I clearly put my niece in a completely compromising position. By the term "compromising" I am referring to this situation. For months now Ana has successfully kept Aunt Manda's and Uncle Dereje's secret regarding the name of their unborn child. I repeat, FOR MONTHS, Megan has relentlessly nagged her child regarding my baby's name...and today the girl just broke.
There was no scene, no threat to take away any toy from her, no noogieing of her curly little mop of a head...instead, there was a simple question from Megan as they were driving. One that Ana had heard many times and had each time given the faithful answer "BAH" said with such emphasis that one could only assume that nobody would name their child after the sound that a sheep makes.
Well, today on that fateful drive to Kmart Megan decided to spend their 3 minutes driving to the freaking store as another chance to "torture" her daughter by continually asking what Aunt Manda's baby's name is. This time, she chose to ask the question while I was on the phone with her...this is a simple technique to not only torture Ana, but to, at the same time, annoy me (effectively killing two birds with one stone). What I heard from Ana's mouth both shocked and horrified me. It was clear that she had cracked. She just couldn't keep her cool for another 2 months. Instead, she very plainly said: "Saba".
And that's the baby's name.
Saba (MIDDLE NAME OMITTED UNTIL BIRTH) Brockhagen
Ana and I have effectively cried UNCLE
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you are crazy telling a two year old a secret...guess you know what will happen if you tell her anymore! it is like sah-bah, or say-bah?
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