Chris had the task of naming our soon coming Christmas miracle. I chose Grayson as the middle name but his first name has been a long, hard decision. Chris wanted a Biblical name and gave great attention and detail to bestowing the perfect name upon him. Earlier this week, Micah was the name of choice but he wasn’t 100% certain if this would be THE name. Other choices were Jonathan and John ( neither of which I like at ALL although John is my paternal grandfathers name) Last night, with great excitement, Chris announced that he had a name but was reluctant to tell me because he thought I would not like it. I encouraged him to just SPILL it, as I was dying to know. Drumroll, please…. Israel Grayson Dillard is the name and I absolutely love it. I love the meaning of Israel ( one who wrestles with God, Prince of God, the Champion of G-d.) and I also love “Ethan and Israel together). I still equally love the name Grayson and will call him both names…as I do with Ethan. If Ethan is in trouble he gets called “CHRISTOPHER ETHAN” and when he’s just my sweet baby boy ( which is 99% of the time), he’s Ethan.
Here is a pic of Israel Grayson from an ultrasound on Wednesday. Our OB wanted to recheck his heart because he did not see all 4 chambers on the 8/3 ultrasound. Thankfully, the repeat ultrasound showed a 4 chambered heart. Thank you, Lord~
The tech was able to get a shot of his face. The placenta is in front of my uterus and directly above his face. So, getting a GOOD picture may be difficult for a while. Either way, I love this picture. I believe that our sweet baby boy was smiling in response to hearing our voices. I can’t wait until we can see his precious smile in person & hold him.
Can you see this sweet smiling boy????
22w 4 days old
So adorable! And what a beautiful name. Did you realize that he and Ethan have the same number of syllables in their respective names?
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