What's in a name?

Ok, so I have been trying to get pictures to post, but it just isn't cooperating, so I will do a quick post about her name, since I have had some questions.

Well her name is Viviann Roan (pronounced just like Vivian, but with an extra 'n') We added the extra 'n' after her grandmas. We really like meanings to names, for instance, in Latin Ava means. "Like a Bird" and Belle is after her Grandma Belle, which means "beautiful" in french. The idea was that Ava was the first born and gave us our "parenthood wings" so to speak. She was like a bird in that she allowed us amazing opportunities that really stretched us both physically and mentally. She is also as beautiful as they come, inside and out, so both names mean something and the middle name is a family name.

So going along with that idea, we liked the name Vivian (sorry Erin P.) It also happens to be the name of the town my grandfather was born in Louisiana. However, we wanted Ann in there somewhere, but Vivian Ann sounds like you are stuttering, so that wouldn't work. Vivian means "Alive" in latin, and since Riley's Grandma Marsha Ann has passed on, we thought it would be appropriate to add a 'n' on the end symbolizing that "Ann" is alive in Viviann. Just representing the amazing ability family has to grow and move on, yet continue to remember who came before us, and how they touched our lives while they were here, and how they continue to now that they are gone. Her middle name, Roan, is my mother's maiden name, and I have always loved it. It means "Little red one" but so far she has brown hair, so Roan is just a tribute to a great family that I love so much and many strong people who influenced my life.

So there it is. I hope it makes since.

I will post pictures when the site will let me again! Sorry to make you wait even longer, but she is so cute it will be worth it I promise :)