Love it or hate it the name Blue Ivy is a unique name for a baby.   Beyoncé and Jay-Z know that, and are now filing papers to have their baby’s name trademarked.    Now some would say that the couple is going after the profits that may be tied to the name, but it is could also be called defensive parenting.  According to the Washington Post there have be at least two different trademark requests that include “Blue Ivy”   since baby Blue was born last month.   One trademark was for “Blue Ivy Carter Glory IV” another for “Blue Ivy Carter NYC.”; both these trademarks have been denied.    Although some may find fault in other actions by the parents, no one can question them for not wanting others to use their child’s name for financial gain.

One positive is that there is not an actual child involved in this situation.   This is an all-around sad story and makes you wonder what could go through anyone’s mind to do something like this to another human being.  The potential adoptive parents must have gone through a huge emotional rollercoaster because of this ordeal.    The fact that they thought they would soon be parents to a brand new baby and add to that they lost thousands of dollars to the scammers is something that takes a lot of strength to deal with.

Baby Azelan weighed 2 lbs. 24 oz at birth and according to his doctors he does not have any major complications.  It surprised members of his medical team how well he actually was at birth.

This is certainly a rare occurrence, but this is not the first time that a baby was born after gestating outside the womb.  In 2003 a mother in Canada gave birth via C-section to a baby boy that had grown outside her uterus    Two years after that another Canadian mother gave birth via C-section to a baby girl that had grown outside of her uterus.  A similar miracle happened to a British woman whose baby boy grew outside the womb and was successfully delivered via C-section in 2008.

According to Dr. Robert Sabbah of Sacré-Coeur Hospital in Canada, 1 in 10,000 pregnancies are abdominal pregnancies and 99 % of those pregnancy end in fetal death.   The fact that there are cases that actually end with a healthy baby and mother is a definite miracle.

The article from Time.com says that some of the biological parents have been looking for their children for years.  The Chinese government says that they are investigating to find out about these kidnappings and foreign adoptions.  What they will find out and what new policies they may put into place is left to be seen. 

More about this story can be found at Time.com

Mariska Hargitay and her husband Peter Hermann recently adopted a baby girl.  Their new baby girl ,Amaya Josephine, joins older brother August Miklos Friedrich Hermann.  Hargitay gave birth to 5 year-old August on June 28, 2006 via emergency cesarean section.     

Hargitay stars on the NBC drama Law and Order: Special victims unit.  She is among a family of celebrities and actors.  Her late parents where actress Jayne Mansfield, and actor/bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay.    Mariska Hargitay met her husband while filming on the set of Law and Order: SVU.   Hermann was playing the recurring role of defense attorney Trevor Langan. 

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Of course I have to say my favorite song from Josh Turner is Would You Go With Me.

Ferguson is a Scottish comedian that began his time on The Late Late Show after taking over for Craig Kilborn in January 2006. Ferguson was also a part of the Drew Carey Show when he portrayed Nigel Wick on the show from 1996 to 2003.

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Costner is known for his many films like Bull Durham, and Dances with Wolves. Although he is a great actor some of his films stay in my memory for those memorable lines or great soundtracks. With Field of Dreams, who can forget “If you build it, they will come.” And Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves had me constantly listening to Brian Adams “(Everything I do)I Do It For You.” That was one of the best love songs ever, probably one of the top wedding songs of the 90s. Another song that tugged at the heart strings was “I Will Always Love You” sung by Whitney Houston on The
Bodyguard soundtrack.

Kevin Costner has created a lasting legacy of being a great actor. But, as most parents do, he probably ranks the legacy he will leave as a parent top on the list.

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Claudia Schiffer gave birth to her third child this Friday. She and her husband, Matthew Vaughan, have two older children: Caspar, 7, and Clementine, 5. Schiffer has been model since being discovered as teenager in Germany. Vaughan is a producer and director of many television and movie productions.