Show and Tell Tuesday | What's In a Name

I am linking up with Andrea from Momfessionals for Show and Tell Tuesday! We are sharing "what's in a name" today and I'm going to focus on my two babies - Jillian Harper and Noodle!

Jillian Harper is my baby girl that was born sleeping on April 2, 2014 - You can read about her by following the links listed here! When we found out we were pregnant we immediately started thinking of baby names - for boys and girls. My husband is Jonathan and me being Jacqueline we are often referred to as J&J. We knew before we even thought of having kids that we wanted to name our child something that starts with J. We found out we were having a baby girl at about 15 weeks and knew we would name her Jillian Harper within a few hours.

For as long as I remember I have loved the name Harper - but that obviously doesn't start with a J, so I wanted it to be our daughter's middle name. In going through the hundreds of J names for girls Jonathan and I agreed on only about 4. We disagreed on about 400. We discussed our top 3-4 names and decided that Jillian Harper was a beautiful name, and it was perfect for our little one.

I was living in Blacksburg for the summer when I decided I was going to get a puppy. My roommate at the time told me of dogs that were being adopted out of the Virginia Tech Vet School so I thought I'd go see them. Going into it I had no intention of getting a dog, but after seeing Noodle I knew that he was going to be mine! I confirmed that I would pick him up the next morning, and went to get everything you need for a puppy!

I picked up the cage, toys, food, bowls, and a leash. I knew I needed to get him a collar with a tag, but for that I would need a name. After discussing dog names with my friends I landed on Noodle. While at the time everyone thought I was crazy and had other suggestions, I knew this was a perfect name for him. I thought of it because from the first time I saw him he was flopping around like a wet noodle. He is my first born and baby - even though he will be 9 years old later this month!