Ruby, Lila, or not

the day i found out that #3 was a girl, my heart soared

we used our one and only boys name on harper and i was so happy to hit the books to find a name for the new baby sister.

i wrote on the margins of any paper i had in front of me

lila

ruby

lily

paige

lilah

.....

for months i wrote and wrote (and ate and ate)

i just couldn't figure out who she was

i wanted her name to define and describe her

a few weeks before her big debut, her name just came to my lips

"georgia"

oh how i loved her name.

never made any of the lists, never wrote it on a napkin

it just was her, in an instant.

now it is 3.5 years later and today...

she wrote her name.

with careful teaching and coaching from the boss

she did it

to see her chubby little fingers wrapped around that piece of chalk, carefully copying sissy's example

i saw her.

bold.

beautiful.

free spirited.

smart.

loving.

funny.

stubborn.

sure.

that is my girl, defined by her name.