Lucy, the Dog

When naming Lucy, we never considered another girl name at all. We joked what we would name her twin (that my mom knew was undoubtedly there, since I was so huge). But, honestly, we had been talking about names long before pregnancy. It was a fun pastime and I liked to dream about our future together, as a family.

I grew up watching ‘I Love Lucy.’ To this day, it is still my number one show. Hilarious! If you haven’t seen it, shame on you. It is not only hilarious and well written, but it is a piece of our pop-culture history! I love Lucille Ball and have collected many items based on the show. So, for me, it seemed pretty obvious to name my daughter Lucy. It was adorable and classic. It seems like older names are coming back too – even more reason! When I told Heath, he liked it too. Then, he watched the show and found a love for Lucille Ball as well (except for her crying, “Whaaa”- haha). It was a sure thing at that point.

Today, roaming blogs and the usual social networks, my sister-in-law turned me onto another blog. It was about getting in shape; sending me there was stemmed by my post yesterday about my momma body. I read it and enjoyed it greatly. I even started following it! But then…I read about the blogger. She was adorable, inspiring, straight-forward, had a great husband, and then…..bum, bum, bum,….her dog’s name is Lucy.

Uggghh…..I literally raise my eyebrows and curl my mouth at the side in disturbance when I think about it.

Lucy isn’t a dog’s name….oh, alright, it isn’t the worst dog name I’ve ever heard; but, it is my baby girl’s name! Have you ever had that happen to you? A dog has the same name as your child? I don’t even know what to think. When people hear ‘Lucy’ do they think, “Oh that’s a dog’s name?”

At least it was a cute dog.