Jane reached her one month mark today and I can't believe how fast time goes by. Our life with Jane has been amazing. Crazy, yes, but amazing. She is such a wonderful little addition to our family. We've waited to have her come to us and we can hardly put her down!
As I blogged about before, we had a little bit of a challenge naming this little girl. We had a lot of different ideas, my favorite coming from William. He wanted to name her Tiny and when she got older we could call her Big Tiny. I still laugh when I think of calling a child Big Tiny. We knew through it all that we wanted to use Jane somehow.
My pregnancy with this girl was a little crazy. We had a lot of fear at the beginning that eased a little on our first ultrasound, but never fully went away until I had her in my arms. When we went for our 20 week ultrasound, the amniotic fluid was low. This caused some concern which led to more ultrasounds and talk of maybe having the baby early. After a couple of ultrasounds, everything looked great and we were back on track to have her at the end of August. A week before I had Jane, my OB said that the baby felt like she was breech. This of course led to talk of another ultrasound to make sure, trying to turn the baby, and a possible C-section. I went in for my final ultrasound the see this beautiful little lady head down and ready to go. Not to mention that when she was born, the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck and it actually had a knot in it.
There were a lot of possibilities that could have happened, but thankfully none of them did. We were very blessed. After Matthew came up with the name Jane Marie (yes, he named her), I looked up the names to find their meanings. Jane means God is gracious. Marie is Matthew's sister's middle name. Angela Marie shares a birthday with Matthew. He has a special place in his heart for her and if you've ever met her, you know why. She is wonderful and who wouldn't want to be named after a wonderful person? I knew that these two names were perfect for this girl.
We are so grateful to have this little Jane Marie in our home. She's already changed over a month! I can't believe how fast she's growing!
5 comments:
After careful examination of the facts, I accept your reasoning behind the names.
-John David
She is beautiful and always very asleep when I see her so I can only imagine the PM and early AM hours for y`all.
-John David
Oh my goodness, she is absolutely perfect.
SOOOOO CUTE! Miss her cuddly little face already. Send her over anytime for loves...I'll take the other kiddos, too ;) Miss you.
Congratulations Candace! What a BEAUTIFUL baby girl. Babies are amazing and precious and I am sure you feel so much more blessed after all of the challenges. Thank goodness she is healthy and blessing your family with her sweetness!
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