Well folks - we decided on a name! Drum roll please... our daughter's name is Matea Mimi Peterson. Read on if you want the story...Obviously we have been in this adoption process since March of 2007. We have spent time off and on talking and thinking about names - we narrowed down our boys names really quickly. Girls names...no such luck. For MONTHS we tried to figure out a girls name. I liked some and Aaron hated them, Aaron liked some and I hated them...some were too girly, some were too weird, some were too normal...you know the drill. Anyway, we kind of figured we'd get a boy so it wouldn't really matter if we had a girls name narrowed down or not.
So then, of course, we got our referral of Mimi. We knew we wanted to keep Mimi as part of her name. At this point Aaron decided that he really wanted a name that had a special meaning to it. So, that knocked out most of the names that we had on our "If We Can't Think Of Anything Better" list. Back to the drawing board, the name books, and the internet. We started looking mostly at meanings, and a few days ago we narrowed down the ones we liked to five.
So we've spent the entire weekend flip-flopping between five different names. Yesterday we narrowed it down to four. I was having a hard time wanting to commit to anything, and neither one of us really wanted to give in to the other's favorite. In all seriousness, I think we were driving ourselves nuts.
Today we went over to Jen's for dinner. Aaron made this declaration: "I'm going to go to the bathroom, and by the time I come out we are going to have a name." A few minutes later..."Her name is Matea." So, that's it! That's her name. Matea is Hebrew and it means "God's gift." What a fitting name for our girl!
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That is a beautiful name--and I love that a bathroom visit somehow played into the timing of choosing it.
Leave it to Aaron to declare a bathroom break the point in time to name your little girl:-)
Glad you guys found a name after such a grueling process!
Can't wait to meet her.
The name itself seems to invoke beauty and it sounds so beautiful! And how fitting a meaning for she truly is God's gift! I absolutely LOVE it! She is in our prayers daily and will continue to be for her entire life. We can't wait for the first chance to hold her in our arms. I can only imagine how you two are feeling! Love you, Mom P.
I passed Matea's picture around the circle in Bible Study this morning, and it was so fun to hear the reactions of everyone..."How darling...how beautiful her eyes are...how gorgeous she is....how adorable..etc." We really prayed for her in prayer time, and we will continue to do so!
Love, Grandma Lynn
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