Baby names

This is in no way related to fashion or shopping or Glasgow or anything of that nature, but I wanted to share some of the hilarious baby name suggestions my husband and I received when people found out we were going to have a baby. This is also another shameless excuse for posting another picture of my daughter so I can say, 'see, so cute!'

Anyway, Serena, when you're old enough to read - here is what you could have been called...

My wee nephew thought we should name you:

• Mechanical
• Tiny
• Ivy
• Dynamite
• Fur
• Mammal-Swine 
• Charming
• Jose
• Cry-Cry
• Lisa
• Skyla
• Buck
• Squiggy
• Ernie
• X-Box
• Smiley
• Topal
• Oval
• Burpy

What I want to know is where he came up with Lisa. Seems rather prosaic compared to Buck, Topal and Mammal-Swine. I quite like Dynamite, but I want to spell it like Jimmy Walker said it: 'Dyn-o-mite!' I know that ages me, by the way.

My brother-in-law, not wanting to be outdone by his son, came up with these suggestions:

• Vladimir
• Darius
• Ivan
• Cain
• G-Tastic
• Buffet King (see, this works, because my husband's surname is King)
• Prince
• Shamima
• Edgar
• Afrasia
• Brother X
• Linus
• Franklinstine
• Bootsie
• Swaggart
• Fonzerelli
• Jive Turkey

Serena had already been chosen before these suggestions were made, so she was safe. But if we have another, he'll be called Burpy Buck Brother X for sure.