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Give me a V!
Give me an I!
Give me another V!
Give me another I!
WHAT DOES THAT SPELL?

VIVI!

Vivi Laughing

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

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? "

Seasons

I love seasons. I love looking back at pictures I've taken of the kids at waterparks in the summer, pumpkin patches in the fall, all bundled up in winter coats in the winter, and dressed up in pretty spring outfits. Fall is my favorite season and it's too bad in Texas, summer lasts more than half the year! But I love summer. I love the laziness of the days that go on forever (although I also get restless). I love the smell of sunscreen and the heaviness of a big towel. I love flipflops and sunglasses, blonde hair and bright pink nail polish (on my toes of course). I love the way my baby's skin tans to a nice golden brown even when it is coated in SPF. I love seeing my kids in shorts and swimsuits. I love eating cold fruit and hot corn-on-the cob. I LOVE icecream and smoothies. Summer is a time to relax from the busy-ness of Fall and the holidays. I love walking into a blast of air conditioning. The sun warms me and lifts my spirits. It also can make me hot and grouchy...but this where the icecream comes in. :) I love summer.

Yesterday

Here are the dogs with their latest captures. Oscar jumped on the kitchen chair one night as we were cleaning up dinner and swiped this giant tortilla from the edge of the table. It was hilarious! I let him keep it since I wanted to take his picture! Then last night, we thought it would be funny to hear Lucy crunch on corn on the cob. So we gave her a little one (no butter or salt of course) and she ate the whole thing- cob and all!! We were all laughing at this one! Later I took her for a long walk with an old college friend I've been chatting with, and when she came home she wheezed and panted for like an hour! A bit out of shape, maybe? Brooke- I think we are going to need to make our walks a regular thing...you know for the sake of our dogs, of course!

Yesterday morning I had my friend's girls, Jaimes and Gracie, over for a few hours. They played and ate lunch. They really enjoyed each other's company. But as you can see from the bottom picture, it didn't keep Vivi out of mischief!


I took this shot from the kitchen while I was cleaning up dishes. What am I going to do with this girl?!