Walking With You - Naming Our Babies

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Walking With You was created to help support those who have lost a child. Together we share our stories, helpful information, scriptures, encouraging words, prayer requests, and more. Thank you to those of you who have joined us for the past few weeks...for courageously sharing your stories. If you haven't joined us yet, and would like to, you are more than welcome.

This week, we are sharing how we chose the names for our babies and any special meaning behind them.

When we started trying to get pregnant, my husband bought me a baby name book. It was fun scannning through the book and choosing names for our future children. We knew that with our last name being twelve letters, the first name had to be short and easy to pronounce. Right away, Evan and Ella were put at the top of our list. I loved the name Ella because it meant "one who travels." I loved the idea of my daughter getting to travel and see the world. I'd hope we'd have many adventures together. Even though, Ella was our top pick, we had other names on our list too. We liked Serena, Amelia, Nora, Erin, and Clare. We were still exploring names when I went into preterm labor. The week I was on bedrest, I declared that her name was Ella. Our nickname for her is Ella Bella. When she was born, I did hesitate for a second when the nurse asked us for her name. I loved the name Ella so much and hated the idea of never getting to use it again. But, she was Ella, it just suited her.