Kelton Balka, Willow Balka, Josie Balka
Three of the Bates couples are expecting babies due in June (Zach and Whitney Bates, Josie and Kelton Balka, and Tori and Bobby Smith). We already know that the Smiths are having a girl named Charlotte Raine Smith, and Zach and Whitney will welcome a boy named Jayden Carl Bates. But will little Willow Balka have a brother or sister? Josie and Kelton just announced, and...
It's a girl! Her name will be Hazel Sloane Balka. Josie is 21 weeks pregnant and just had her anatomy scan.
Photo courtesy of @josie_balka; @keltonbalka
Why do they announce the name before birth?
ReplyDeleteBecause they want to?
DeleteWhy not if they want?
DeleteA lot of women do that, actually.
DeleteIt’s a shame they didn’t check with you first to see when the best time to announce THEIR baby’s name would be 🙄
DeleteAgree! And a real surprise would be one of them not finding out the gender!
DeleteI think they announce names early to stake their claim on the name. Josie once complained that "all the good names would be taken" by her siblings, by the time she had a baby. Growing up, the sisters probably had lots of conversations about what they would name their future children.
DeleteAww such a cute name!!
ReplyDeleteabsolutely love that name! my daughter is 18 weeks today and if a girl will be violet rose-ann. i love how the older names are coming back
ReplyDeleteI too love how they all names are coming back. I hate all those movie star names like Apple and psalm and so forth.
DeleteCongratulations on a new sister for Willow. No comment on the name.
ReplyDeleteWillow and Hazel sound so cute together!
ReplyDeleteHazel Sloane??
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing, lol.
DeleteHazel is one of the most popular baby names these days.
DeleteNot your kid.,. And it’s cute!
DeleteTime 7:53PM Thurs 2/18/21
ReplyDeleteHoping for a girl I was wrong
Congrats to the Balkas.
🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🧸🦄🦄🦄🧸🧸🧸
Sloane is a cute name!
ReplyDeleteHow precious💗! Congrats to Kelton and Josie!
ReplyDeleteThe girls sure outnumber the boys. When Whitney, Tori & Josie have their babies in June, it'll 13 granddaughters and only 5 grandsons!
ReplyDeleteYay! I was right! Sweet Hazel Sloane is already so loved💗 I have been right about all 3 bates babies genders so far this year! Willow and Hazel are going to be the best of friends😊 Congrats Kelton, Josie, Willow and Hazel!
ReplyDeleteLove the name Sloane, I was hoping the first name would be HANNAH or Heather - both sound nice with Balka & have lovely meanings.
ReplyDeleteI wish them the best of everything.
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DeleteHazel starts with H also,Hazel is also a plant name like Hazel and Willow, maybe they are using that theme for their daughters,what else can be used, Erica,Pansy, Ivy, Iris, lily, that would be fun.
DeleteCongratulations!!
ReplyDeleteI knew it! Congratulations Josie and Kelton (and little Willow). I had a feeling it would be a another girl. Josie is bound to be another all girl momma just like older sister Alyssa. Love the name. It's old fashioned and a name not used much anymore. She's going to be named after Hazel of the 1960's show (by the same name). Any older generation followers remember that show about the maid for the Baxter family? And a TV show on TLC called "Outdaugtered" about the only all girl quints in the US has one of their quints also named Hazel. So technically it is making a comeback in our younger generation. Haley P. from Colorado
ReplyDeleteWhy is Josie “bound to be a girl momma”? Tori had 2 boys first. She wasn’t “bound to be a boy momma”. She’s now having a girl. P
DeleteNot quite in the "older generation" category (in my 20s), but I watched and enjoyed Hazel from the 60s! I have been called an old soul and it's true! I'm not ashamed of it one bit!
Delete10:51, I'm a couple decades older than you, but I'm the same way. Give me a show or movie from my mom's era any time over modern ones.
DeleteWell since the gender is determined by the father's contribution I guess she not bound to be any kind of momma
DeleteLove the middle name !
ReplyDeleteCongratulations from Sydney!
Lovely! What an exciting time.
ReplyDeleteHow cute! I’ve always loved the name Sloane!
ReplyDeleteYay for another girl! Kinda had a feeling.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad everything is alright for Josie & Kelton, Zach & Whitney & Tory & Bobby who are having babies in June. I love hearing about the announcements, gender reveil party's & births. Natasha b
ReplyDeleteHow did they come uo with such a strange name? Hazel Sloane?
ReplyDeleteHazel has been a very popular name for the last five years, and Sloane has been for a few, I haven't heard them together though.
DeleteI love the name Hazel but I don’t think it flows that well with Sloane. If I had a daughter named Hazel, I’d like to name her Hazel Grace after the character in The Fault in our Stars. I think it sounds beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHazel Grace is the name of one of the quintuplets on the TLC show "Outdaughtered".
Delete12:42 - Danielle (the quints’ mom) actually named her Hazel Grace after the character in TFIOS
DeleteCongratulations Josie,Kelton and Willow. Nice to see an old fashioned name like Hazel.
ReplyDeleteGod Bless
Marilyn,Joan and Marion
For all those being passive aggressive by stating they love the name Sloan. Stop being rude. Her name is Hazel. Hazel Sloan. Not Sloan.
ReplyDeleteI don't see what the problem is with people stating that they like her middle name? By the way, it's spelled Sloane not Sloan.
DeleteMaybe they are, and maybe they love the name Sloan and want to express that.
DeleteNot a fan of the name Hazel.
ReplyDeleteWillow and Hazel?
ReplyDeleteThe next one will be named Oak I think if it is a boy or Olive or Lilac for a girl.
Congratulations Balka and Bates families. God's blessings on your newest blessing!
ReplyDeleteI’d totally name my kid Harry, Hermione, Ginny, or even Luna. Neville’s not a name you see to often
ReplyDeleteCongratulations from Scotland
ReplyDeleteI think that the names Willow and Hazel go really well together. I’m happy for them to be having another baby!
ReplyDeletePrayers for the whole family babies are a blessing from God they are all wonderful
ReplyDeleteCongrats where did Josie get her coat ? Beautiful
ReplyDeleteOh never mind, it's the “free people” coat from roolee
DeleteNo one commented on Willow's face! Ha, ha, my daughter would look like that too if she was getting kisses from both sides. :-)
ReplyDeleteI don’t care for the name Hazel.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like an old lady! But it’s becoming used more often. Julia Roberts has a daughter named Hazel btw
DeleteHey, did U 2 get the name Charlollet, from Princess Kate??? I love that name, too!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThey're not good at middle names but they are really good at first names.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all of your family on the new babies coming
ReplyDeleteEver heard of the name Remus? It’s not a name you really see or ever see. It’s on my list of names that I would name a child.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely name is too bad i cant use it as it dont sound good in norwegian and with my boyfriend last name,and currently pregnant with my second child,our first i also named Willow after my grandma,sloane sound like a unique name and only have heard it as a last name.children are a blessing and keep safe in this pandemic
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