What is in a name

Jody Laughlin started a conversation on how they came up with their children's names http://thejlaughlins.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-we-came-to-decision.html. So I have decided to add my 2 munchkins to it.

Samantha Rae Jensen Her first name was just something that we liked it was a toss up between Samantha or Sidney. We both liked Samantha better at the time. her middle name comes from her mom which is also her maternal grandfathers middle name but spelled Ray. If Sam was born a boy she would have been named Abraham Michael.

Bubba Jo Jensen well thats what everyone knows him as his real name is Lanny Michael Jensen. When it came time to name our second child the name Abraham just wasn't working for us anymore. we could not agree on a name that we both liked I really like Cole but Kimberly would have nothing to do with that! we kicked around many names Ian, Isaac, Soren (an old family name) but nothing fit. then we thought about having Bub be the 3 generation of Michaels, My Dad's name is Michael Frances, I'm Michael Glenn, and Bubba was almost Michael Lanny, The more i thought of it I really didn't want him to go through the whole big Mike Little Mike thing like I am still going through @ 31 yrs old ( i'm bigger than my pa and still get called little Mike). Dad goes by Mike I go by Mic so that left Mikey (which I hated growing up) or Michael and that sounded just to formal. So we changed it around to Lanny Michael, named after his 2 grandpa's and his pa. Bubba came from Samantha when he was born Sam could not say brother it came out Bubba and it stuck from day one!

My family is big on nick names pretty much if you are around my family long enough you'll end up with one. My younger sister named Candi her's is puggsly why i have no idea. My older sister Named Dawn just got a Y added to it for Dawny, I spent most of my life referred to as Clyde. so it is only fair that my kids ended up with their own nick names. Sam's is Maggoo it started out as Squig because of her hair when she was born she looked like Squiggie off of the Lavern and Sherily's show with her widows peak, then changed to Squigger Maggoo and has ended at just Maggoo. With Bubba you already know the story on that one. hope you enjoyed our ramblings, God bless


Mic