The Name

I forgot to mention how we came up with little Emma's name.  We had a pretty hard time deciding this time (Seriously don't know how my parents named SEVEN girls!).  I really liked Julia, Cayla, and Shayla, and Randall wanted Sophia or Sariah.  I personally thought those two names were too close to Savanna... The kids really liked the name Julia, but one morning a few weeks before she was born, Meleah came downstairs and said that she had a dream that the baby's name was Emma.  From then on, she just started calling her Emma - like that was just what it was going to be.  I actually liked the name Emma, but Randall was still holding out.  While I was in labor, he caved (something about seeing me in intense pain makes him give in, apparently) and we decided that her name would be Emma.  I let him choose if it would be Emma Tami (my older sister that passed away when she was 2 months old from birth defects), or Emma Grace and he chose...Emma Sophia (his great-great-grandma's name).  I loved it!  Hopefully she will too.  :)