My grandmother tells a story about her grandchildren. She explains the arrival of her nine grandchildren in meteorological terms: she had a constant, steady drip of grandchildren coming in regular intervals and then it started pouring...when several came within a few months of each other.
Following that storyline, there's been a flood of great-grandchildren this year. One great is 8 years old...then there was a l-o-n-g drought.... and this year, there are 3 new babies to love. Christmas will be fun.
Meet a little boy with a big 4-name moinker: Joshua Alak Martin (last name omitted). He will be called Alak, pronounced Alec. Why the different spelling? His mother's name is Kala, pronounced Kayla, and Alak is Kala spelled backwards. Cute, huh? Why the different spelling of Kala? That goes back to my great-grandmother whose name was Lala.... pronounced, you got it, Layla.
That's why it's very important to spell your kid's names correctly, folks. One misspelling and you've got five generations of mispronunciations and misspellings as your legacy. But we love them all anyway, and I can appreciate the tip of the hat to family names and heritage and all of that. It's unique and it is special.
Big sister Rhealee welcomed home baby Alak. She was very happy to hold her newborn brother, but she just had to ask afterwards, "he's not going to look like that tomorrow, is he?"I'm sure he'll be changed a bit by the time I can see him at Thanksgiving, but I'm sure he'll be just as sweet as ever!
Congrats Kala, Josh, Rhealee, Gamma, and the rest of the gang!
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