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Croney

(4,646 posts)
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 11:14 AM Oct 2018

OMG! A baby has been named after me!

My granddaughter just had a baby an hour ago and when I asked my son her name, he said Octavia Gayle! Mine is the second name. I am shocked--SHOCKED, I tell you, by how much this means to me. She is my tenth great-grandchild.

Ok, now I know why people do this. I have a strong urge to give her gifts and favor her forever. Lol

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OMG! A baby has been named after me! (Original Post) Croney Oct 2018 OP
Congratulations! redwitch Oct 2018 #1
Thank you! Croney Oct 2018 #5
My only grandchild, an 11 month grandaughter, empedocles Oct 2018 #2
I can totally relate! Croney Oct 2018 #6
congrats! how wonderful! JuJuYoshida Oct 2018 #3
Thank you! Croney Oct 2018 #7
Wow, Congrats to you and your granddaughter. A wonderful honor. And WOW for 10 great grandchildren! Fla Dem Oct 2018 #4
Thank you! Croney Oct 2018 #8
Julius Caesar named Octavian as his heir. And what happened to old Caesar? JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2018 #9
Haha! Thank you. Croney Oct 2018 #11
Duplicate Croney Oct 2018 #10
Congratulations! Glad she wasn't named Croney MiniMe Oct 2018 #12
Thanks! My user name combines crone and crony. Croney Oct 2018 #13
You are an educated woman MiniMe Oct 2018 #14
On the bright side, when Octavia Gayle votes, Croney Oct 2018 #15
We can always hope MiniMe Oct 2018 #16

redwitch

(14,921 posts)
1. Congratulations!
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 11:17 AM
Oct 2018

What a pretty name! And oh my goodness! TEN great grandchildren? You have truly been blessed, may they all grow up to be fierce defenders of all that is good.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
2. My only grandchild, an 11 month grandaughter,
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 11:27 AM
Oct 2018

honored me by uttering as her first given name of anyone, my name, 'george'. Felt good. Already setting aside college funds for her.

Fla Dem

(23,239 posts)
4. Wow, Congrats to you and your granddaughter. A wonderful honor. And WOW for 10 great grandchildren!
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 11:49 AM
Oct 2018

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,266 posts)
9. Julius Caesar named Octavian as his heir. And what happened to old Caesar?
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 12:45 PM
Oct 2018

So, be careful of spoiling this one.

And beware the ides of March.

Congratulations.

Oh, go ahead and spoil her.

Croney

(4,646 posts)
13. Thanks! My user name combines crone and crony.
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 01:26 PM
Oct 2018

I'm an old crone who wants to be your crony. Or is "old crone" redundant? I guess so. Anyway, I'll be 74 on Veterans Day and I VOTE BLUE.

Croney

(4,646 posts)
15. On the bright side, when Octavia Gayle votes,
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 01:37 PM
Oct 2018

Drumpf's name will be an asterisk to a footnote in a book about bad people. And he'll probably be dead.

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