Melody Annalise Allen - 10 week ultrasoundYes, it is true, our baby girl has a name. The events of the last few weeks have made having a name for our baby very important to us. Elizabeth has had lots of name suggestions since the very beginning.
We chose Melody as we hope her life will be a sweet song to the Lord. Despite the physical challenges she faces, our prayer is that she would still face life with joy.
Elizabeth chose her middle name, Annalise. Anna means "graceful satisfaction" and Lise means "devoted to God." We love both those meanings.
Ann is also Kevin's Mom's middle name and his Grandmother's name was Anna, so we also chose it in honor of Grandma Carol and Great-grandmother Anna.
Other than Elizabeth, the other kids were pretty flexible on a name. Joel wants to name her Bumblebee, so I told him he can use that as a nickname if he likes. David and Hannah were just concerned that we continue the alphabetical order of their names and that it start with a different letter than the rest of them. Both of these were purely coincidental to Kevin and I. In fact, I didn't even realize the alphabetizing until the kids mentioned it.
How exciting to be able to talk about Melody instead of "the baby"! I love both names and think that Elizabeth did a fine job choosing a middle name.She is already such a little mother:)
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I love the name and will be praying with you about waiting on Him. Jennifer
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