A few days ago, I put John's hand on the upper part of my belly for him to feel what is the very hard rear end of the baby. He asked, "Well, if that's the baby's bottom, where is his head?!" I showed him that the head was down low. He was shocked that the baby was upside down. (John and Mary were breech until a few weeks before their births, so I have been quite relieved that this baby has been firmly vertex for a while now.)
Well, this bit of information must have made an impression on him because today when Chris took John out to run errands, John informed him out of the blue:
"Daddy, the new baby is upside down, just like St. Peter who asked the soldiers to crucify him upside down!"
Pretty good associations for a four-year-old! Maybe we should add "Peter" to our list of names being considered.
That's really precious, and makes for a great story. I love the name Peter, by the way. It happens to be my father-in-law's name, and as you know, he's a great man. It was hot on our list if our baby is a boy, but my father-in-law actually told us that he'd prefer it used as a middle name to honor him if we were to use it at all b/c he's always thought it was too confusing to have two people of the same name in the same family (especially living together) still alive! After all he has done for us, I think we'll honor that :-) But I think it would've been my first choice for a boy!
ReplyDeleteI love the name Peter too. It would totally be on our list if I didn't have a brother with that name...
ReplyDeleteBut yes, that is a hysterical association John made. Love this story!