Arley's Name

Now, her name.. we honestly didn't quite now what we wanted to name her until the hospital, and we saw her. We had a few names picked out, but for some reason I couldn't commit to any of them. I kept thinking about my great grandmas name, Arley. And sure enough in the surgical room, I was over whelmed with the spirit, and the feeling that her name was supposed to be Arley. So, I listened, and we named her Arley! No middle name, just Arley Edwards. I think it has a nice flow to it too. So she shares the name of her great great grandma Arley Lamb Coleman. She actually passed away when my mom was pregnant with me, so I didn't know her personally, but have heard how wonderful of a person she is. She is my moms grandma, and my grandma was actually an only child, due to some miscarriages, and deaths of her siblings. So her and her mother Arley were obviously close, and had a special relationship.

No one knew we were really thinking of naming her Arley, so it was a fun surprise to tell my mom and grandma. My mom started crying immediately. When my Grandma Franklin came to the hospital to visit, she walked in and we asked Bronson to tell Grandma baby sisters name. He said Baby "OLLEY". My grandma of course did not understand. So I told her we decided on Arley. She actually reacted a little different than I expected, she just looked shocked, and said "oh really". Than sort of changed the subject. So I sort of was worried that she was mad or something. Well the very next morning, my first visitor was her. She brought Arley a few special items.. and it meant so much to me. She apologized for her reaction the night before, but told me she cried all night. She hates showing emotions in public or to anyone really. So it was cute, and really special that she was so happy I named her after her mother.

This is Arley as a child on the left, and her older brother on the right. Reminds me of my Arley and Bronson :)
She wrote Arley this sweet letter, that I will keep and give to Arley later. Maybe at her baptism or something.

Grandma and Grandpa went through some of my great grandmas jewelry, and picked this necklace out to give to Arley. I will keep this with the letter and give to her later also. So sweet and so special. The pin that says Arley is about 70 years old. My grandma has one too, and said they were in California and had some vendor make them on the beach. My mom has the Erma one, and now Arley gets the Arley one :)

My cute grandma surprised me by putting the pin on Arley.

These are all when she and my grandpa first found out her name and met Arley..

We are so happy to have Arley in our lives, and have her named after someone so special. I was a little worried it was not a name people would like, but in the end I decided I didn't need to care what others thought. It was cute to me, and special. It has grown on me more and more, and really just fits her now. I can't imagine her with a different name. Who knows, maybe we just started a new trend? :)