Sunday, May 15, 2011

What is in a name?

Emma was originally an Addisyn, but right before we had our ultrasound to see if we were having a boy or girl we decided to look at the baby name books one more time. Daddy and I both made a list of names that we liked - if I remember correctly we both had 3 we like - Piper, Addisyn, and Hadley. We ranked them and we both ranked them the same and Addisyn came out on top. We flipped through the pages one more time and for some reason Emma caught our attention. We decided right then and there that if the baby was a girl her name would be Emma.
Now for her middle name it was set in stone. Emma would carry the middle name of Sidney after her Great Grandfather(my Mom's father) Harry Sidney Swersky. Sadly Grandpa never met Emma, but we know he watched over her in the NICU and that he continues to watch over her each day. Since Grandpa passed away from cancer we found it fitting for Emma to honor her namesake at the local Relay for Life. My school had a team and we went out to the track and had lots of fun. We stopped to get a picture of Emma with her namesakes luminary and right when I snapped the picture it was like she was looking up to Heaven and letting Grandpa Swersky know that she knows right where he is at.

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