Naming the Babe

Our littlest has a name, honestly we wrestled with this 'naming' more than any of our other children. We had a name picked out, prior to our feet landing in Ethiopia.

Then we fell in love with the country, then we met our hand picked ball of Beauty. Almost immediately we knew we had to regroup with our name, my Knight and I agreed, she needed to retain her name- to hold onto the rich heritage that God had given her. We did feel that God led us to a name, one that points to Him.

So, without any more adieu:

Let me present....

Avianna Mihret

Avi-in Hebrew it means 'My Father' (God)

Anna- means (God's) Grace

Mihret-in Amharic means Mercy

We have been calling her Baby Mercy since our referral back in October. Think I let that slip once in one of my posts. We are mainly calling her Mihret. Her first name, may come into use, as time goes on, I am sure God will give us wisdom. I know He already has in so many ways, to which we are thankful.

Funny story, while we were in Ethiopia several people we love were sitting here trying to figure out what her name would be...we told no one ahead of time. They only knew her as 'Baby Mercy.' But they did have the clue that God had given all of our girls a name with an 'ANNA' in it...(truth be told, we didn't realize it until our last adoption, but God had a pattern in place-we were surprised!)

None of the 'guessers' had come up with Avianna...

Her biggest sister (17) insists that she is an 'Avi' and really whined pleaded that we give it to her as her first name.

This adoption has been full of so many surprises, twists and turns...seems fitting that naming her would take on many of those same adoption path aspects!

I think Princess Mercy has a nice blog ring to it, eh?

Thank you Jules-

Everyday Mommy,

for updating my header for me. If any of you are looking for a new header, or a blog makeover...Jules is one talented lady.