Our Little Bundle of LUK

Lucy Una Kleczka.

PuddleMama and I agreed very early on a girl name. We both just really liked Lucy (note, it is just Lucy, not Lucille or Luciana.) It means "Light" which is appropriate in many obvious ways that need no in-depth explanation.

Lucy was also born "sunny-side up." She was looking up as she shot out of the birth canal (which is not ideal, and makes for a more difficult birth.) I say my little angel wanted to be looking up towards the "light" of heaven from the moment she was born. I guess you could also argue she just didn't want to be looking (smelling) towards well.... the other direction. The little angel is no doubt the light of my life.

After being pretty sure Lucy would be named Lucy we thought about a middle name. I really liked the idea of Lucy having the initials "LUK." I have been calling her Lucky about 40% of the time now (Lucy 40% and random sweet names like "sweetheart" the remaining 20%.) "Lucky" is also appropriate for being born around St. Patrick's Day. Lucy has some Irish blood as well, and "Una" is an Irish name meaning "One." It has been pointed out we are numbering our children. If we have a boy next, odds-on-favorite for middle name is "Deuce." Have you ever known a Deuce you didn't like?! This system works out well the more kids we end up having- One, drive Four and Five to school please. Three is sick and two went all the way to the market for roast beef (wheeeeee!)

Unfortunately (and we actually realized this might be an issue a few weeks ago) Lucy sounds an awful lot like "Clancy" (PuddleDoggy.) Earlier tonight Lucy was on a blanket on the floor for tummy-time and I was saying "Lucy look over here!" Clancy ran back and fourth between every window in the house. "Lucy look over here!" = "Clancy, who's here?" in dog speak. Using "Lucky" helps alleviate this problem a little bit anyway. (I'll write another blog post soon on PuddleDoggy's reaction to all of this, which has been surprising in good ways.)

All this writing about Lucky makes me want to go pick her up and stare at her for awhile. More soon...