Just have to say that I enjoyed reading the name suggestions, and C, you
listed SIX names that we've either already used or were very high on our list,
including my number one choices for both a boy's name and a girl's name! But I
won't say what they were, in case we get another chance to use one of them and I
can talk my husband into one of them the next time around. :-) Several other
names other people listed were also names that we've either already used or
really like. One that "I" really like, but my husband doesn't (and it doesn't
follow the rules, either) is Anneliese, which I named the doll my husband gave
me 12 or so years ago, since he said that there was no way, forever and ever, no
matter what, that we were naming a real child that. It's such a pretty name,
though!
Helen did finally get a middle name two and a half days after she was born:
Teshuah. I keep reminding myself that I got my first choice with all eight names
of our four other living children, so it's about time that my husband has first
choice...I do like the meaning ("salvation", in Hebrew, so I guess essentially
the feminine version of Joshua/Yeshua), and I guess it's pretty, and I'm sure
I'll get used to it. But so far (Helen is 2 1/2 weeks old now), Helen Teshuah is
not getting called by her full name anywhere near as often as any of the other
children did at the beginning, nor can I really imagine her getting called by
her full name when she's getting in trouble when she's a bit older, either...
And a big plus with the name Helen: her name is NOT in the top ten either in the
U.S. or Germany! (All four of the other children's first names are in the top
ten either in the U.S. or in Germany or BOTH.) Helen was number 348, I think,
according to one website.
Oh, and no, we didn't know before she was born whether she was a boy or a
girl, and had pretty much agreed on a boy's name, which is why the first word's
Helen heard from her mother were, "Oh, you're a girl! What's your name?" (She
didn't answer, but at least she was asked...)
My parents were here for a week, which we really enjoyed, and it was hard
saying goodbye this morning. A family reunion is tentatively being planned for
spring (northern hemisphere!) 2010, and we really doubt that we'll get to the
U.S. any time before that, either, but hopefully at least my parents will be
able to visit us again before then.
Totally different topic (but at least in keeping with this blog's name, which
the rest of this post isn't!): good friends of ours have been "turned in" to
social services for homeschooling, and they're trying to make some quick
decisions. The most likely scenario is that they'll join what is probably
becoming the biggest group of German homeschoolers: they will become foreigners.
All that really remains to decide is exactly which country will become their new
home, and when. I've heard of lots of other families recently, too, in several
different countries, but can't give any details on any of them, as they are
still in precarious situations. Things are not getting any better for
homeschoolers in Germany, as far as anyone can see...
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