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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Ahhhhh!!! ***UPDATED AT BOTTOM***

Ya'll may or may not know I am NOT a fan of Angelina Jolie. So I do not follow her or whatever umpteenth children she has adopted or is pregnant with. I have heard many a story of adopted moms who have had obnoxious comments made in reference to them and their child. One mom was in Ethiopia adopting her daughter and had an American man snidely say as he passed by, "Hey Angelina, where's Brad?" Intended or not, they have made it somewhat "trendy" to adopt outside of your race, which really makes my blood boil. And in my opinion, have set the public's opinion of international adoption back. They have also made it hip to be pregnant as the pregnancy and birth of Shiloh was also ALL over the news. I passed a magazine the other day at the store with the headline "Most beautiful baby in the world." Really? We saw a news announcement of a highschool where over 17 teenage girls are pregnant or have had babies. They blamed all the media attention given to celebrity pregnancies as a reason for this sad new trend. So if you've gotten this far, you are probably thinking for someone who doesn't care for these people-I sure have devoted a lot of time to them. Well, that brings me to why I am writing this post. As we were up way early this morning with our youngest, I hopped online to avoid falling back to sleep and right there on Yahoo is an announcement of the birth of Brad and Angelina's twins. To my horror I read that they have named the girl Vivi!! Well, Vivienne to be exact....but you know what they will call her. Oh my!~

Billy's jaw dropped when I told him as he too is not a fan of this overly publicized couple. Great. Our daughter will now be compared to a Jolie-Pitt. Fabulous.

THIS IS AN ARTICLE WE FOUND ONLINE ABOUT THE NAMES. OH BROTHER...LOOKS LIKE VIVI IS GOING TO BE SHARING HER NAME WITH MANY IN THE COMING YEARS!


"Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt "have proven once again that they are the leaders in original baby-naming, even by Hollywood standards," baby name expert Pamela Redmond Satran, coauthor of Cool Names and The Baby Name Bible, tells Usmagazine.com.The actress, 33, gave birth to twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline at the Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice, France on Saturday."Vivienne is the French version of the ancient Latin name that means 'alive,'" Satran explains. A common English variation is Vivian, which was the name of Julia Roberts' character in Pretty Woman. Except for Rosie O'Donnell's daughter Vivienne, the name "has not been on the fashion scope in the U.S.," Satran adds. Jolie and Pitt's choice of Knox will boost its popularity among new moms, Satran predicts, "the same way they have with all their other children's names." Knox -- Pitt's grandfather's middle name -- also "matches" big brothers Maddox and Pax as a name that ends in X, Satran points out. As for middle names, Marcheline was the name of Jolie's mother, who died of cancer last year, while Leon is Jolie's great-great grandfather's name. Satran gives Jolie and Pitt credit for their name choices."I applaud Brad and Angelina for being truly creative in a way that many other parents -- celebrities and the rest of us -- claim they want to be but aren't brave or individualistic enough to really achieve," she says. Tell Us: Do you like the names Knox & Vivienne? "

1 friends commented!:

Deb said...

Ahh! That's just terrible. Honestly! Hopefully Vivi will be old enough that people won't think you named her that because of them.
I was sadden when a 17 year old star became pregnant and recently gave birth. All they talked about was her baby weight and how she's planning on dropping it. Not the unplanned unwed teenage pregnancy!! But I think she plans to marry the father later this year, I guess that's something.