What is in a Name?

What is in a name... a lot of very important people!!

Mark and I have had many long discussions about the name of our baby... and these converstations started LONG before we were pregnant, even before we were engaged. When Mark and I first started dating he let me know that if he had a son he wanted to name him James Elliott LeClair. Mark's Grandfather (PopPop) is James Robinson Elliott, Jr. and Mark's uncle is James Robinson Elliott, III. Mark adores both these men and very much looks up to them. I am so proud to be a part of their family and to have them as role models so this name easy to agree on!

So we were already set on the name for a boy so it just came down to the discussion on a name if we had a girl. When it was time to really discuss names it was easy to settle on some names of those we loved. We have decided on Rebecca "Becca" Anne. My mother is Rebecca and she always said she always wanted to be called "Becca" but it never caught on. Anne is after Mark's grandmother Ann Elliott. We had first chosen Rebecca Elizabeth, Elizabeth is Mark's mother's and his grandmother's middle name, but Mark felt like Rebecca Elizabeth was quite a mouthfull. We only hope that if we have a daughter she is as amazing as these wonderful women!

So those are the names of our little one... now we just have to find out the gender of the little plum.

Mark's uncle James Elliott, III and his wife Patti with us on our wedding day.

My Mother and I on my wedding day.

Us with Mark' Grandmother Ann and James Elliott, Jr. the night before we were wed.

Mark with his sweet Grandmother Ann Elliott at Christmas.