Question #2
Do we have a name picked out for Baby VBK and if so, what is it?
This question is one that I really struggled with when trying to decide which questions I could answer and which were best left unanswered. It's not that I don't want you to know his name or that we're trying to keep it a secret.
One reason for not posting it is that it's scary. It's scary to think that this may not happen, to get ourselves ready for him to come and then the birthmother to change her mind. Letting his name be known will make it harder if we come home empty-handed, but I've come to the conclusion that I can't let that scare me from preparing for him. I can't let that fear take over. I must believe that this is really happening, that we will not come home empty-handed. I must prepare to be a mom in just two short months. Women carrying biological children don't hold back on naming their children, even though there is a chance that something could happen during the pregnancy or delivery and the baby could die. That chance is probably the same chance that we have of coming home without a baby.
Another reason for not posting is due to the birthmother. She does not know our last name, where we live, or our places of employment, but when all is said and done, she will know the baby's name. I know that the chances of her finding this blog with just three names, ours and the baby's, are very, very slim, but it's still a risk. So....I figured I'd post it for about a week, week and a half, and then delete his name from this post.
So.....here we go. Our name for Baby VBK is........
........ (If you want to know, please email or message me.)
It's part of Dave's middle name, a family name on my dad's side, is easy to pronounce since it's going to be with our last name, and it means "gift of God".
As for a middle name, you'll just have to wait until he's born for that one! hahaha
Tomorrow's Question: What rights will the birthmother have when the baby is born?
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3 comments:
I love that name! Thank you for sharing it with us. :)
fail!
Christopher Brian or Brian Christopher are the only acceptable answers!
but seriously, it is great to see you stepping out on faith here. it can be hard to do so knowing that nothing is 100% set in stone. as i was reading i was just thinking about how couples who get pregnant are not guarunteed anything either, but then i kept reading and you beat me to it!
i will keep praying, and want to encourage you with Psalm 37:4. read, know it, live it!
"Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart."
Great name!! We gave a little girl that we had for a few weeks, the name we had chosen for a girl. We even sent out announcements with that name. Needless to say, when she left I was devastated not only by the loss of the child we had taken in as our daughter, but at the loss of the name too. We can't see ourselves ever using that name again, because to us it means her.
However, I read an article called "The Max that stayed" and it was about a family who named the baby a birthmother was pregnant with "Max" and were even at his birth. When she chose to parent instead, they thought the name died with their dream of that son. But a few months later another baby boy came available and this one was able to be adopted by them. They told their family they would name him Max...because Max was the name of their son- whoever he would be. And that God knew THIS was the Max that would stay. So I think it is good you have named him. Good to bond with that name as your son's name, too, regardless of the circumstances!
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