What's In A Name?

A LOT! Aaron and I take the names of our children very seriously. Maybe a little too seriously, but we want our children to know that they were named for very specific reasons with God, love, and family in mind. We like to use Biblical names for their first name and family names for the middle name. Everyone has been asking me about the name of our little girl and until recently we hadn't decided on a name for her. Right before our trip to Texas we decided on a name and I've commented on the name in my previous post in the comment section, but for those of you dying to know what name we've chosen for out little girl and haven't read those comments - here it is...

Naomi Elizabeth

Naomi is Hebrew for Beautiful or Gentle. Elizabeth is Hebrew for God is my oath. We always have stories behind our kids names so here is the story behind her name. Aaron and I were both hoping for a little boy (I know what woman wouldn't want a little girl - but I am different). When we found out we were having a girl we were slightly disappointed, but the anticipation of her arrival has brought so much excitement to our lives. We were wrestling between two names when a few weeks ago Aaron was listening to the radio and heard an interview with a man. In the interview the man was speaking of how they had an unexpected addition to their family and what a beautiful blessing it had been. We already knew that Naomi meant beautiful, but we had only looked at it from one perspective - a physical beauty. We had entirely overlooked the beautiful spiritual aspect from God. Having a little girl is going to be an entirely new adventure for us. Her coming into our lives is going to be a beautiful blessing to our entire family. Now we see beautiful in a new way. Not only will she be full of physical beauty (I mean how could she not be the most beautiful girl in the world?), but she is going to bring a beauty to our family we've never imagined before. Her middle name Elizabeth is also special to us because we are naming her after my great-grandmother. Grannie Bone has been such an example of a godly woman to us, and has led our family in faith for so many years. She celebrated her 90th birthday 2 weeks ago and we wanted to honor her in this way. We are so blessed and so excited to meet our new baby girl! {If you don't know the story behind Levi's name I'll try and post it in the next couple of weeks.}