Mark Ciptak of Tennessee has named his third child Sarah McCain Palin after John McCain and Sarah Palin.
Alarmingly, he did it behind his wife’s back. She apparently signed her name to the paperwork without realizing her husband had written “Sarah McCain Palin” in the spot where “Ava Grace” should have been.
He said:
We actually came up with the name Ava Grace, and I secretively went and got another set of forms to send to (Social Security officials and the Tennessee Department of Health), and as of this time, she (Layla) still doesn’t realize what I’ve done. I haven’t broken the news to her yet.
As of right now, I’m just trying to get up enough nerve to tell her what I’ve done and hope for the best. I hope I’m still living to tell the tale tomorrow. She thought it was a done deal with Ava Grace.
After he did tell her, later the same day, he said:
I don’t think she believes me yet. It’s going to take some more convincing.
Interestingly, Ciptak went on to say that he believed they’d be changing the name back to Ava: “[T]hat is more than likely going to be it, unless my wife wants to keep what I officially named (her).”
He’d been motivated to choose the name “Sarah McCain Palin” because he wanted to do his part to support the McCain/Palin campaign.
(Incidentally, their two older children are named Annika and Isaiah.)
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