If anyone has seen the movie Courageous, I borrowed a scene from the movie. I do not own anything except the characters you do not recognize and all credit for the scene I borrowed goes to the writers and director of that movie.
Enjoy!
A couple of hours later everyone is rested up. After Jason put Olivia down for a nap, he and Taylor went home for a nap themselves. Both sets of parents went home for a nap also, while Jon and Alexa went upstairs.
Now everyone is back at Jon and Alexa's house for baked potatoes, corn, and roast and to pick baby names.
"Auntie 'Lexa? When are we gonna pick names for my cousins?" Olivia asks.
"Well, actually love, Uncle Jon and I have already picked some names." Alexa tells her.
The preschooler frowns. "But what about us?"
"Uncle Jon and I want you to pick a name, Grama and Grapa will pick a name, and Mimi and Papa will pick a name. Then Uncle Jon and I will use those as middle names. Does that sound like a job you could do?"
"I get to pick a middle name all by myself? Yeah I can do that!"
"Alright! Well let's go sit down and we'll tell you our names." Alexa and Jon sit down as do the others.
"Okay, we already have two names picked out. But we need a third because like we said, we thought we were only having twins."
"We want to name one baby after Macey." Jon says, directing this toward his parents. Macey was his younger sister.
When Jon was 13 and Macey was 9 and a half, Macey, her best friend Savannah, and Savannah's mom were driving back from the movies. It was during the summertime and they had gotten caught in a thunderstorm. Savannah's mom was trying to navigate through the water in an intersection. A drunk driver came barreling through and hit them on Macey's side. She died on impact.
"That's a wonderful idea, son." Daniel says while Anna nods in agreement.
"Well, we wanted to spell it a different way. We wanted to spell it M-a-i-c-e-e. Make it unique."
"Yes, that sounds good. What about the other name?"
"Actually I've always loved the name Mckenzie. But I also loved the spelling M-a-c-k-e-n-z-i-e."
Jon writes that name down also and then looks his girlfriend. "We need a third name, babe."
"Why doesn't everyone choose a name and then we'll decide?" Alexa suggests.
"But you said you would use our names as middle names, Auntie 'Lexa." Olivia reminds her.
"Well we'll choose those in minute. What do you think we should name the third baby, Livie?"
"I like the name 'Carson'." Olivia says. Alexa writes the name in a slip of paper.
Anna takes a piece of paper and writes the name 'Sophia/Sofia' on it and adds it to the pile.
"I like the name 'Isabella'." David says. He writes the name down and adds it to the pile.
"How about 'Madelyn'?" Jon suggests.
Jason adds the name 'Cortlynn' and Taylor adds the names, 'Emma', 'Kynleigh', and 'Joyanna'.
"Okay, we have Isabella, Carson, Sophia, Madelyn, Emma, Kynleigh, Joyanna, and Cortlynn. Let's put the names in this cup and then we will pull one out. Whatever name it is will be the one we pick." Alexa says. She puts the slips in the cup and shakes it.
"Alright, why don't…you Livie choose a name?"
"Okay!" Olivia sticks her hand into the cup.
"No peeking, Liv. And only take one." Olivia grabs a piece of paper and hands it to Alexa.
"The third name will be Madelyn. I love it. Now for the middle names. Olivia what do you think Madelyn's middle name should be?"
"Hmmm." Olivia taps her chin in thought. "How about Hope? So she can have the same name as me!"
"Sweetie, Autnie 'Lexa might not want to repeat your name." Taylor tells her daughter.
"No, that's okay. I think Hope would be wonderful. I love the name." Alexa says. "If that's okay with you, Tay?"
"That's fine with me. I like the sound of it."
Alexa nods. "What do you think Jon? Madelyn Hope Johnson."
"I think it sounds great. It'd be a great way to honor Mackenzie, Maicee, and Madelyn's best aunt." He tickles the preschooler's tummy causing her to giggle.
"Uncle Jon, I'm their only aunt."
"Oh, yeah. That's right. I forgot." He replies, winking at Jason and Taylor.
Daniel and Anna picks next. "We like the name Joy. Maybe Mackenzie Joy Johnson?"
"Great! Now we need a middle name for Maicee." Alexa says.
"We like the name Elizabeth. It was my mother's name." Isabel says. "Maicee Elizabeth Johnson."
"I love it. What do you think, Jon?"
"I think you guys picked wonderful names. And now it's time to eat! Into the kitchen everyone."
Everyone piles into the kitchen for dinner.
"Momma, I wanna say grace, p'ease." Olivia says.
"Okay, baby. Go ahead." Everyone holds hands and then Liv starts.
"Thank you, God, for this food we are 'bout to eat." She says. "And thank for for giving me three lil' cousins to p'ay with. Please watch over my family." Olivia adds, not quite understanding that she's supposed to save that last bit for bedtime.
"That was very good, baby." Taylor smiles. "Now, what would you like to eat? Do you wants some corn and roast?"
"Yes, p'ease!"
After dinner, the family parts ways and Jon and Alexa discuss what they need to get for Maddie.
Is this story just not interesting? Please review on this! It'll keep me motivated!
Now you know where Maicee's first and middle name come from. I will have more with Olivia.
What do you think? Should I give Olivia a baby brother or sister? It would only be one baby and would be kind of a side thing to Jon, Alexa, and the triplets.
Let me know!