Names...

Everyone always asks how we picked our kids' names. I answered in regard to Willow, and thought I would write the story behind all fo the kids' names over the coming days. First up...Princess Willow Lillianna Skye

Willow was Patricia SueAnn for 2 months in utero. I always wanted to name a girl after my late grandmother, Patsy Ruth. I wanted to include my mom in that, Peggy Sue. I knew from the moment DH suggested it, that this wasn't a Patricia. I tried to make her one, but she just isn't. Unfortunately anyway you slice it, all combinations of Patsy Ruth and Peggy Sue = a hickname! I am half-hillbilly/half redneck, but don't like hick names still!
So I drove Dh crazy telling him we had the name wrong, until one night I asked for Willow, which means God-like. Willow Skye....God-like heavens. However I was still torn about not honoring my mother somehow, so I played with ways to keep Sue which means lily. I wish I had been able to work Pat into her name. Instead I will teach her the lessons taught to me by my beloved Granny Pat. One day I will introduce her to Granny in heaven. :-)
December 1st we knew we were awaiting the arrival of Princess Willow Lillianna Skye...a god-like lily of the heavens and our Little tree. :)