Bristol Palin just gave birth to a baby boy, and following in her mother’s footsteps she’s gifted the kid with an nontraditional name (Tripp), and thrown in two more for good measure (Easton Mitchell). But it’s too easy to make fun of the Palin clan and their naming conventions; it’s too easy to throw in some ‘you betcha she’s a darn Grammas’; but what we can say is that we hope, we pray that little Tripp finds a way to escape the crazy world he just entered. Let’s make a list of what this kid is going to go deal with:
(1) The pregnancy began as a a political lightning rod that was the first blow to Sarah Palin’s rise to a political celebrity.
(2) He has two crazy Grandmas, one of whom was arrested on drug charges just last week.
(3) Levi himself has just made a career shift to training to be an electrician (previously wanting to go pro in hockey or dirt bikes).
(4) The baby was born in Alaska.
(5) Oh, and then there is the pending wedding between Bristol and Levi (a wedding that even Britney Spear’s little sister wrote wasn’t necessary and a bad idea).
Despite the crazy surrounding Bristol and baby Tripp, the two are said to be perfectly healthy. Gifts have been pouring in from around the world, and we wish all the best to the new family. Just one request: don’t apply for dual citizenship in Russia, Alaska isn’t really that close.
