Here's how it goes with the naming: I look up names, give them to M and he vetoes or says "maybe" until we settle on a few we like. Then M falls in love with one name, forsaking all others, and I hem and haw over it until after they're born.
So, it was kind of a Big Deal that this baby girl was named while she was still baking, before we even began the third trimester. Though we had a strong candidate for a name for C, he wasn't actually officially named until his second day of life. A's name was officially his only a few days before he was born, and only because I had a dream about what he would look like and that the name we picked (and I was continuing to hem and haw over) was, in fact, his name.
There is no doubt that this little baby girl's condition factored into our naming process. We considered names I never thought would be on our list of possible names. And then, as we do, M fell in love with The Name, forsaking all others, while I hemmed and hawed for months. People would ask the name question and I would just look at M, waiting for him to answer. (And, in a new twist, it's the first time we've told people the name before the baby was born. Feel lucky, chosen people, feel lucky.)
So, here's how and why we settled on what we did:
R - that her will and her character will be of deep and flowing strength and that her body will be both resilient and flexible (and that she will defy the expectations of those who would underestimate her because of outward appearance)
N - because she is a gift from God to us
Welcome beautiful baby R...
~Nichole
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She is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing this with us.
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