Amanda Elizabeth Barden

Baby Names Inspired by Olympic Athletes I always enjoy watching the Olympics. I'm a sports fan in general, so watching the world's best athletes come together and compete in the Olympics is right up my alley. Sports-viewing is also prime baby name inspiration territory. Sporty Girl Baby Name Ideas Some of my favorites girl names from the 2022 Winter Olympics are:...

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Winter Olympic Baby Name Ideas Baby Names Inspired by Olympic Athletes I always enjoy watching the Olympics. I’m a sports fan in general, so watching the world’s best athletes come together and compete in the Olympic…

If you're adding a baby to your family this Christmas, then your holiday will be filled with blessings. Here are some Christmas-themed baby name ideas.

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Christmas Baby Names Christmas is a joyful time of year. If you’re adding a baby to your family, then your Christmas is full of even more blessings than usual. If the idea of giving your Christmas baby a Christma…

I've always loved names with space-themed meanings and astronomy connections. Estelle, Jericho, and Orion are three of my favorites.

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Space-Themed Baby Names | Astronomy Names One of my favorite books growing up was a coffee table book full of space images. It completely captured my imagination. I remember spending hours and hours looking through every page over and over…

I'm reading Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild for the first time. Any fans out there? I've wanted to read it ever since You've Got Mail mentioned it (so it's been in my TBR pile for a very long time...). When giving advice to a customer in her bookshop, Kathleen Kelly says, “I’d start with Ballet Shoes first, it’s my favorite.” She conveyed so much love for the book, I knew I wanted to read it....

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Book-Inspired Names: Paulina, Petrova, and Posy (Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild) I’m reading Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild for the first time. Naturally, I’m intrigued by the names. In the first chapter we meet the main characters as babies – Paulina, Petro…