A name for our very spoiled girl :)

This week brought a surprise shower at work. (It is always nice to show-up to what you think is a 7:30 am meeting only to be greeted with food and presents for your baby.) The shower was for both myself and Luciana who is having her second baby in just a few weeks. She teaches Spanish at McLean. Leah was once again at the head of organizing the event. She also created name signs for both of us. Which brings me to an announcement...We are naming our little one ISABELLE. We will likely call her Izzy (Scott picked that spelling :)). After much clever guessing on the part of my family and no poker face on my part, we decided to let the cat out of the bag so to speak. We welcome any positive feedback you want to give :). She is named for Isabel Bonnyman who was a wonderful woman and a first cousin of my father's along with Belle Heard who is my parents' longtime housekeeper. We put them together to arrive on the spelling.

This week also has brought an expansion to our children's library from my Wellesley friends in the form of a virtual book shower. Old classics and new favorites have been arriving all week. Who knew that Scott had never heard of The Hungry Caterpillar or Goodnight Moon? Jaime (my college roommate) was very sweet to organize the shower. We are enjoying all of the selections and reading them to Izzy already.

Overall, I have been continually reminded of how loved and supported we are in this process. That has been very helpful with the slight panic of only five weeks setting in :). We appreciate everything that people have done for us and for Isabelle and we can't wait to meet her and introduce her to all the people who already have shown their love for us and her.