Why the Name?.. Baby has a NAME!

I never really realized how tough it is to come up with a name for your child before having one of my own.  It becomes real when you actually start thinking through the names and realize the name is going to define her (so to speak) for the rest of her life.  It is what she will be called EVERYDAY. So many factors play in to it for us and we definitely wanted a name with a meaning behind it!

So she will be....

Hope Eliana Brown

She will be called Hope.  So, we decided on Hope for the obvious meaning of "our hope is in Christ". He is and ALWAYS has been in control.  We never thought we would have Hope but we truly trusted and had 'hope' in HIS special plan for our family AND for our lives!

Eliana, was harder to come by.  Middle names are hard for us.  But when we found this one, we KNEW it was it!  ELIANA means in Hebrew.. "Our God has Answered". (El- God, Ana- Answered). We prayed for God's plan for our family and God truly answered.  As you all know, we were in the midst of an adoption, and God spoke and said "we have a little different plan for you"... :)

We are forever grateful!

So there you have it!! :)