Naming Baby Blueberry

       Obviously, we can't name her Blueberry. It's been fine as a nickname but naming my children after fruit just doesn't work for me.  I mean the names are very organic and natural sounding, but I'm not a celebrity, who are expected to name their children with the oddest names around, and we're not living in the seventies.
       With that being said I do have a friend that has named her children after trees and that surprisingly has worked out really well. Willow is a pretty name. So is Rowan.
      But Baby Blueberry doesn't feel like she wants a tree name. Of course, with every new name we come up with and ask her about she gives us little indication of her preference. She loves music and she loves familiar voices and that's what she kicks to. She won't answer questions at this point.
      I thought about a name based off music since she seems to love listening to music but Melody, Harmony and Lyric just didn't seem to fit either.
   
    I don't remember the other girls being so complicated to name. Bean was given a Sanskrit name that has fit her to a T. And Abu was given a traditional name we had picked for Bean but didn't feel it fit her. It worked perfectly for Abu.
    Blueberry has us reading over lists and lists of names on the Internet, trying to find the right name. The perfect one. The name she will love all her life and not want to change. We're leaning towards a sweet and traditional sounding name but how many kids will have the same name?
    Perhaps with bed rest I'm thinking too much. It's like this quote someone sent to me on Facebook, "think too much and you'll create a problem that was not even there in the first place."
    How did they know that's my motto right now?

    But lets think about it for a moment. We'll fast forward to Kindergarten, five or six years from now. Blueberry walks into the classroom and what does she find.
   First of all, there will be this moody, dark haired girl in the corner of the room chewing on her pencils and watching a boy across the room. She probably won't do her homework or want to play hopscotch. She doesn't want to be your friend. Nope, she'll want to be mopey. Her name is Bella.
  
     The boy she is watching across the room is equally moody and has a massive amount of hair gel in his little spiked hair. He growls a lot, like when the other kids get too close to him or the teacher wants him to sit in circle time. His name is Edward. And please, don't call him Eddie, he might bite you.

    Another little boy is watching Bella. And gets into fights with Edward at recess. Of course his name is Jacob. He might also have a flea problem and he eats his homework.

  So right away, we know Bella is not the right name for Blueberry. She won't be the only one with that name and do we want her to be modeled after a self obsessed, vampire loving, moody teenager?

   But it gets worse. Next we find a group of two or three girls hanging out together. They all have their hair in a braid down their backs and they're tough. No dresses in this group. They're all named Katniss. 
   Of course, they like to play with the boys in the class named Peeta and Gale. There's a few of them too.
   But they all ignore the kid named Haymitch. He just sits in the corner of the room, drinking his milk all day long and if the teacher tries to take it away he starts screaming and they have to call his parents.
   Another little girl named Effie is just annoying. She always has a dress on and won't get dirty at recess, her hair is curled or styled every morning by her Mom, and she talks about silly things, even when the teacher is reading out loud to the class.
   A shy little girl sits at her desk and her name is Primrose. And I'm sure we'll round out the group with some Clove, Brutus, and perhaps even a Finnick.
    Blueberry don't even sit by Finnick. He's a smooth operator, and he's not sharing his milk just to be nice.

   So I suppose a sweet and traditional name might work after all. In a room of movie and book characters her old fashioned name will actually be unique and different. Unless the next Blockbuster this summer has a character with that name...than she'll spend her entire life answering one question.
   "Were you named after that character in those really popular books that was turned into that movie?"

    Perhaps we'll just stick to the name Blueberry after all. :)
  
 
  

10 Reasons Why Dating a Werewolf May Not Work for You

       In the movies, (i.e. Twilight) and on the television shows (i.e.Wizard of Waverly Place) the cool thing to do is to date a werewolf or a vampire. Apparently, dating a monster is hip, it's totally awesome and gives you a lot to Twitter or Facebook about. As if it wasn't hard enough for a teenage boy to get a date, now he loses points for being human.
     But although dating a hot werewolf, (we'll talk about vampires next time) may make you weak in the knees, prone to drooling every time he takes off his shirt, or warm under the collar, I think there might be a few relationship problems the experts haven't publicly discussed yet.

   1. He smells like wet dog. Seriously, this is not a turn on. If he starts sweating and proceeds to smell like a drenched mutt, I'm going to go get some fresh air. And forget about snuggling in his jacket. Gross.

   2. He sheds. Do I look like I want to vacuum after the boyfriend every time we make out on the couch? If we're going to date, then he needs to come with his own vacuum and the ability to use it.

   3. He drinks from the toilet. Do I have to say anything more?

   4. When you take him over to meet your parents, he sniffs them in places that makes a social meeting vastly uncomfortable. Also, fighting for the bone with the family dog is not earning him points with your Father.

    5. Every time you use the electric can opener he comes running, drooling and begging for some food.

    6. His favorite spot to be petted is behind the ears or on his belly. In fact, when you ask him if he wants a massage, he flops on the floor, belly up, waiting for his belly rub.

    7. When you ask him what he wants to do for the evening, he always wants to go for a walk...in the park...and play Frisbee. Which wouldn't be so bad if he didn't stop to sniff every tree, growl at every dog, and catch the Frisbee with his mouth.

    8. The neighborhood cats go missing but he doesn't know anything about it.

    9. When you go for rides in the car, you have to drive. He's too busy sticking his head out the window and letting the wind blow on him.

    10. He will do anything for a Scooby snack.


      Werewolves might be strong, hot and able to defend you from angry vampires. And it might even be possible to put up with the above problems, but I think it would take a special sort of woman to stay with a guy that is constantly chewing up her shoes.