George is probably the next Emma.

Posted by Ethne~

Did I ever tell you I was a park ranger at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial in college?  Well I was.  And of course one of the famous faces carved was George Washington, our beloved first president.  They always took a poll at the park cafeteria of the visitors’ favorite president of all time and it was usually a close tie between George and Abraham Lincoln.

So when Will and Kate named their baby Prince George Alexander Louis yesterday, I was a little like, ‘aw, man they picked the stodgy one’.  I knew George was the family fave, but still. 

But then I remembered that even though George isn’t really that popular here in the States for little boys, we do have one really great George too.  Prince George isn’t named after George Washington, of course, but I it is nice that there’s someone I liked with the name.

I also remembered one other thing.  Watching the Friends episode where we found out what Rachel named her baby, I distinctly recall saying, “Just watch, the name Emma will be the most popular baby name in no time.”  And sure enough.  So maybe it’s just a matter of time before George skyrockets to popularity too.

I’m fairly certain HOWEVER that were Shaun and I to have any more kids, and if it happened to be a boy (NONE OF WHICH IS GOING TO HAPPEN, THIS IS THEORETICAL, NOT JOKING), we’d still go with Jack.

Oh, and since we were keeping track, remember the royal baby name game?  I picked Alexander and Lori picked Louis, so we weren’t totally off base.  Steph was TOTALLY disappointed they didn’t pick Skylar.

And in case you were wondering, I was pretty much the cutest park ranger in history.  If I can track down any pictures (packed away somewhere from our last move), I’ll share.

Royal Baby Name Game.

Posted by Ethne~

Well, it should come as no surprise to the lot of you that Lori and I (and crew) were anxiously awaiting news of the birth of the Royal Baby.  You may recall from here when I got up at the crack of dawn to watch the Royal Wedding?

You could be on Team Who Cares and that’s fine.  In that case, you should totally read The Bloggess’ post here.  She always makes me laugh.  True, this baby isn’t from our country.  But England is, like, America’s BFF (along with Canada, which is cousins with England) so we TOTALLY should be happy when royal kids are born.  I’m sure the English REJOICED when the Kardashian baby was born.  Because we don’t have royals, we have celebrities.

I’m on Team Baby Cambridge.  First, I love babies.  Second, I love this couple.  They’re so sweet.  They’re in love.  They’re photogenic (good for Celebrity Fantasy Draft).  And if they do for their son like they’ve been taught, they will be good stewards and philanthropists with their public responsibilities.  {You can check out the official Prince of Wales’ (Prince Charles) website here to see some of the things they do, but one they did recently that I really liked was fundraising and awareness for preventing the slaughter of elephants for ivory.}

All my friends are on Team Baby Cambridge too, so we had a go-round of GUESS-HIS-NAME.  Here are our guesses (feel free to add yours to the comments):

Ethne~Alexander

Lori~Louis

Shaun~Prince Albert (don’t be gross, SHAUN)

Steve~David

Slags~Edward

Steph~Skylar Charles (going for the trendy)

Grizz~John Frederick

Lori heard Spencer today (as in Lady Diana Spencer) and George is still at the top of the running per news reports.  WE’LL SEE.  But now you know if any of us guessed anywhere near close to the real name.  And, if Steph is right and Will and Kate pick a name equivalent to North West (who am I kidding, THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE), I can’t wait to hear the reaction from the masses.  And their explanation.  ‘Our joy just made us want to look to the ‘sky’ in adulation!’