Update -- Bryce

Naming him Laman Lemuel would be great expectations-control, too. That way, if he's not a holy terror, everyone would be sort of pleasantly surprised. Unlike if you name your kid Moroni, in which case everyone's always disappointed that he's not raising titles of liberty and/or shaking the powers of hell.

Update -- Torrey

We could cut and paste from the dictionary, starting with “Mal . . .”

Maybe just naming him Laman Lemuel Lowder would simplify things. 

xoxoxo

Dad

Update -- Connie

Being mean to siblings:  Malicious 

Not feeling well:  Malady or Malaise or Malaria

When lying:  Malarkey

You don't like his girlfriend:  Maleficent 

Favorite breed of cat, dog, and falcon:  Maltese

***This may be fun, but it's too easy--I'm starting to get nervous.... :) :)

Update -- Kevin

If he breaks the computer it'll be Mal-ware, if he has a rough transition you can say he's Mal-adapted. This could be very entertaining.

Update -- Haley

And when he needs a new diaper we can say it "Mal-functioned." Sold. 

Update -- Bryce

Oh man, with "Mal-content," you may have permanently sold the name, Mom.

"Oh Schmidt, it's Christmas!" . . . Round 2. :)

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Round 1: From Bryce's Blog, November 2008

(For your entertainment.)

BRYCE

"A Jon Schmidt Christmas"

That's a real album, and Haley and I probably listened to it thirty thousand times today, give or take a few thousand. We like the CD (clearly), but we thought the name was lacking. Here are some of our recommendations:

"Jon's Greatest Christmas Schmidts"
"Christmas... and Schmidt"
"A Pretty Schmidt-y Christmas"
"We Wish You a Schmidt-y Christmas"
"We're Not Schmidt-ing You: It's Christmas!"
"Schmidt Versions of Your Favorite Carols"
"A Schmidt-load of Christmas"
"Oh Schmidt! It's Christmas!"

The moral of the story is that we're both very grown up and mature. 

False. But you know you laughed. If you have any suggestions, feel free to comment. Maybe we'll email Jon the list. :)

CONNIE

Oh, my gosh! Dad and I were just roaring over that one!!!!! Excellent entertainment for sure. Dad suggested "It's beginning to look a lot like Schmidt" and "Frosty, the Schmidt-man" so, as you can clearly see, you should not ask for his suggestions ever again. I was trying to come up with a clever way to incorporate "Weiner Schmidtzel"...but that's just me.

SHELLI

Deck the Halls with Schmidt
Christmas Schmidt for the Holidays
Stockings Full of Schmidt
Schmidt! Schmidt! Schmidt!
Dashing Through the Schmidt
Baby, There's Schmidt Outside

I'm not okay.

CONNIE

Oh, my Shelli....Honestly! I just keep laughing out loud about your answers. Why is it that we can't just let it go by and not HAVE to add our own little jingles??? Not one of us is okay.

"I love mother, she loves me,
We love daddy, yessiree,
He loves us, but you can see, 
We are a sick, sick family."

SHAUNA

"Have a holly jolly Schmidtmas" 
"Rudolph The Schmidt-nosed Reindeer" hahaha!! =]
"I Heard the Schmidt on Christmas Day"

Update -- Connie

I went straight to 'Malcom in the Middle'....without ever having watched that show.  :)  So I was thinking YAY!! They're going to have at least 5 children!!  hahaha  And then I went to shortening it...Mal?  As a nickname?  So then I thought what fun we could have when he was fussy, by starting in with Mal-content....and going on from there.  :)  I think there is no end to the mischief one could get into with almost ANY name, so our purpose here it to weed out only the most audacious, spirit-harming ones, right?  :)  

I too feel bad about the beating we gave the name Auden, but I was truly worried about my beautiful granddarling being referred to as the "Odd 'n"....but seeing that name in print, I do admit that it is quite lovely.  

I forgot all about the Evan issue.  Good for me.  :)

I 100% agree with Dad, though--if BOTH parents truly love a name, then have at it and we will love it forever!!  

On another subject:  our church is now at 11, so let's work around that and SKYPE!!  :)

Even if we need to do it on Saturday, or whenever....we don't have to have a long session, but we really want to stay close to our far-away beloveds--large and small!  :)  We ALWAYS want to skype/visit/talk on the phone, so you kids call us when you can and the answer will be YES.  :)  YES YES YES YES YES!!!!  

Sure love you and hope you are all doing GREAT!  Good luck with all your 'stuff', stay close to the Lord in every way, and take wonderful care of each other!  "Those are the words!"  :)

Love forevermore,

Mom