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Mom was relaxing on the couch one night and the Pie was watching youtube videos. She came across "Baby Names I Love But..." and we laughed hysterically as a sweet gal shared her list of baby names she would not be giving her little one. The next video, suggested of course, featured another youtuber sharing her top ten baby names. She went on about imagining a little so and so... and "couldn't you just see a blah blah coming up the stairs?"


We were hooked. Mom thought..... why would anyone want to watch these? Then proceeded to view at least eight more. One that really held our attention was a young woman who started her video with, "I'm just going to say names. See how they make you feel." This one stuck.

We don't study the history of names. We don't research the meaning of names. We simply enjoy the way a name makes us feel.

We are learning how to be techie! (it can make your head spin) We've started a youtube channel, an instagram account, we tweet a Baby Name OTD.

Perhaps our sweetest discovery is that an entire community of "namers" exists!

We are learning so much & we'd love to share.

Welcome to Mom and the Pie!

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