Why we named her Memphis

Throughout our pregnancy, we were asked all the time why we chose the name Memphis for our little girl. So…to explain her name and the reasoning for naming this blog “Still Love Me Memphis”, here it is.

For the past two years, Adam and I have gone to Memphis in May for The Beale Street Music Festival. It’s a fun get away with good food and great music and we have grown to love the city more and more with each visit. The first year we went, we happened to stumble across Little Richard in concert. I knew some of his songs and was aware of his energetic performances, so we decided to stay and watch. Little Richard had just gone through hip surgery prior to this show and was not able to dance around and give the crowd what he was used to doing. His band members actually had to carry him out and place him in a chair at his piano. He sang a few songs and then explained to the crowd about his recent surgery and apologized that he was not able to move around the stage. Then he asked “You still love me Memphis?” When those words came out of his mouth, the crowd went WILD! After coming back home to Knoxville from that weekend trip, Adam would randomly look at me and ask “Still love me Memphis?” and I would respond “I sure do!”  This past year, when we visited Memphis for the music festival, I was 16 weeks pregnant. We did not know if our baby was a boy or a girl but I had a strong feeling that I was carrying a baby girl. Two weeks later we found out that Baby Tyler was in fact a girl and with no discussion her name became Memphis. Who names their child after something Little Richard says? We DID!