Thank you SO much for the hundreds of name suggestions you gave me through my blog, Twitter, Facebook and email. I loved so many of them. (And MUCH thanks to Holly Murdock for the beautiful photos she took of my little puppy.)
She ended up getting microchipped today and so we needed to come up with a name.
And I am rather embarrassed to tell you what it is.
So, let’s just get it over with, shall we?
We…um…named her…
Pinkie.
I know.
But let me explain.
My older son had his heart SET on a name and well…he totally manipulated us by teaching it to Butterlump. And when you have your little 2-year-old that your sun rises and sets by come up to you and say in the most adorable voice… “Mama…I just WUV Pinkie so much!” And then you see him petting your adorable blinking cotton ball saying, “I wuv you Pinkie!”.
We tried to suggest other names, we really did. “Aaron, what about Poppy?” “No, Mama! PINKIE!”
It was too much for us and we caved.
Besides…she has the most perfectly baby pink ears, pads and you can still see some of her delicate pink skin come through her coat.
And she is as tiny as a pinky, so there is that.
(Can you tell I am justifying myself as much as possible?)
Thing is, the name is actually growing on me. It seems to fit her more every day. And since we also got it for Butterlump to have a pal when he gets a little older as there is a 10-year age difference between him and Christopher, I thought going with the name he insisted on was the way to go.
I have to go cuddle with my two little ones right now. Butterlump has a fever and is having a hard time so he is up late and poor Pinkie had a microchip implanted and was vaccinated and so she is in a lot of pain.
Pinkie.
Oh, well.
I love her to bits and pieces.
And hey, at least it wasn’t Renesmee…right?
Sigh.
James does fight dirty >.> Watch out or your next pet will end up named “The Brain”.
Adorable puppy though :) And the name will seem less strange as you go.
I hope Aaron gets better soon! And that you continue healing up.
Love to you and yours,
Mila
Oj I think it’s sweet. Except for the part where James used his powers for evil ;)
It’s not terrible – call her Pinkie Tuscadero and it becomes cool. :)
Yes! I was going to say Pinky Tuscadero (Fonzie’s girlfriend) too! Or one of the Pink Ladies.
Meh. My second son has the name he has because my then-three-year-old first son insisted that what we’d been calling the anony-blob in my belly prior to The Big Ultrasound remain the baby’s name.
Yes, really. It’s even funnier if you know the name but I don’t name my kids on my blog, so…I’ll tell you on the facespace if you’re really dying to know :)
Pinkie. Haha!
Your older son so completely has your number… :-)
With our dogs, we always had an official name for pedigree, etc that was on their papers, and then called them something different at home. You could do that? Maybe? But now she will always be Pinkie. Are you home today, then? I can bring the bed by. Luf u. (ann)
I think it’s just best if I keep my mouth shut. Pinkie it is. And no matter what, she is a terminally adorable little fluffball.
With 3 Yorkshires I know just what you went through. We could not name our last one, Jo Jo, she is getting fixed as I write this. Took us so long she was answering to “itty bitty” and “little dog”. So, Pinky it is, no problem! By the way you will not recognize me as I found your site at Neptunas Lex and am looking for something to fill that void and I kind of like yours however I’ve only been here a couple of times. L
Aw, that’s actually a totally cute name. You wanted something that didn’t “quite” fit, right? It’s unexpected but not vicious like Killer or something.
She is beautiful!! I am so happy for you!!!
Pinkie is cute!!!
Just tell everyone it’s short for Mr. Pink ;)
Please for the love of all that is holy or unholy, DO NOT CARRY THE DOG, the have legs for a reason and they are not accessories… Let her walk, it’ll do her the most good. Legs are meant for walking not dangling from your arm
Invader Trent
also booze is meant for drinking…. but for shizz, make the dog walk
now you just need to get her a side kick named the brain :) or is that your son? sorry! its all i could think about when i read this…
“what are we doing tonight Brain?”
“same thing we do ever night pinky, try to take over the world..”
~Anne
its perfect. :)
All I can think of when I hear Pinkie is “She’s to pure to be pink”, so I think her name should be Sandy. :)
The name fits her perfectly, she’s a cutie. I had to laugh when you said at least it wasn’t Renesme though, because I just had a baby girl, and when I was pregnant whenever somebody asked what we were going to name her I told them “Renesme”. We got a lot of “Oh how sweet” comments mixed with an “are you kidding me?!” expression. It was funny.
We really named her Daphne though, we keep our baby names a secret until after the baby is born.