What's in a name...

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other would smell as sweet...

 - Shakespeare

         When we first found out we were pregnant, for some reason I thought we were going to have a boy. A boy. I could imagine our lives with a little boy and my husband and I agreed on a name very quickly. However, whenever we discussed girl names we could not agree and he would walk away and say that it doesn't matter because we are having a boy. (To his defense the doctor at 12 weeks said that he thought it maybe a boy.) Then came our 20 week ultrasound... needless to say the doctor was wrong at 12 weeks, it was a girl. We had two different people check. 

        Now we were stuck and stuck for a long time! I want to say months. He would not even discuss it, until one night at 3 a.m. He said he made up his mind after researching for hours and there are four names that he likes. Being so surprised that he did this, I quickly asked him what they were. He informed me that he likes Leila, Cora, Violet and Tessa. I was very taken back by these choices. However, I told him that I would think about them. Out of all the names to pick from, he decided that these are the ones that he like. It then took me a while to feel them out. To me, having a baby was the easy part, the hard part was picking her name. This is the name that she will have for the rest of her life. For some reason, I felt as if it was a lot of pressure. However, I am happy to say we did name her and on May 31st we welcomed Violet Grace Schreiber to the world!