tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593028.post6266125889238545485..comments2023-11-02T04:52:09.960-05:00Comments on Apollos Academy: What's in a name?Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11249055928245806106noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593028.post-33454314123631227702007-03-10T07:22:00.000-05:002007-03-10T07:22:00.000-05:00Oh, and we're still completely undecided on Baby 2...Oh, and we're still completely undecided on Baby 2.0's name.<BR/><BR/>It's kind of a good thing he's a boy, because there was looking to be a royal tizzy over naming a girl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593028.post-72444401879516346452007-03-10T07:21:00.000-05:002007-03-10T07:21:00.000-05:00Isaac Wesley [my maiden name] was named for the bi...Isaac Wesley [my maiden name] was named for the biblical character, even though he doesn't do much except get born, get saved by an angel, get a wife chosen for him, and get deceived by his upstart younger son. So he mostly doesn't do anything at all-it all just happens to him.<BR/><BR/>But I mostly liked that his name meant laughter. Because he makes us laugh. And because God's words to Abraham in Gen 22 ("Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love,") are the first time love is mentioned in the Bible.<BR/><BR/>Wesley is from the founders of Methodism, and from my grandfather, whose name was, actually, John Wesley [My maiden name]. Isaac, however, was named after Charles, not John. Charles was, by all accounts, a better husband and a loving father.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593028.post-55819861405188995942007-03-08T10:07:00.000-05:002007-03-08T10:07:00.000-05:00Occidental Girl-Hee hee! I know what you mean... a...Occidental Girl-<BR/><BR/>Hee hee! I know what you mean... about feeling like people think you're lazy based on the time stamps. Most seem to be automatically set to PST, so at night, it looks like my brain goes to sleep really early!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249055928245806106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593028.post-62865951340120752662007-03-08T08:55:00.000-05:002007-03-08T08:55:00.000-05:00It's 5:54 am here on the west coast, not 8:54 am l...It's 5:54 am here on the west coast, not 8:54 am like the comments say. I know you're thinking, 'lazy!' <BR/><BR/>I'll stop commenting now. :)Occidental Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08462196172327033327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593028.post-69119564948344133292007-03-08T08:54:00.000-05:002007-03-08T08:54:00.000-05:00Uh, it's early in the morning, and so I forgot to ...Uh, it's early in the morning, and so I forgot to say that OC was born on December 23rd.Occidental Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08462196172327033327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593028.post-103692058835314492007-03-08T08:53:00.000-05:002007-03-08T08:53:00.000-05:00My daughter is called Occidental Child online.Her ...My daughter is called Occidental Child online.<BR/><BR/>Her real first name is after a famous movie star who started as a child actor, but it also has special meaning for those born around Christmastime. Her middle name is my great-grandmother's middle name, the same as mine.<BR/><BR/>As for other children, we don't have any yet, but if we do, we thought we'd name a girl Madeleine. Not anymore. I still like the name, but every other girl is named Madeleine! Such a nice name.Occidental Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08462196172327033327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593028.post-65862657434191719862007-03-08T07:45:00.000-05:002007-03-08T07:45:00.000-05:00I thought Madeline was unique, too. *sigh* Althou...I thought Madeline was unique, too. *sigh* <BR/><BR/>Although, around here, there are still very few, they're all much younger (6, 7 years younger than her) and so many of them are 'Madilyn' and 'Madylyn' and 'Maddalyn' and such that I really think it's more of a Madison replacement. I wanted to spell it Madeleine, but dh has no use for slacker extra letters. ;)andiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13088713709519532633noreply@blogger.com