The name

Ivey Grace Peck... yes, we have finally made a decision!! This is the name we've been going back to for the entire summer and for some reason, just couldn't make it official. But last night at dinner, Kevin and I decided for sure on both the first and last name.

So where did this come from??

In all reality, I'm not sure... one day I was just driving and the name Ivey just entered my mind... I think I was thinking of my friend Courtney which made me remember the names of her nieces... one of which is Ivy. We went to dinner with some friends that night and I said it... no one seemed to oppose. I came home and decided to do a search to see if maybe there was some Biblical meaning to it. Sure enough, I found a meaning to a Hebrew word Ivah, which means "God's great gift." Done. Basically, we were done with the first name at that point, but had more trouble with the middle name. Both of our girls (and even my sister and I) have family names... Ann and Elizabeth. So does that mean our 3rd girl needs another family name for a middle name?? That was our conversation all summer. We had several considerations throughout our chats... from Marguerite which was my grandmother's name or maybe Pearson which is Kevin's mom's middle name and grandmother's maiden name. But at the end of the day, we realized that we wouldn't use either of those with the first name. Does that make sense? We have Ellie Ann and Halle Beth... they just come out easily. One friend told me about a friend that she had that was Ivey Grace... and there it was... it rolls off the tongue and when put with the name Ivey, "God's great gift of grace" ... perfect!

We love it and are so excited to be able to officially have her name down!!

Oh and by the way, if you are curious of the spelling, I didn't really have a preference between Ivey and Ivy, but Kevin said, "She's not a plant." So, there you have it! :)

And if you are keeping up with our friends the Suhs, not that they wouldn't be already, but these two girls are destined to be bffs forever... I mean, Ivey and Evie??!! So fun...