~Snowbird Chat~

[danceintherain]

Yeah I know I'm a bad parent if I don't take my kids to Disney every year. I think this first one will have the first 2 years covered, because we're hoping to go to both Hong Kong Disneyland and Tokyo Disney while we live in Korea. After that it wouldn't be fair to not take any subsequent children in their first 2 years.

 

[danceintherain]

Oh and the name thing. We've had a really difficult time agreeing on girls names. The boys names are easier. I think we've completely decided to name our child if it's a boy Gideon, using either James or Allen as a middle name. It's not very popular, and it's a strong male name. I might change my mind after the kid is born, but for some reason its just easier for us to agree on boys names.

For a girl we've basically agreed on Evangeline, but I'm having a difficult time convincing myself that it's my daughter's name. For a middle name we would probably go with something monosyllabic like Faye or Paige.

The whole statistics thing made me reconsider Hannah as a first name. It was really popular a few years ago, but it has dropped quite a bit recently. We both really liked the name when we first started dating, so I'll probably put it on the short list I have with me in the hospital.

I'm not really worried about kids in my vicinity since we'll be moving so much, but my sister and I have agreed not to use each others names. We don't have the same taste anyways, so its ok.

 

[letthewookiewin]

Oh and the name thing. We've had a really difficult time agreeing on girls names. The boys names are easier. I think we've completely decided to name our child if it's a boy Gideon, using either James or Allen as a middle name. It's not very popular, and it's a strong male name. I might change my mind after the kid is born, but for some reason its just easier for us to agree on boys names.

For a girl we've basically agreed on Evangeline, but I'm having a difficult time convincing myself that it's my daughter's name. For a middle name we would probably go with something monosyllabic like Faye or Paige.

The whole statistics thing made me reconsider Hannah as a first name. It was really popular a few years ago, but it has dropped quite a bit recently. We both really liked the name when we first started dating, so I'll probably put it on the short list I have with me in the hospital.

I'm not really worried about kids in my vicinity since we'll be moving so much, but my sister and I have agreed not to use each others names. We don't have the same taste anyways, so its ok.

Well David (other than wanting a jr) wanted to name Joseph, Issac. That name was imediatley nix'd b/c my sister has always said she would name her first son Issak b/c it's her name spelled backwards. We had such a huge fight about it. Now the funny thing is, that she doesn't want to have kids. If we had had a girl, she would have been Emily Elizabeth or Madeleine (something).

 

[danceintherain]

Well David (other than wanting a jr) wanted to name Joseph, Issac. That name was imediatley nix'd b/c my sister has always said she would name her first son Issak b/c it's her name spelled backwards. We had such a huge fight about it. Now the funny thing is, that she doesn't want to have kids. If we had had a girl, she would have been Emily Elizabeth or Madeleine (something).

Our family just reuses names a lot, and it drives me crazy. I have a cousin also named Rebecca. We have several Benjamins. A Kami and a Camerin. None of them are even family names (other than one cousin is named Benjamin Owen after his Dad, but he goes by Owen), my Mom and my Aunts just have similar taste in names. It doesn't make any sense to me, because there are so many names out there.
I didn't have a single classmate with my name until I got to college, but I had a cousin 2 years younger than me with my name. It was always really annoying, especially when my Aunt called her Becca instead of Becky, and was like "oh I call her that sometimes."

I suppose eventually my younger siblings might not decide that they need to use different names, but it will probably be a while before any of them have kids.

 

[letthewookiewin]

Luckily, I haven't had to deal with having cousins with the same name. My sister in law used to have husband with the same names as her brothers and it was so annoying when we all got together. When I married my DH she was married to a David (my DH's name). Then she married a Chad, which was really fun. When someone yelled for Chad at a family get-together, her hubby, my brother in law, and my nephew all came running. With her 4th hubby she ran out of brother's names so no more double names. (Well technically her first one didn't have the same name as one of her brothers either.)

Here's another parenting thing. What do the kids call the grandparents? It was no doubt that my DH's parents would be Mamaw and Papaw. All the women in my mil family were called Mamaw. Which was really confusing since at one time, they had 6 generations of woman alive. Plus by the time we had Joey, they already had 3 grandkids. Early in my pregnancy with Joey, I was having dinner with my family at my parents. My sister sat me down at the table after dinner, and said "That whatever my kids called our parents, all the grandkids would call them. She didn't think it was fair that just b/c I got pregnant first that I got to pick what they were going to be called." So we sat at the table at ran several names by my mom until we all agreed on what they would be called. We ended up with my parents being called Grammy and Grandad. My DH wants me to coninue the tradition when I become a grandmother. Well my response I can't put on a Disney board b/c it was very un-Disney like. My dad's mom was called Mamaw and to put it as nicely as I can...I hated the old woman. I would rather never ever step foot on Disney property again then be called Mamaw. I told my DH that I was leaning toward Gramm or Gramms. Heck, I would rather be called old bat than Mamaw.

 

[Northern Disney Girl]

Hey Friends!

We are home from a WONDERFUL trip! So much magic! We are dealing currently with the imminent departure of my Nana! She has been on a downward slide the last few days and is soon to be departing this world! I am sad for me cause I will miss her but I know that she will be with Jesus and her pain will be gone!

