• Aug. 29, 2006
No "Crunchy Granola Suite" here
I posted this on another blog, but wanted to share it here as well.
Okay, okay - I finally figured out how to post a picture and wanted to share my sweeties with you all.
From other blog....
Okay, I am so tired of catching flack because of my daughter's name. She is almost 10 months old now. You'd think that the comments would have stopped by now. But oh no. They just keep coming. And the comments are mainly from the same people. SHUT UP!!! That's what I want to yell everytime I hear "You named her WHAT?" Here's a little history....
When I was pregnant with my son, who is now 8 years old, I knew what his name would be whether a boy or a girl. Boy - Chaz Allen to honor my best friend and my father. Girl - Kelsi Anne - I just love the name and Anne is both my middle name and my mom's. So, I got Chaz and not Kelsi. That was all fine and well. Fast forward almost 8 years and I have a little girl. The entire time I was pregnant, I was sure that I would name the baby Kelsi (we knew it was a girl very quickly). However, about a month after Chaz was born I realized that he looks so much like my mother that I should have named him Max (her name is Maxie) for her. Everyone called him "Little Max" for a long time anyway. This time I was going to have a back up although I was still SURE that I would be naming her Kelsi Anne.
Well, she was born and guess what. She just didn't look like a Kelsi Anne. Thank goodness I had a list of other possible names, right? Wrong. I still could not think of a name that I really liked and fit her. She actually weighed two pounds more than my son did when he was born, but was so much more delicate looking. She had these tiny rosebud lips and just looked so very delicate. None of the names "fit." Well, at least I had two days to think about it.
Since Kelsi didn't work, I wanted to name her something that honored my mother and possible my father as well. As I said before, my mother's name is Maxie Anne. Well, Anne, in my opinion needs something snazzy to go along with it since it is a single syllable, traditional name. Did I mention that I prefer unique or different names? Two days may not be enough time.
One of my oldest friends (from Kindergarten), Autumn, came to the hospital and she and I went over names. My mother was there and we had her mom (who happens to be my mom's best friend). Name after name got vetoed by the mothers. Autumn and I agreed on a couple - vetoed. Well, my mom left, her mom got off the phone. We talked some more and then Autumn had to leave. She was in the parking garage when I called her with the name. It was a formerly vetod by the mother's. Oh well! She loved it and so did I. When I mentioned it to my mother her response was, "Yeah! I really like that name." Go figure.
Now before I tell you the name let me say that my dad and I had two huge common bonds. We both loved the Sousa marches and Neil Diamond. I couldn't name my daughter after my dad because my aunt named her daughter after him already. My other aunt names all her dogs named for my dad (he started it by naming his dogs after her husband). Anyway, I went through all the possibilities and came up with something to honor my relationship with my father and for my mother.
My daughter's name is Shiloh Rose. Shiloh came form the Neil Diamond song "Shilo" and Rose is because my mother wanted that name. Now starts all the flack about he name.
I have one "friend" (a say it like that because she did used to be a friend and now she is little more than an acquaintance) who told me from the beginning that she will call her "Shyla." I explained to her the reasoning behind the name Shiloh and she still says that her name should be "Shyla" and that is what she will call her. She came over right after David died and started that "Shyla" crap again and I told her in no uncertain terms that her name is Shiloh and she can either call her by that or even by Rose, but until she by some strange fluke becomes her mother she will quit calling her by Shyla (she does it to irritate me and has even told me that). If it hadn't been for David dying and me being in a really bad mood (understandably so) I probably wouldn't have gone off on her like I did.
Aside from her, I also get comments like, "You named her what?" "How could you do that to her?" "I can't believe you saddled her with a name like that!" "That shoulds like a topless dancer name?" (Why do they know that? Hmm.) And on and on and on. It is really unending and most definitely unnerving at this point.
To all those that don't like the name Shiloh, be thankful that the Neil Diamond song "Crunchy Granola Suite" wasn't mine or Daddy's Favorite song. Can you imagine the names that I could generate out of that? Or what about "Soolaimon?" (Hey, I think I kinda like that. Maybe. Nah.) Oh wow! I just thought of a name from Crunchy Granola Suite. It is too ordinary for me , but Nola is sure in there.
I really think that Shiloh is rather tame compared to some of the names that I had thrown out there or that were thrown out to me. Like Mecca, Petra, Maximillia(no, no, no) although I do like Mecca and even Petra, but Maximilla was a big NO! - sorry Mom. Heck, I could have named her Diamond or Sousa.
So, to all my friends and acquaintances that don't like the name Shiloh, just remember, it was either Shiloh or Crunchy Granola Suite = Crugrans = Krugerrand. Wouldn't that have caused some sort of uproar?
Thanks for letting me rant a little about this.
Here is my Crunchy Granola Suite and Chaz (boy did he need a hair cut).
Comments
• Aug. 30, 2006
Shiloh is a fine name
Posted by JoAnn
: ) I have a friend who named her daughter Shilo 21 years ago. I've always liked her name. So there are others out there who've used the name (or a variant spelling of it) and like the name.
One name website indicates that it is a name of Hebrew origin meaning peace and is suitable for either a boy or girl. Doesn't sound like a bad meaning to me either. : )
• Sep. 4, 2006
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Posted by OreoSouza
You named her what???
LOL
I think it's a lovely name. Of course, I'm of the crunchy type myself, so maybe my opinion doesn't count. LOL
Your children are lovely! What a good looking little man you have! And your daugher is adorable. Her name fits her perfectly.
• Dec. 4, 2006
A beautiful name
Posted by Barbie
for a beautiful little girl. I love that it means peace, and Rose goes so well with it. How annoying that people would have the nerve to say such things to your face!
