With a name like ‘Texas’ it is not hard to find his name pretty much everywhere I turn in the Lone Star State – upside of my naming choice it turns out. He has been here for 22 months and my home is filled with Don’t mess with Texas shot glasses, playing cards, bibs, magnets, etc (thanks Uncle Russell)….we have a tiny stuffed army of horses, armadillos and longhorn bulls all over his playroom and a plethora of cowboy hats and boots varying from newborn to 2T in size.

He is called Little T, Tejas and Tex all interchangeable depending on the crowd. I named him Texas because it seemed like a great name for a supreme court justice or judge on a federal appeals court and his father gave him the middle name Knievel because he wanted him to be a dare devil…in retrospect…and after watching him riding on his motorized-toddler-sized-four-wheeler while standing on the seat with one leg I have quit mentioning the Knievel part in hopes that my name will prevail. Technically he has two middle names his first middle name is Elliott followed by Knievel and as luck would have it, insurance cards, bills, etc all drop the second last name so hopefully in the end Texas Elliott will triumph and go on to make the world a better place through high court rulings and decisive and far-reaching actions