Julia has been Julia for as long as we have talked about her. It is tradition here to name your daughter after the paternal grandmother which was named Julia so we always knew that would be our daughter's name. Thank goodness it wasn't something weird! Every now and then, I would hear a name and think about it, but we always came back to Julia. Before she was conceived, we prayed for her. Even with Eli. At night, we would ask God to send us Baby Julia. Then, we asked Him to keep Baby Julia safe and healthy. So, it's like God prepared our hearts for her... like we knew she was supposed to be in our family. We just knew she would be a girl. Of course there was a chance she could have been a boy, but we would have been shocked. God already put her in our hearts. The ultrasound just confirmed it to be true.
As far as the middle name... we have been talking about that for a while, bouncing around different ideas. The one we were probably going with was naming her after a time of day, which is another tradition. For example, Eli is Eli Evenings Orwa. We had pretty much settled on that, but when Julia arrived early, we both wanted to change her middle name to reflect the situation. So, we settled on "Mireya" which means "miracle." Mireya is not pronounced like Mariah (Carey). Pronounce it like you are in Spanish class.. "Me-ray-uh" Be sure to roll the "r."
Julia Mireya Orwa. Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?
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I love her name and how she came to receive it! Thank you for the pronunciation, cuz in my head I was saying it like Mariah Carey. ;)
ReplyDeleteYou have been on quite the roller coaster the last few weeks. I can't believe you had the time to write it all out to share with us. But so glad you did. Thanks for keeping us posted and I'm looking forward to seeing many more pics of your growing family. Precious! Love you Stace!