Dan and I would have our little boys, and we would live the fairy tale we always talked about some 9 years (Good Lord, it's been a long time!) ago. I never in a million years thought we'd have three little ladies. And, Dan and I could not be any happier.
Three little women. Three very important names. We wanted this baby to have a very significant name. And, we love the name we have chosen. It's funny because we both loved the name Madison, and especially that we could nickname her Maddie. Our little Maddie. In one baby book I read those four years ago, 'Madison' meant 'daughter of a soldier.' How extremely fitting with Dan still in the Air Force at the time. We loved Caroline too, and thus Madison Caroline became our Crannie.
I tell Dan all the time that I can't imagine a different name for our Beebster. Our Faith. It fits her perfectly, and we wanted a very significant name for her as well. Faith is quite obvious, and I love it in that we (well, always mainly me.. Dan never worries like I do.. I wish I were like that) worried so much about having gotten pregnant just a few months before Dan was to get out of the Air Force. Worries over finances, prospective jobs, Maddie being just 22 months older than her baby brother/sister. Worries that I wish I had never worried about. I always worry about these trivial things, and lose sight of the big picture: we had been blessed with another miracle. We chose 'Josephine' because of its meaning of "God will increase." Faith Josephine. I love both of their names.
It's always so hard with the next baby to decide on something that we both LOVE, LOVE, LOVE just as much as we loved our other names. And, at the same time, we wanted something with a very significant meaning to us. Our third precious girl will be named Abrielle Hope, and we just love the name. Depending on how you spell 'Abrielle,' it means "strong one of God," or in its French version it means "protected by God." I mentioned this name to Dan, and he immediately said "that's our name." We've never agreed that quickly- and with so much conviction about it being "our name"- about their names. 'Hope' fits perfectly for its obvious meaning as well, and we're anxious to meet our beautiful little Abrie.
Maddie at first was funny about being totally AGAINST this name for her baby sissy. She's never been that adamant about something as she was about NOT naming her sissy by this name. She wanted the name 'Aurora' after her beloved princess, Sleeping Beauty. We've reassured her that she can call her Aurora if she'd like, and she has now fallen in love with the name Abrie. She told us the day after she had proclaimed it not to be the baby's name, that 'Abrie Constein' is a beautiful name for her new sister. Faith of course can't say the name Abrie, but does consistently pat my stomach and call for her "Bee!" Haha. They're such wonderful helpers, and they'll be awesome big sisters.
Baby Abrie is my companion. I have always thoroughly enjoyed being pregnant. I love feeling them move inside, and I love that when Maddie and Faith are asleep at night, I have my little girl to keep me company. She's so funny in that she is so very elusive. Dan, Maddie, and Faith have only felt her move a handful of times. She will be kicking and spinning and doing somersaults one second, and the second I put their hands on my stomach she usually stops immediately. It's hilarious! Not so hilarious though to her biggest sister who wants constantly to "can I feel her little feet?" She moves all the time though for her Momma, and I am already wandering what this new little girl's personality will be like. I think she will be her own little person, and I love that.
I feel so incredibly blessed every time I feel this little girl move. I feel such an intense bond with my Abrie, and I am so very much looking forward to seeing my three little girls all together in just a few more short months. I feel like Dan and I have created our very own little piece of heaven, and I am so very grateful.
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