What's in a name?

We finally did it. Baby "C" officially has a name, and so far it is sticking. Generally, on both D and my side of the family, your first name is original and your middle comes from another family member. For instance, Grace Evelyn is named after D's sweet grandmother Evelyn. Done and done.

When it came to C, we knew we liked her first name since back when we were pregnant with Grace. It was on our list of contenders and I had honestly wondered if we should have used it then...just in case this next baby was a boy and it went unused. Lucky for us, that wasn't the case and it was an easy decision shortly after we found out this next baby would be a girl.

As far as her middle name...we hit a roadblock. It wasn't that we didn't have any family members that we'd love her to be named after, that isn't the case at all. It was finding something that "fit" with the first name we knew that we loved. So after months of deliberation and emails back and forth with lists of names we came to an agreement. We would pick something WE loved and go off of the tradional course of family names. It seems fitting really, that with this second baby we are more confident in our own choices and don't feel compelled to follow any sort of plan. We got this.

So, I'm excited to announce that our second daughter will be named:

Charlotte "Charlie" Olivia

We can't wait to meet you, Charlie girl!

xo,
H