Raina Joy- her name's base was rain which means abundant blessings from above which is just what she is to us. Joy is self explanatory. When we were expecting Raina God was really working with me on what true joy was and where true joy was from. He showed me that all I needed was Him, everything else was just extra.
With our adopted children we chose to change only there middle and last names when we adopted them. Our reasoning for that was we felt it was important for them to feel connected to us and share our last name. The middle names that we chose for them represented those in our lives who helped shape who Ryan and I had become. Some of who were our greatest supporters through our journey of adoption. Kia's and Dea's middle names were changed to my sisters' middle names. Kia Rae for my sister Kayla Rae and Deamante Jillian for my sister Alexandra Jillian. The girls think its great that they share names with Titi and Aunty. Johnny's middle name was changed to Caesar after a man who actually lead Ryan's parents to the Lord and who meant a great deal to Ryan. He went home to be with the Lord before Ryan and I even were courting.
Tobias means God is good and Isaac (his middle name) means he who laughs. We were going through a really rough time when I was pregnant and I really felt God reminding me through it all who He was and He is good! That is who He is and everything in Him is good and what He wants for us is only good! And well we always like to confess good things over our kids so why not star with their names? So, I wanted a happy boy so he who laughs was fitting and let me tell you he is one happy little guy.
So we really thought that Mylee Grace was the name. Mylee means smiley and again wanted to confess good things and thought the name was cute. And God was working with me on accepting grace and giving it, so we thought we were set-but there were lots God was showing us. During her delivery God proved to us (as He has been this whole year!) His faithfulness. Labor was very intense with Mylee and very quick 3 hours from the time we arrived at the hospital till the time she was born. But as we were getting ready to push the midwife realized that she was face up and I was having a hard time delivering her. The midwife and nurses also were needing to treat me with antibiotics during delivery to prevent a bacteria being passed to the baby. As we were pushing there were times Mylee's heart rate would drop a little and I was getting concerned, but God had it all under control!! She was delivered with no damage/injury to her or I. They told us that they weren't sure how I could have delivered her that usually when a baby presents face up the mother ends up having a c-section and if the mother is able to deliver the baby's face is severely bruised. And neither of theses things happened, Praise the Lord.
After deliver Ryan and I were sitting and talking about God's faithfulness not just in the delivery but in our life, specifically, over the last year. So, it was at that point that we decided to change her middle name to Faith to consistently remind us of His faithfulness.
I just want to encourage parents to looking into the meaning of names before you name your children. As parents you will be using their names A LOT I encourage you to find one that means something good. I always ask God what it is He think a child should be named. I really think its important.
;-) Welcome Mylee Faith!!!
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