A few of you have requested that I TELL you the actually story behind Harvey’s name – and ONE OF YOU ACTUALLY GUESSED IT!
I should start with how Lando got her name! 
When Mike agreed we could get a dog – he said I could pick it out, if he could name it. DONE! 
When I came home with an 10 week old puggle – Mike’s options were:
- Sleepover
- Dirtbike
- Oatmeal
- Grapes
- Lando
- Bandaid
You can see why I chose Lando (albeit a boy’s name, for our girl dog). It was the lesser of all evils! 
When we learned we might actually get to adopt Harvey – the conversation started all over again! Every name we came up with didn’t really have a ring to it. The entire car ride down to get her, we couldn’t think of anything.
Once we saw her, we thought, “if we have 1 GIRL DOG with a BOY’S NAME, our 2nd GIRL DOG ought to have a BOY’S NAME”.
Then, we wandered on to the discussion – what if we named her after another Billy Dee Williams character??? (Billy Dee played Lando Calrissian in Stars Wars). 
Lucky for me, my husband loves Comic/Superhero movies – and remembered that Billy Dee also played Harvey Dent, in Batman in the 80’s. When he suggested it – I was sold!
Long story short 
that’s how Harvey, became Harvey!
Major major MAJOR kudos to Miss Ty for piecing that all together! She was the only one who figured it out!
(and yes – Mike and I are different – but we both firmly believe NO ONE should take life too seriously! We think our dogs deserve fun/unique names!) 
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hahah I love the name story! I always like when girls have boyish names, like Elliot!
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By Olga @ Healthing It on 12.28.09 11:26 pm | Permalink
Haha love the story!
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By Niki on 12.28.09 11:48 pm | Permalink
haha i love this!!
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By katie on 12.29.09 12:34 am | Permalink
Those are the funniest name suggestions ever! Lol!! Diddy told me tonight he wants to set up a playdate. He’s lookin for a girlfriend….
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By Heather on 12.29.09 12:41 am | Permalink
OMG PUPPY DIRTBIKE! SO CUTE!
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By janetha b on 12.29.09 2:49 am | Permalink
I love it! SO perfect. I am just such a fan of human names for dogs. Always cracks me up
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By Erica on 12.29.09 7:31 am | Permalink
OMG Mike’s proposed dog names CRACK ME UP!!! Grapes?! Where do they come up with this stuff?!
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By Kristin @ Iowa Girl Eats on 12.29.09 10:12 am | Permalink
Hahah I love it! Before BB had is REAL name we spent a week just calling him random names – he didn’t have a name! We couldn’t decide. One day it was ____, the next day it was ____, then finally we decided on it and it fits! If I haven’t told you what my puppers names are let me know
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By K on 12.29.09 10:19 am | Permalink
hahaha, this is the best story. I just wish you had chosen Sleepover. Or Dirtbike.
AWESOME!
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By Whit on 12.29.09 12:11 pm | Permalink
Adorable! I love their names…but I do NOT love the other choices your husband came up with! HA!
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By denise on 12.29.09 12:21 pm | Permalink
So cuuuuute Alli!! I for one love reading your crazy dog lady/Lando speak/proud momma posts so don’t even sweat it
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By carolinebee on 12.29.09 12:27 pm | Permalink
omg i’m WAY too distracted by 10 week old lando to focus on anything else! ADORABLE
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By susan on 12.29.09 12:34 pm | Permalink
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