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What's in a name?

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For some reason, and I don't know why, I wanted to talk about why we have the names we have. It may be because of all of the babies being born in my family. Who knows. I have also added for your enjoyment some pictures of us as babies :)

I asked Annette (Chris' mom) why they had picked Christopher. She said that she wished she had a good story, but that is just a name they liked. They did have girl names picked out though. If Chris would have been a girl his name would probably have been Trisha. His middle name is Alan and they do have a story behind that name. Annette was friends with Alan Dixon (the plumber) growing up and Brad was mission companions with him in Mexico. To make a long but good story short, that is how Brad and Annette met.

When I asked my parents about my name, Jenalyn, I was told that they didn't go to the hospital prepared with a name (like most people do now) and my grandma Gunther said to use her best friends name. I was always happy that my grandma kinda named me because she died 6 months after I was born so I never really met her. It gave me some sort of connection to her.


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Gallant Family said…
What a fun idea. I love your name. I've met other "jena's" but they don't have the same name and they usually spell it with two "n's." Btw, those pictures are great.
May 25, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Carrie and Jeff said…
That is a funny picture of Chris---talk about deer in the headlights. So, I guess your children will be blondies when they're little. I can't believe Chris had that light of hair! That is a great idea to tell the stories about your names. I might have to use it someday when I need an idea for a blog.
May 25, 2008 at 11:26 PM
Me said…
Chris as a blonde? Would have never thought! This is a cute idea. You are so creative!
May 26, 2008 at 11:16 AM
destiny said…
Did you know I am related to Alan Dixon? He's my grandpa's cousin or something like that!

What cute baby pictures! This was a really cute post.
May 26, 2008 at 9:52 PM
nelson clan said…
I don't even think that baby looks like Chris. He looks so different. We showed Garrett the pictures a couple of days ago and I just asked him who was the baby girl in the picture, and he said it was baby Jena.
May 29, 2008 at 4:41 PM
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