Saturday, September 17, 2011

What's in a name...

Picking a name for Baby girl Denniston has been a feet of strength.  Picking a name and thinking it just might be the one, only to put it aside because it "feels wrong" or Brad doesn't like it or I don't like it or an abundance of other reasons.  We believe a name is prophetic and want to name our baby girl something that she can grow into.  A name that has a backbone. A name that will fit her when she is young and still fit her when she is an adult in the adult world.  Now days we are bombarded with children's names that are cute or fun but when they get to be an adult, it will not be fitting.  For a while we wanted to pick a unique name, a name that she will be the only one that has.  We decided however that part of the fun of growing up is knowing someone with the same name.  Or going to a tourist shop and being able to find your name on the blinking key chain. It's part of being a kid and do we really want to take that away from our daughter because we want a "different" name.  Though the funny thing is, with all the people naming their children less common names, a common name is no longer that. I mean, when is the last time you met a Jane?

All that to say, we picked a name, we love it, we already feel like it fits her personality, even with her still in my belly!