Adelynn Faith (the story)

Okay. So how/why we chose our baby girl's name:

Oh and for those that did not see my facebook post, we've decided on
Adelynn Faith McMahan.

First, I always had a hunch it was a girl from day one and thus, I had various names swirling in my brain since we first found out we were pregnant (okay - maybe since we first decided to start trying!). The 3 were Finlee, Tatum, and Adelynn.

I had mentioned these to Jason but not in all seriousness. And honestly, I always thought it would be Finlee. And then the middle names...these were my favorite and I had a list of about 10 that I loved. In my spare time, I'd match them up with these names and just stare at it trying to imagine our baby girl.

And "Faith" was never one of the 10...ever.

When we found out it was a girl, I automatically switched from Finlee and just knew she was going to be Adelynn (though I had not mentioned this to Jason). In my own thoughts, that was already here name, but I truly was open to Jason having a different opinion. Names are huge to us and really is something we both have felt a leading from God on with our boys...so if God should lead differently, I was open to that.

But Jason was in full support! The only hiccup we had was that he knows I don't like the names to be shortened and he asked if I would get upset if he called her "Addie" some percent of the time. I will admit I asked, "Like how much percent are we talking?" Ha. I told him I will probably always call her Adelynn, but he's her daddy and call her whatever he wants to!

Meaning. Adelynn means "noble kind" which noble, as defined in dictionary means "possessing outstanding qualities". I just absolutely adored that meaning for our baby girl! Over the course of the next few months (and the rest of her life) we are going to pray about those qualities which God desires to be outstanding in her life...to be of "higher ranking" and then holistically for her most outstanding quality to be her love and fervor for the Lord.
The spelling is perfect, too, because "Lynn" is my mother's name and my sister's middle name. Love that.

And then, "Faith". The middle name that was never even on the list.

Jason and I have experienced a handful of matters involving faith like we've never experienced this past year. Some I've blogged about, others I have not...some have been personal and others have been coming alongside with friends through hard times, watching and learning from their massive leaps of faith in God's timing, will, and presence. It's been overwhelming and I think the area I have grown most in my spiritual journey with Lord this year.
And one of our biggest areas of faith was with this baby girl early on when we saw dysfunctional development on her 2nd ultrasound. God chose to heal that for us which we consider a massive blessing! And then a few weeks later when we saw it was a girl, fully healed, on the ultrasound, I knew her middle name would be "Faith".

This is Jason's absolute favorite part of her name.

So our prayer for Adelynn Faith at this point in her tiny little life, is that she grow in favor of God, possessing outstanding qualities that come only from the Holy Spirit, and that her faith in Christ is a noble faith - one esteemed and of high ranking - that will carry her through whatever trials and triumphs await for her in life.

(And then of course an even massive prayer for Jason and I that we can guide her on this path - pressure!).

So there you have it. If you made it through reading that whole thing, bless you. Ha. If not, that's okay because I love having these for my personal records. :)