Okay, I half lied. I said I'd skip the introduction, but I'll take any opportunity I can to show off my kid, so....
This is Blakely. The realist in me says I probably shouldn't put her name out there but I can't really explain her story without it. She goes by several nicknames -- "Baby B", "Blake", "Bay-bay", "Bee". She won't let you call her "B-Nez" though. She thinks you're calling her "penis" and is highly offended.
I had B's name chosen before I ever even knew her father. Hell, before I ever lost my virginity. When I was fifteen, a friend and I were sitting in history class chit-chatting about what we would name our kids, someday. I knew I wanted to name her after my grandparents in some way, but I didn't know how. (Side note -- my grandmother and grandfather raised me basically from birth and are who I consider my parents... but we'll get way more into that another time).
At the time, I was babysitting a little girl named "Rosee" -- her name was part of her father's (Rob) and her mother's (Kensee). My granny's name is Paula Inez, and my grandfather's was Roger Blake. I had all sorts of random nonsense I was trying to put together - "Rogala" may or may not have been a final contender for the longest time, hahaha.
Then one day while babysitting, the neighbor girl my age knocked on the front door and introduced herself as "Blakeli". DINGDINGDING. A girly way to use my grandfather's middle name, and then my granny's! (Thank the Lord, because I reallllly didn't want to have to name my kid Inez). Blakely Inez then came to be. And then, like, seven years later, the real Blakely Inez was born.
Today, B is three and has grown into such an amazing, smart little girl. She's constantly moving, always wanting to learn. I work full-time on the night shift and I harbor a lot of guilt about being sleepy during the day, but I have tried to start getting her more active in something, whether it be a trip to the library, visiting a museum, or even just working on her sight words or playing with Play-Doh. I'll do my best to post pictures on here but, like I said before, I suck at this so....
We'll see.
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