She has a name!

After months of dwelling on names we have finally come up with one that we love for our baby girl. It took us awhile because we just could not agree on anything. You see, we have criteria for naming our kids. For us, each child has to have a family name as their first or middle name. Each also needed a strong meaning for their name or we wanted it to be biblical to represent our faith. With her we also decided that we did not want her to have one of the top 10 most popular names of her birth year. 

So, here is what we have come up with...

Wynn Eliese Fessler

We love the name! Here is the story... Mike had been suggesting names since Christmas when we found out we were having a girl. I turned down everything he liked. He was getting a little frustrated with me so in turn he turned down everything that I liked! One night we were watching the Golf Channel. They have an anchor on the channel named Win McMurray. I sat for a minute and then turned to him and said "You know what...I kinda like the name Win." He started laughing and said, "I like it too. I wanted to suggest it but was afraid you would turn it down." We continued to think about other names, but after that night I think we knew her name was Wynn.

As for her middle name, Eliese is my grandmother's name. She and I have always been close and she she has been a huge encouragement to both Mike and I during our marriage, so this was the perfect way to honor her. 

Now for the meaning... 

• Wynn means "holy, blessed reconciliation; joy and peace; fair, pure"
• Eliese means "God's promise"

So, she has a name. Her nursery is just about ready and she has clothes and diapers to get her started once she is born. Now we just have to wait 6 more weeks until we get to meet her!

Me at 31 weeks