid who is developing his own unique style of humor, but not everyone loves hearing his same knock-knock jokes over and over again and luckily he still has both arms intact. He seems to have inherited his father's curiosity and interest in science (your husband does research at NIH).

Isla is a Scottish name given in homage to your romantic Scottish honeymoon. She's a sweet baby with a mild temperament and you feel very satisfied with having two children. You come from a large family and like knowing that both of your children will receive plenty of love and attention and won't get lost in the chaotic mix of too many kids. You also like knowing that you and your husband are able to provide a stable, nurturing home. Your husband works hard, but when he is home his focus in on the family and sometimes you actually get a bit jealous about the strong relationship he has with Nolan. Prior to having kids, you did a lot of international travel for work and pleasure. You miss traveling and are starting to think about planning a family trip to London since you think that would be fairly easy to do with two young children. You are addicted to British comedies and have a crush on Ira Glass.

I like it. Good call on the trip to London bit! Not much else is accurate.

One more try for -
Isaac, Elijah & Arianna

Anonymous wrote:I loled at the babysitters club reference!

Thanks! I don't know how you first really grasped what diabetes was, but I learned from Stacey McGill.

I loled at the babysitters club reference!