The Name Game

Last week I posted how we still were talking names but nothing had really resonated with us. I can now say that that has changed.

Drumroll please...

New baby Leymon will be named Charlotte Rose Leymon.

As soon as Brian suggested it, I knew it was right.

When we were trying to pick names for Madeline, we settled on Madeline pretty quickly. And I knew if we had a girl that the middle name was going to be Elena, and the two names just worked well together right from the start.

But then we tried to capture that instant magic again, and we just couldn't do it. Some of the names we considered were

Hannah Paige (this was our frontrunner for a while)
Ashley
Abigail
Claire
Hailey

Brian and I kept waiting for a name to come together that we both just knew was right. I had suggested Charlotte Grace, but it just wasn't the homerun we were looking for.

Then this morning Brian sent me a note and said "how about Charlotte Rose" and I said "I like that" really loudly in my office. It just felt right. It works on its own and it works in tandem with Madeline.

Charlotte Rose Leymon

I just love writing it. It's so pretty and classic. And it makes this whole thing seem even more real and like it's going to happen pretty darn soon, which it is.

"These are my girls - Madeline and Charlotte."

My heart is full. And I guess it's time to make a new tab on the blog, too.