I will hopefully start our TR in the next few days! Watch for a link in my siggie!

 

[letthewookiewin]

Hey Friends!

We are home from a WONDERFUL trip! So much magic! We are dealing currently with the imminent departure of my Nana! She has been on a downward slide the last few days and is soon to be departing this world! I am sad for me cause I will miss her but I know that she will be with Jesus and her pain will be gone!

I will hopefully start our TR in the next few days! Watch for a link in my siggie!

I am so sorry your family is going through that. Even if it is something that you know is coming, and will end the suffering of a loved one, it doesn't make the hurt any less. You are right though, soon she will be with Jesus and all the family members that she has missed. Sending you lots of prayers and hugs to get through this tough time.

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Hey Friends!

We are home from a WONDERFUL trip! So much magic! We are dealing currently with the imminent departure of my Nana! She has been on a downward slide the last few days and is soon to be departing this world! I am sad for me cause I will miss her but I know that she will be with Jesus and her pain will be gone!

I will hopefully start our TR in the next few days! Watch for a link in my siggie!

Glad to hear you made it home safe!
So sorry to hear about your Nana! Wishing you and your family peace at this tough time.

 

[danceintherain]

Here's another parenting thing. What do the kids call the grandparents? It was no doubt that my DH's parents would be Mamaw and Papaw. All the women in my mil family were called Mamaw. Which was really confusing since at one time, they had 6 generations of woman alive. Plus by the time we had Joey, they already had 3 grandkids. Early in my pregnancy with Joey, I was having dinner with my family at my parents. My sister sat me down at the table after dinner, and said "That whatever my kids called our parents, all the grandkids would call them. She didn't think it was fair that just b/c I got pregnant first that I got to pick what they were going to be called." So we sat at the table at ran several names by my mom until we all agreed on what they would be called. We ended up with my parents being called Grammy and Grandad. My DH wants me to coninue the tradition when I become a grandmother. Well my response I can't put on a Disney board b/c it was very un-Disney like. My dad's mom was called Mamaw and to put it as nicely as I can...I hated the old woman. I would rather never ever step foot on Disney property again then be called Mamaw. I told my DH that I was leaning toward Gramm or Gramms. Heck, I would rather be called old bat than Mamaw.

My Mom was pretty annoying about this, because she didn't want to be Mammaw like her Mom and Grandma, or Nana like my Dad's Mom (she doesn't get along with her mother-in-law). Finally she settled on Gamma and Gampa, but I'm going to tell my kids to call them Gammy and Gampy, because I think Gamma and Gampa are too close to Grandma and Grandpa. My Mom basically dropped the "R" because she says little kids can't pronounce "Rs". I have no idea what my husband's parents will want to be called. I think it will probably just be Grandma and Grandpa.

Hey Friends!

We are home from a WONDERFUL trip! So much magic! We are dealing currently with the imminent departure of my Nana! She has been on a downward slide the last few days and is soon to be departing this world! I am sad for me cause I will miss her but I know that she will be with Jesus and her pain will be gone!

I will hopefully start our TR in the next few days! Watch for a link in my siggie!

I'm glad your trip was great, and sorry about your Nana. Don't be too sad, but cry as much as you want!

 

[letthewookiewin]

My Mom was pretty annoying about this, because she didn't want to be Mammaw like her Mom and Grandma, or Nana like my Dad's Mom (she doesn't get along with her mother-in-law). Finally she settled on Gamma and Gampa, but I'm going to tell my kids to call them Gammy and Gampy, because I think Gamma and Gampa are too close to Grandma and Grandpa. My Mom basically dropped the "R" because she says little kids can't pronounce "Rs". I have no idea what my husband's parents will want to be called. I think it will probably just be Grandma and Grandpa.



I'm glad your trip was great, and sorry about your Nana. Don't be too sad, but cry as much as you want!

Yeah, when my boys were smaller it sounded more like gwammy and gwandad, but it made it so cute. I teased her once and said we should just keep it that way. That instead of being Grammy and Grandad, they could be gwammy and gwandad.

So when I realized how long it's been since we were at WDW last (The last day we were there was October 13, 2006) I told my DH that "I didn't know or care how we were going to pull it off, but we were going to WDW for my 35th birthday in January 2011." I was even nice enough to give him a list of body parts he could sell to fund the trip. Heck at this point, I'm willing to get a part time job just long enough to pay for a trip.

 

[danceintherain]

Aww....I just answered a thread started by a poor girl who in "two weeks is going to spend a week in Epcot" with her 3 year old daughter. I tried to list as many things as possible, but it's so difficult to give advice in so general terms, especially on short notice.
At the very least, I and a few others, clarified that there are 3 other main parks and Water Parks. I also mentioned the various military deals that are going on right now, because she mentioned her boyfriend is military. She mentioned him getting "perks" and I just can't imagine what those are on top of room and ticket discounts. I've looked.
Most people were telling her to go out and buy a Disney Planning book, which I suppose could help, but I imagine she would be overwhelmed by one at this point. I'm hoping she comes back with more specific details, so I can give her advice based on her specific needs.

