This is a tongue-in-cheek love letter to my growing family, better known as The J Crew. You can read about our life as a family of four in suburban Austin but - let's face it - this blog is really about our babies.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
1 and Counting
Jonathan and I made the most horrifying discovery this past weekend. We were lazing about the morning in our hotel room, flipping through channels and looking for something on which we might burn a few brain cells. Well, we found it.
I haven't paid much attention to the family that keeps on growing. You know the one. 17, 18, and now 19 and counting...and this is not tallying second generation spawn so their family is probably bordering on 35 and counting. They seem to have impossible reproductive systems. They are basically gremlins who fell into the Atlantic.
The tragedy is not that this family exists. The tragedy is they took our idea.
I would like you to refer to the name of this blog. You see, we are both Js and thought it would be the perfect blend of adorable and geeky to name our daughter a J name. I don't think I am officially allowed to disclose the name yet (Jonathan is the name police) however let's just say not only did the gremlins take our idea, but one of their 70 children has OUR NAME.
Look at all of these Js. Guess which one of these mutants stole our name.
It's not like the Duggars can dissuade us of our brilliant and creative plan, but it's just disconcerting to know that we are following in the footsteps of these folks. And, if I'm being honest, watching this show for 15 minutes made me wildly uncomfortable. The children staged a staged variety show/dinner theater for their parents, and the parents addressed each other in a way that made my skin crawl. The production was so contrived that you could basically see the producers mouthing the words to the biblical songs off to the side of their makeshift stage the way a ballet teacher twirls along with their pint-sized ballerinas during their first recital...except then the ballet instructor leaps on stage and shoves her pupils aside to perform her very own Swan Lake. After furiously turning in circles completely unaware of her surroundings and dancing like her tutu is on fire, she looks up and realizes what she's done. That's how I felt when I watched the Duggars in action. Ashamed. Sad. Embarrassed.
So, here we are. 1 and counting. We only have 18 more to go.
DON'T change her name because of them! 1) Not that many people watch that crazy show or will know about the impostor, 2) It's a fad and no one will remember by the time she is about 2 years old, 3) it's so cute and perfect that you're all Js.
Haha we won't! We were just slightly horrified. I fear that, while Josie is not a hugely common name now, 2015 is going to bring a flock of them. Thank you for your kind words. J cubed we shall remain!
DON'T change her name because of them! 1) Not that many people watch that crazy show or will know about the impostor, 2) It's a fad and no one will remember by the time she is about 2 years old, 3) it's so cute and perfect that you're all Js.
ReplyDeleteHaha we won't! We were just slightly horrified. I fear that, while Josie is not a hugely common name now, 2015 is going to bring a flock of them. Thank you for your kind words. J cubed we shall remain!
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