What's in a Name?

We have officially decided on a baby name!

Today I was watching Where the Heart Is, and the scene where she's asked if she's thought of a nameyet made me smile. The man says,

"Give that baby a name that means something."

And that's just what we're doing.

The name we're giving our little girl is

Marlene Diane Henderson

Marlene after my grandma, and Diane after Jason's. I never got to meet his grandma, and he never got to meet mine but they were both amazing ladies.

(You can see a LOT of my mom in her!)

Ever since I was little I wanted to name my first daughter after my grandma Larkin, her name is so beautiful and original.

I get really emotional whenever I talk about my grandparents because they were truly the greatest people in the world, and left us far too soon. If our little girl is blessed with just a fraction of the sweet spirit my grandma had, we will be the luckiest parents ever.

For the past few months we had a totally different name picked out, but a few weeks ago something about it didn't feel right.

I told myself not to worry about it, because we might not end up having a girl anyways. (Well we all know how that worked out!)

We feel really good about our decision now, 
and I can't wait to meet her in about 4.5 months!

Jason's really excited to call her Marley, and I think that will just be so precious.