What's in a Name...

 For weeks we have thrown around names. I have imagined myself shouting his name at his baseball games, I've imagined writing her name at the top of a letter telling her how proud I am of her, I've imagined teenage girls calling my house saying, "Hi Mrs. Mendenhall! Is X there?"

By the way, those teenage girls are calling for her, not him! They will never date. :)

We had a head start on her name. I've loved it for years and it has a special place in our hearts but still, when it came down to pulling the trigger we threw out a few more just to make sure we were picking the perfect name for her. For him, we had a middle name but not a first name. We threw out a million. Some I didn't like, most he didn't like. Our family weighed in....that's when things get crazy! 10 opinions over Thanksgiving is a lot of opinions! We went back to the 2 man drawing board. And over Christmas we made a final decision and shared it with our family.

Without further ado...

Miss Caroline Sue Mendenhall

 Mr. Parker Edward Mendenhall

Little Miss is named after David's maternal grandmother, Caroline and my maternal grandmother, Sue. I have always loved the name Caroline and unfortunately, I never had the honor of knowing David's grandmother. We love that she will bear such a beautiful name. Sue is near and dear to my heart as that is my Nana's name and my mom's middle name. I don't know 2 more amazing women so who better to share that name than our little girl. 

Little Mister had his middle name from the get-go. Dave's middle name is Edward and so is his dad's. We knew we wanted to use that so the first name was the big question. Ultimately, Dave came home from work one day and said, "How about Parker?" It was the one name he had seriously thrown out and really liked. I really liked it, and loved that it was something David came up with and not just a name he was agreeing with. That made it all the more special and thus, Parker he would be!

We love these babies to pieces and we are so glad to be able to pray for them by name now. Cribs, a glider, names...things are getting real! :)