I’ve Been Tagged

My friend Revka at The Porch Light tagged me.  I’ve been blogging for 8 months.  I’ve been wondering when someone was going to tag me. 

This meme comes with the following requirements:

Give the meaning of your kids’ names, and write about what or how or why you gave the name to your kids. Tag five people to play along and leave a comment at their blog to let them know they have been tagged.

I’m not actually going to give you my kid’s names, but I’ll tell you some things about their names. First off, I’ll tell you that I’ve been a teacher for nearly 10 years. I’ve heard all sorts of names and unfortunately, some names are associated with certain children I’ve taught. Need I say more?  lol When naming my children I wanted something different.  I didn’t want a name from the top 50 most popular names.  When I was pregnant, my husband and I were having a hard time agreeing on names, so we decided that I would read the baby name book, make a list of names that I liked, and then he’d look through the names and circle the ones he liked. 

Alligator - This is my firstborn’s nickname. My dad gave her the nickname. He is the Crocodile.  Alligator’s real name was one of my favorites from the list of unusual names I had picked out.  It was also one of my mom’s favorites.  As a bonus, her name is a combination of my MIL’s first and middle name.  Her first name means “oath of God”.  Her middle name is also my middle name and it means “born again”.   I’ve received lots of compliments on her name.

Cuddlebug - When he was a baby, we would call him Tigger because he would sit in his exersaucer and Johnny Jumper and he would bounce up and down repeatedly.  He was so loud while jumping in the exersaucer.  lol  Well, since he doesn’t seem to do much jumping anymore, I’ve started calling him Cuddlebug because he has always been a very affectionate child.  He loves to cuddle.  His real name was chosen by my husband.  He is named after a friend that we met at summer youth camp.  Our friend was the worship leader at camp for several years.  Now he has his own band and record label.  Cuddlebug’s first name means “hunter” or “pursuer of truth”.  His middle name is my deceased grandpa’s first name and also a form of my mom’s first name.  His middle name means “small” or “humble”.   I’ll also let you know that we didn’t know what his name was going to be until right before we left the hospital. They were actually waiting on us so that they could fill out of the papers.  I wanted to name him Micah, but Micah didn’t sound all that great with our last name.  To make a decision, we started asking people their opinion on the two names.  The women picked Micah and the men picked the name we gave him.  I decided since he was a guy, we’d go with the name the men picked.  And that’s the long story of his name. 

I have to tag 5 people, so I tag Kelly, Robyn, Judy, Char, and Julie.