Big Announcement

This evening we announced to the children that the new baby's
name would be Dinah.

These are the statements I received in reply:



"D-I-N-A-H?!?! Are you serious?"

"Is that even a real name?"

"Is that a boy's name?"

"I thought the baby's name was Georgia Sparkles!"

"At school we have a soup named Dyna." To this I replied,
"What?" Tess said, "Yeah, its so hot. Like dynamite. We call
it Dyna. Do you really want to name the baby after a soup?"

"DINAH! I'm just not so sure about this mom."

"I think I'm going to throw up."



I really like the name. Eric does too. This is a milestone in our
baby naming. We usually name our babies in the hospital because
we can never agree on a name until then. I was so proud of it until
I was shot down by 3 well-meaning children. I just don't feel
God leading us to"Georgia Sparkes".

I think that, despite the bad feedback in the polls, we are going to
stick to that name. We are working on the baby's second name.
That may end up being a hospital thing.

The baby is thriving. She is an active little girl. All of her sonogram
pictures looked great. Thanks for praying for us. Please continue
to do so.

Love,
Anna

P.S. I hope her name doesn't make you want to throw up.