 

[MAGGIED]

Aww....I just answered a thread started by a poor girl who in "two weeks is going to spend a week in Epcot" with her 3 year old daughter. I tried to list as many things as possible, but it's so difficult to give advice in so general terms, especially on short notice.
At the very least, I and a few others, clarified that there are 3 other main parks and Water Parks. I also mentioned the various military deals that are going on right now, because she mentioned her boyfriend is military. She mentioned him getting "perks" and I just can't imagine what those are on top of room and ticket discounts. I've looked.
Most people were telling her to go out and buy a Disney Planning book, which I suppose could help, but I imagine she would be overwhelmed by one at this point. I'm hoping she comes back with more specific details, so I can give her advice based on her specific needs.

That was very nice of you.... so many people are overwhelmed by how large the parks are and it can be so confusing.... I think the thing that has helped me the most over the years was to subscribe to Tourguide Mike and get his best days to go to what parks list... then I plan from there... in the many trips that I have taken he has been right on the money....

 

[MAGGIED]

It's hard to believe I had knee surgery 16 weeks ago today! Man, those first six weeks were brutal, the next six weren't so bad, and the remaining four have been pretty good. I'm officially crutch-free! I have less pain in my activities that I did before!!

Yeah for no more crutches!!!

Hey Friends!

We are home from a WONDERFUL trip! So much magic! We are dealing currently with the imminent departure of my Nana! She has been on a downward slide the last few days and is soon to be departing this world! I am sad for me cause I will miss her but I know that she will be with Jesus and her pain will be gone!

I will hopefully start our TR in the next few days! Watch for a link in my siggie!

Welcome back... glad your trip was wonderful!!! Our thoughts and prayers will be with you as you are going thru this difficult time with your Nana...

 

[Dancegrl624]

For a girl we've basically agreed on Evangeline, but I'm having a difficult time convincing myself that it's my daughter's name. For a middle name we would probably go with something monosyllabic like Faye or Paige.

Not that I'm pregnant, but I'm always thinking of names and Evangeline is at the top of my list!!! We are huge LOST fans and I love Evangeline Lily's character on the show. Plus, it's just a really pretty name. However, if we havea girl in the future and give her that name, we might look like even bigger LOST fans! Those of you who are my friends on Facebook know my last name and it just happens to be the last name of another star on LOST! My husband has already decided that if we have a boy in the future, his name is going to be Cole. I won't argue with him on that one because I actually love that name. It flows really well with our last name too.

As far as Madison's go, we only know one other little girl with that name and she happens to live down the street. I don't even have a Madison in any of the dance classes that I teach. However, it was one of the Top 10 names in both 2009 and this last decade (I saw it on the Today show a few weeks ago). I wasn't concerned with picking a popular/non-popular name. I just wanted to pick a name that wasn't already in our family. Hannah was at the top of the list of girl's names, but my cousin and his wife had a baby girl a few months before Maddie and they named her Hannah. So, that name got crossed off the list.

 

[Pluto_fan]

Becca--yep, everybody has their own opinion about EVERY aspect of being a parent, and many folks don't hesitate to tell you why their way is best! Maybe you can find a more supportive online forum where people actually encourage each other.

Ah, picking names is quite a challenge! When I was expecting DS11, DH and I made our lists and compared...and they had absolutely NOTHING in common! We eventually agreed on Daniel, which neither of us had on our original lists. With DS9, we eventually settled on Andrew (which I have always loved). But the day AFTER he was born, after calling him Andrew for a day, we realized that he just didn't look like Andrew and switched to Matthew! Fortunately none of the official paperwork had been completed yet so it was no big deal. Then when we were expecting DD, we also had the boys' input to consider. Once again we couldn't come to agreement on anything, and the poor girl was a day and a half old before I said out of the blue, "Am I the only one who likes the name Claire?" And everyone said that was great. The funny thing is, despite all the struggle you may go through to come up with a name, once your child has the name you can't imagine them being named anything else.

One piece of advice I got that I think was a good one--if you definitely settle on a name, don't tell anyone until after the baby is born! If you say, "We're thinking about (whatever name)", people will tell you why that's a terrible name. But if you wait and say, "Our baby has arrived and is named (whatever)", people will (almost always) keep any negative opinions to themselves. Plus, your baby will be so wonderful that any negative associations anyone has with the name will be forgotten!

 

[MAGGIED]

Single digit dance!!!!

 

[letthewookiewin]

Single digit dance!!!!

WOO HOO!!!!

Here's hoping that the week flies by, but not too fast that you don't have time to get all last minute things done.

 

[MAGGIED]

I have not done a thing... we have been sooooo busy... today is another crazy day... I am hoping to be able to get the suitcases out on Sunday and get some packing done then... because next week is worse..... shouldn't take to long to pack as the weather looks like I am going to need mainly pants and jackets.... but its better than the 8 degrees it was here the other day!!

 

[Pluto_fan]

Woo hoo!!

 

[Monny2AE]

Hooray to Wendy for being in the single digits!
Now get those suitcases out and get packing!