Elsa Joy

We had our gender-definitive ultrasound 2 days before we left town for Christmas, so Elsa didn't get an adrenaline-hyped post announcing her gender and name. We were also fairly sure beforehand of both things, so it wasn't a huge surprise.

The name came to us pretty quickly. We like short names; Elsa is a German derivative of Elisabeth and means "chosen by God." Elisabeth is also Kendall-Bethy's middle name and we like names that carry on. Joy is the first name and middle name of my father's mother, "Nanny Joy" and my younger sister "Rebecca Joy." Watch out, if you get too close to us, we're naming em after you.

This photo is actually from Heidi's ultrasound (again, so second child), but Elsa was facing my spine and wouldn't turn around for us, so her pictures just couldn't do her justice.

I am loving the idea of two little girls, of how much fun they will have, and hoping that they will be as close as my friendships with my own sisters have been. And the nesting part of me is looking forward to using Heidi's cute stuff again and amping up her room to hold two. If you want to hear my "deep" thoughts on this, go back to Heidi's prenatal posts. It is all the same, I just don't have time to write it down again. We love you, Elsa Joy.