About the name, Sage was just a name that we liked, didn't have anything to do with either of our families, at least that's what we thought! Then when Josh's mom was here, she was looking at my family history and found that Sage is a surname in my family!!! What a coincidence!
As for her middle name we really struggled, it is really hard to find a name that flows well with Sage. Of course we had a few suggestions of brush, bush, and hill, but soon vetoed all of those. I have really gotten into family history this past year, and have been working on my g-grandmother, Dorthea Irene's line. She died a few weeks after having her third child, my g-grandfather kept the baby for another month, before deciding the baby would be better off with a mother and gave her up for adoption. Dorthea is buried somewhere here in Baker, but we haven't been able to find her. So that is where the name Irene came from. This past week as I was going through some family history, I found the adoption papers for this little girl, I always knew her as Reva, but on the adoption papers I found out that my g-grandparents named her Irene, then the adoptive parents changed her name. So Irene is a very special name to me. My grandma searched for years for her little sister and finally found her later in life. They had a very good relationship until Reva died. So there is the story behind the name.
Life is very busy with 5 kids, 4 of them within 4.5 years!!! But we are adjusting well, and thankful for all of the help both of our mothers have given. Thank you, we couldn't have done it without you! Well, I guess I better see if I can upload some pictures.
Now this is a fresh baby!!!!! I would say minutes old.
Precious! You can see how much these girls love their baby sister!
Colton also loves his little sister!
That's it for now, I have to go rescue the twins from Oakley!
3 comments:
I really like your story of the name, it's sad though. I hope you find you g grandmas grave.
First post of 2009, seems like a good thing to write about. I had heard from mom that you had a baby, but wasn't sure I should believe it until I heard from you or saw some pictures. I guess she wasn't lieing. Congratulations. Hope to meet her soon.
Wow, I am out of the loop, but I guess that is what blogs are for, to let cousins know what is going on. Your girls are so cute, and Colton looks like a proud big brother. Congratulations.
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