the hot top chez slacker mama

Last night, John and I sat down and chatted over a beer (mine was my new fave, Smuttynose IPA and John's was a Coors Light). And while we discussed the usual -- E's potty training, A's walking attempts, coordination of day care drop off/pick up -- the big topic in our house was Tom Brady and Bridget Moynahan's baby boy.

We've been discussing this on and off for the last week or so...it's the perfect fodder in our house, combining our loves of celebrity babies (mine) and sports (his). We've talked about whether or not we think they should get back to better (we do, but don't think they will). We discussed whether Tom should have gone to the preseason game in Charlotte last Thursday night (we were torn on this one). But last night, we were discussing the baby's name, which had been released.

It's John Edward Thomas Moynahan. Both of us were very shocked not so much that his last name is Moynahan and not Brady, but that Brady didn't even make one of the four names bestowed upon the kid. Even Scary Spice put Murphy in her daughter's name, despite being totally estranged and making the kid's last name "Murphy Brown" (heh). I like the name Brady as a general rule. And the names John, Edward, and Thomas are all traditional, so you would think that despite their unconventional parental arrangement they would honor both parents. We also found it ironic that Bridget played Big's ex-wife on SATC...the show in which a big story line was given to Miranda Hobbes naming her son Brady Hobbes. Brady was the baby's father (and her ex-boyfriend) Steve's last name.

We both kind of think that it's a foreshadowing of the parental involvement Tom Brady will have with his son, which is sad. What are your thoughts and opinions?