Just a fun little post about how we came up with our little fella's name...contain your excitement. As a Kindergarten teacher, I am very cautious about certain names. Certain names bring up memories, perhaps not the best, of students past. I also didn't want a name that was too popular. My husband was also very picky about names. I loved almost all names that ended with 'an, 'en, 'in...IE- Aidan, Braden, Logan, etc.. He hated all of those names... Who knows? So, when we started talking boy names, we quickly had it narrowed down to the following; Eli, Cooper, and Xander. Well, I eliminated Xander because of the Buffy reference. Then one day we were discussing Eli and Cooper and this scene from one of my favorite movies popped into my head...
I started saying Coop-a-Loop. That was the precise moment, my son was named. Silly I know. We are all about the nicknames though and this one was gonna stick, I could tell. Selling the name further was our affinity for Mario Brothers. Losers, right? Then it occurred to me that we could have a Coopa Troopa...
Images of our little guy in my uterus throwing shells around, also stuck. Cooper was SUPER active, he constantly kicked and moved around, so it made sense that he had shells in there bouncing around. I also began looking for clothes that would further these images...
Those aren't even all of the turtle apparel that this boy has.
We use Coop-a-Loop a lot! Super Cooper, Coopa Troop, Sir Coops A Lot, Mr. A-Loop, Coop, Coopie...poor kid doesn't stand a chance.
Fallible Mommy Moment: Choosing to name him something that rhymes with Pooper.
