Ever since my parents owned a couple of these while I was growing up, I have always thought that the Toyota Previa was a cool car. Well I finally got one of my very own to cart our baby/baby stuff/and us around.
I have lots of memories of being in the Previa my folks owned, making trips to St.Louis with my whole family. I also have memories of driving around with my friends, with the giant moonroof open, acting like goof-balls. It's a great van, lots of space, the seats fold back and we should have no problems loading this puppy up with baby stuff and keeping the little one safe and snug.
It's got a good number of miles on it, but these have excellent life spans and I am sure to get my money's worth out of it. My sister said when she saw my Previa in the driveway, she had flashbacks of her and her friends driving it as well. Lots of good memories with the Previa. I feel lucky I got to buy one of my own. Beep-Beep, yeah.
Monday, January 28, 2008
I'm a Mini-Vanner.
Posted by Jason at 3:12 PM 2 comments
The naming of babies is a difficult matter...
Jason and I are having the hardest time deciding on a name for the baby. Some family members of ours had equally difficult times choosing their babies' names, but my mom said she didn't really think about it that much. She had some names picked out, then others talked her out of them after my sisters and I were born. I was supposed to be named Autumn, but my grandmother didn't like it, and my older sister really liked this girl named Amy who worked at the 7-11. Therefore, I became Amy. I've never really liked the name. There were always too many Amy's in my classes.
I don't want to give the baby a totally weird name, but I don't want anything too common. We also would like to include a name from my side of the family, since she will already have Jason's last name. I was extremely close to both of my grandmothers, but I don't want to use one of their names while excluding the other. I'm afraid my Gran Gran will haunt me in some way if I give the baby one of Nanny's names (Alma Angeline) and not hers (Clara Emojean), especially since she's the one who came to me in a dream and told me I was having a girl.
For awhile, we had settled on the name Sloan Parker. Sloan is Nanny's maiden name and my dad's middle name. It was also the name of Ferris Bueller's ultra-cool girlfriend. Jason had also been liking the name Parker when I remembered that Parker was Gran Gran's maiden name. Perfect. We took care of both. Now, after talking about it for a few weeks, we're just not sure. Are we just second guessing ourselves, or is it not a good name? Jason's parents love the name Sloan, so that's nice. And, I can always call her one of my favorite nicknames "Sunny". Still, I love those old-timey names, like Edith, Cora, and even Zelda. We might just have to make a final decision after she's born. For now, look at this list of some names we like, and tell us what you think.
Family Names:
Sloan
Alma
Angeline
Clara
Emojean
Amy's favorite, after the baby's grandmothers: Jacqueline Cathleen (Little Jackie, or LJ for short)
Beatrix (sort of like Jason's grandmother Beatrice)
Parker
Amy's Favorites:
Cora
Zipporah (Zippy!)
Edith
Elspeth
May
Nadine
Esme
Astrid
Sally
Jason's favorites
Anna Lee
Anna
Gloria
Layla
Sloan
I'm sure we'll add more!
Posted by Jason at 2:16 PM 2 comments
A Blog of Her Very Own
Thanks for visiting the baby's website! Like Jason wrote, we'll have pictures, updates, and information about our registry here. Our registry might be a little complicated, since we've found things we think we need from places other than the big box stores (though they have plenty we need as well). Just click on the links, and the sites will tell you how to proceed from there.
Again, thanks for visiting and for being a part of our little girl's life. We are so thrilled about her, and can't wait to meet her!
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