Party On

We're halfway there! We had our 20 week appointment on April 21 and found out the baby's gender. We know, but hey, we're not telling. I ordered some adorable gender announcements that we sent out to family and will let our closest friends know before the whole world, but I will wholeheartedly share our chosen names. Our Girl Name is... Elodie  pronounced like Melody without the M, meaning  "foreign riches", chosen to honor my grandmother Eloise   Ann meaning Favored, Grace, chosen to honor Josh's maternal grandmother Mary Ann   If you've been following since our first pregnancy, you'll remember that this was our first pick for a girl back in 2013. Marielle Vi was a strong contender as well, since Marielle is a derision of Mary (again, Josh's grandmother) and Vi was a reference to my mother's middle name Virgine. The only reason we didn't go with this one is that her nickname would be Mary, and I'm just not a fan of that name all ...

Josh and I had our doctor appt. Tuesday and the doc said he is 95% sure of the gender!! We’re keeping it semi-to ourselves until we tell my family which is taking what feels like forever. I wanted to tell them in a fun way that didn’t favor any one person, so we ordered gender reveal scratch-offs to send to everyone in the mail. I’m so excited! This is what we ordered… We got the scratch-offs here , while the bumble bee envelopes were custom made using Zazzle. Neither are in yet, so my poor family will have to wait. You probably can’t read the back of the envelope, as the image is tiny, but is says, “Will little Ms Elodie Ann or Mr Eli James be joining the family?” These are our official names! So why did we decide on these two? We wanted names that honored our heritage, but also honored God. Check out our rationale below. Eli ( Meaning: Ascend; my God) James ( Meaning: Supplanter; chosen to honor Josh’s paternal grandfather, James) Other considerations: Lincoln (Lakeside) ...