{"id":924,"date":"2009-03-19T15:45:46","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T20:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theyoungpages.com\/jodis_blog\/?p=924"},"modified":"2009-03-19T15:48:19","modified_gmt":"2009-03-19T20:48:19","slug":"things-you-maybe-didnt-know-about-juniper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theyoungpages.com\/jodis_blog\/?p=924","title":{"rendered":"Things You Maybe Didn’t Know About Juniper"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"juniper\" While our little Junebug is named after my great aunt June, whom I have called “Junie” since I was old enough to talk, we chose to give her the full name Juniper for a few reasons. \u00a01. \u00a0We have a short and boring last name, and June just wasn’t doing anything with it. \u00a02. \u00a0How would you like to be called June when your sisters names are Philippa, Romilly and Beatrix? \u00a0Wait, don’t answer that. \u00a03. An evergreen shrub makes a better name for a February baby than a month of the summer. I<\/em> think.<\/p>\n

Since choosing her name, we have found out a few more interesting little tidbits about it, most of which have made us love it even more.<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0The name Juniper is etymologically related to \u00a0lots of other more, umm… normal names. \u00a0Jennifer, Guinevere, Winifred (a great aunt of Trevor’s, as it happens), and Ginevra (middle name of one of my cabbage patch kids – who knew?) are all different forms of Juniper. \u00a0Juniper is, of course, the best of the bunch.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Gin is made from Juniper berries. \u00a0Thanks very much to our dear missionary friend Jan for pointing this out to us when we told him this was the name we planned on using if we had a girl. \u00a0(This would be the one that doesn’t so much make us love the name more, but what are you going to do?)<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0And then there’s this:
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I shared that we were considering Juniper with my mom very early in the pregnancy, and she said (though she’ll deny this), “You can’t name a baby Juniper. \u00a0It’s a Donovan song.”<\/p>\n

I expected upon googling to find some awful, trippy, drug-induced song that would deeply scar me and forever ruin the name. \u00a0(Maybe something more like this Donovan song<\/a>, which Pippa now loves since we followed the YouTube link from the above. Weird.)<\/p>\n

Anyway, no. \u00a0The lyrics to “Jennifer Juniper”, the song my mom thought we couldn’t possibly allow to be connected to our daughter, are as follows:<\/p>\n

Jennifer Juniper lives upon the hill,
\nJennifer Juniper, sitting very still.
\nIs she sleeping ? I don’t think so.
\nIs she breathing ? Yes, very low.
\nWhatcha doing, Jennifer, my love ?<\/em><\/p>\n


\nJennifer Juniper, rides a dappled mare,
\nJennifer Juniper, lilacs in her hair.
\nIs she dreaming ? Yes, I think so.
\nIs she pretty ? Yes, ever so.
\nWhatcha doing, Jennifer, my love ?
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m thinking of what it would be like if she loved me.
\nYou know just lately this happy song it came along
\nAnd I like to somehow try and tell you.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Jennifer Juniper, hair of golden flax.
\nJennifer Juniper longs for what she lacks.
\nDo you like her ? Yes, I do, Sir.
\nWould you love her ? Yes, I would, Sir.
\nWhatcha doing Jennifer, my love ?
\nJennifer Juniper, Jennifer Juniper, Jennifer Juniper.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Jennifer Juniper vit sur la colline,
\nJennifer Juniper assise trs tranquille.
\nDort-elle ? Je ne crois pas.
\nRespire-t-elle ? Oui, mais tout bas.
\nQu’est-ce que tu fais, Jenny mon amour ?
\nJennifer Juniper, Jennifer Juniper, Jennifer Juniper.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lovely, right? \u00a0I finally got around to \u00a0playing the song for Trevor a couple nights ago, and we’ve both been singing it to the baby ever since. \u00a0He’s even decided that someday when some boy asks him for permission to marry Junie, he will sing to him,”Do you like her?” \u00a0and if the response isn’t (also sung, of course) “Yes, I do, Sir” then he can hit the road.<\/p>\n

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Is she dreaming? Yes, I think so.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Is she pretty? Yes, ever so.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whatcha doing, Juniper, my love?<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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