Baby Connell weighs a little under 2 pounds and measures about 14 inches head to heel, Mama Connell’s hair isn’t as nice today as it was yesterday, and Papa Connell was woken up by our redneck neighbour playing redneck music.
Battle of the Baby Names Part 5
Jen: So I found another girl's name I like. It's Gaelic and...
Owen: Gaelic? Well that's different.
Jen: It's Gaelic in origin.
Owen: Oh. Yeah, I was thinking that was kinda weird, you wanting to name the baby Gaelic. It is kinda nice though.
Jen: Yeah (eye roll) uh, right. So anyway it's spelt A-I-L-B-E.
Owen: So, Abigail?
Jen: No, Ailbe, pronounced Al-bee.
Owen: Allllbeeee?
Jen: Yeah, Ailbe. Good, right? I really like it. Ailbe Connell.
Owen: Sounds like the name of a dog food.
Jen: Dog food? How does it sound like a dog food?
Owen: Ailbe...Alpo...dog food.
This is what I'm dealing with people.
9 comments:
Sorry I have to agree with Owen;so keep looking for that special little girl's name!!!!
Aunt Joan
Maybe in the way Frank McCourt said it, it didn't sound so much like dog food.
really jen i as per usual am on owens side 'yes again i agree with owen,will call you tonite xxxxxxxxxmom
Ailbe?! Looks really nice on paper but try and picture all of her teacher's trying to pronounce it and while she's explaining it for the gzillionth time she is lovingly cursing you! Sorry, I'm with Owen too on this one.
Way to have my back guys! If y'all don't like Ailbe you sure won't like the rest of the names on my list! This is why people name their children the day they're born. You'll be sure to fall in love with her/him when you meet them even if their name is Ailbe - did I mention it will work for a boy too?!
Hey man before you even said how to prounouce it I knew... screw all the others who don't get it (ha ha). I like it. I dont' think it sounds like Alpo. Plus if you raise her right, she'll be able to kick the crap out of the kids who make fun of her.
I'm into original or rare names! I think as a Jennifer, it is quite normal for you to want your child to be the only Ailbe in Ontario!!!!!!
As for it going for a boy too!?!?! Well I hope you're just trying to throw us off, because it is a pretty name. I guess Owen didn't think so, but its definitely a feminine name.
I'm sure once you see her, you and Owen will just know she's a "________"! But looking at names is still good to do for now, so the right one will pop into your head at the time.
Did I say "she" everytime? I'm going to go with that, I've been saying it from the start!
Girls Rule!!!
Love Joanne.P
Hi Jennifer,I like Ailbe but only for a boy,which,by the way, I think you will have.I love reading your posts,even though I don't reply very often.Love Aunt Pat
One thing you can count on is that once you hold the little bundle in your arms a name will come into your minds that you both agree is "THE" one. Keep in mind, though that there are people (crazy Can, for one) who give their baby a name and after 3-4 days decide, oops, she's not a ? she's a Gillian. And can I just say that Gillian is very definitely at Gillian. I can't even remember the first name she was given that's how much it didn't suit her!
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