High 5--Take 5---I've Got 5!!!!!

I have included their name and their birth order number.

This post is far removed from my 

usual ramblings.

I have reason though!

I have had several readers ask me

about my children...

or more specifically their names!

Ha! Those are questions  I've been 

asked for years. I am use to it!

I have given you fair warning.

You can quit reading now!

My oldest--Fielding Jourdan Lucas.

I had a lady write me that had a son named Fielding.

Not only that, but her name was Laurie (close to mine!!).

Her son's name was a family name.

Not so with our Fielding.

It was just a name I loved.

There are a few stories behind his name.

My husband was a baseball player.

He played in college.

He loves the game. 

We went over all kind of baseballish names.

We debated great players and their names.

But there was a reason we didn't like every name we came up with.

It was our firstborn. We wanted a very special name!

My husband played catcher. Forever.

Catcher Lucas just wasn't doing it for us!!

Then we came up with Fielding.....you know....

like fielding a baseball?????

Then there was the little fact we were living in 

Houston, Texas

when he was born.

We aren't just Okie's,

we are BIG TIME SOONERS.

Sooner born and Sooner bred....

And our son was going to take his first breath(s)

in Texas.

Hmmmm.

We figured out a way to 

counter

that "problem".

We chose the name Jordan for his middle name.

My hometown (which was also the hometown of Hubby's parents)

was at one time named

Jordan Valley.

We were far far from Jordan Valley.

So we used Jordan....because it made us think of home.

THEN we figured out if we added a U

then we had a little bit of the OU Sooners in Texas.

So he became Fielding Jourdan Lucas!

Fielding has been called Fi, Field, and Tex

(because of the Texas birth thing!!!).

He is 29 and my only married child.

He and his wife Kelly are expecting 

their first child

in March.

I can't wait to hear the name!!

(Keep reading, the rest of them won't be so wordy).

Annabelle Caitlin Lucas

Annie is 28. She is named after my 

grandmother Annabelle.

They never met, as my grandmother was gone

before Fielding was even born.

Funny thing was that Elizabeth 

is...and was...

my all time favorite girls name.

We had Elizabeth picked out for her

the entire pregnancy 

(if she were a girl...as we did not know).

And we named her Elizabeth.

For two days.

Then without even discussing it I told my Hubby

that she did not really seem

like an Elizabeth.

She was an Annabelle.

He told me that he had been thinking 

the same thing.

Only he thought she was an Annie.

So we changed it.

And we have never regretted it

for an instant.

She is pure Annie...or Annabelle.

I realize there are a lot of Caitlin's 

out there, 

BUT

28+ years ago, I did not know one person 

with that named.

It was a beautiful Irish name

and that was an homage to my 

Flanagan grandparents.

My grandfather that was married to (his) Annie

loved the name Annie Laurie...

and he wanted someone to 

use the name 

Annie Laurie 

to represent our Scottish side.

With the popularity of Caitlin,

I wish I had named her Annie Laurie.

But we have called her many other beautiful names..

Annie, AB, Belle, AnnieCaitie and of course

Annabelle.

Number 3 is Taylor Clancy Lucas.

Taylor is 26 years old.

When we chose the name Taylor we had not 

heard many people with that name.

And the ones we had heard were all males.

My intention for months and months 

was to name her 

Taylor Elizabeth (finally using my favorite name).

I said if anyone ever asked me if 

Elizabeth Taylor 

was my favorite actress

I would not name her

Taylor Elizabeth.

Well Taylor was almost 3 weeks overdue.

And in that last few days of overdueness (new word)

someone asked me that question.

So on the day of Taylor's birth

she became 

Taylor Clancy.

Another homage to my Irish roots.

I love Clancy.

She loves Clancy.

We often ask each other 

why we didn't just name her Clancy.

Yes, I know people think that is a boys name too.

Taylor Clancy.

My girl with a boy's name......

and it doesn't bother her in the least.

Our number 4 is

Coulter Ferguson Lucas.

I know, I know.

What's with all these surnames????

People ask us that every day.

It is a name that fits him as well.

It is big and rugged.

Just like him.

We knew one other person (that was my age)

named Coulter.

I loved that name.

Of course we had to put the OU 

in there instead of just Colter.

It's a Sooner thing.

Ferguson was my maiden name

and I very much wanted to use it

on one of my children.

I was going to use it even if #4 was a girl.

I know. I know. 

Me and those surnames!!

We have heard a few babies lately

named Coulter.

But they usually leave the U 

out of the name. And one even was with a K instead of C.

But we have never heard a 23 year old (his age)

with that name.

That makes him happy.

Coulter has loved his very individual name.

He is a one-of-a-kind and his name matched that!

And then there is the baby.

Luke Timouthy Lucas.

Number 5.

Luke Lucas.

Believe me. That confuses everyone.

Twenty-two years ago Luke was the tie-breaker.

(Two boys. Two girls.....then Luke).

We chose to not know his sex until he was born.

We had two names picked out.

Claiborne Elizabeth

or

Cimarron Ford. 

The Claiborne was the girls version of my Hubby's middle name of Clayton. (You know the Elizabeth part!!)

Cimarron was a unique name and I thought if we called him

Cim, it would rhyme with Tim (Hubby).

Ford was also a unique name and would let 

Coulter Ferguson 

and 

Cimarron Ford

have the same initials.

Which worked out well since they are exactly a year apart.

Then Luke decided to 

be born in the car.

On the Cimarron Expressway.

In a Ford.

At the time I was grateful to my husband 

for delivering Luke safely.

I was also worried that the name and the situation

would be too much of a story.

I caved.

I let Hubby name him.

It was totally Hub's idea to go with 

Luke Lucas.

Timouthy was from Hubs name.

The spelling was to keep up that OU Sooner

being in the middle of each boy's name.

Of all the unusual names, it is Luke's name 

that probably gets the most talk.

People think that Luke Lucas is just .....

a very different name!

You can read about Luke's very unusual entrance

into the world here 

and here.

We have heard every comment

you can imagine

about the names.

Someone told us we have 

scraped the bottom of the bucket(s)

for the names.

We have had people actually have 

fits of laughter.

We have had all kinds of statements

about using the surnames...

and a boys name for a girl.

People that don't know us are always saying

Lucas Fielding, Lucas Taylor, Lucas Coulter or

Lucas Lucas. 

Annie lucked out on that! She just got the 'old-fashion' name.

If you notice from the pictures

of the children,

they go brunette-blonde-brunette-blonde-brunette.

People like to comment on that too.

One time when we were out eating

with all the children (and they were small)

the (then) governor of Kansas

stopped and asked us about 

all the gang.

She even commented about the names.

She asked us how we got brunettes and blondes

that are so different in looks.

(I really thought if she would just look at Hubs 

and myself

that question would be answered!)

When Fielding was still 2 he had

two little sisters.

By the time he was 4 or 5 

he would pray every night

that God would send him

11 brothers!

He did not get all 11, but he was happy with the 

two he got.

My children are not only close 

in age,

but close to each other.

They still like to get together

to eat, play games,

eat, compete,

eat, reminisce,

eat and eat.

There were days I thought

would never end,

but 

like all mother's know,

the days go by

in the blink of an eye.

I give

daily thanks

that God gave me 5 children...

to name.....

and raise.

And no matter 

how weird. Or odd.

Or bottom-of-the-bucket

people think my children's names are...

I am eternally grateful

that they call me Mom.