her name...

I remember Josh saying to me once that we need to think of

names for our baby girl. I wasn't ready at that time to do that, but

it wasn't long after that conversation that I felt like our baby spoke

to me and told me what her name should be. I know this sounds

weird and it is really hard to explain, but she told me her name was

Mia.

I am really fussy when it comes to names; I usually take the 9

months to agree on one. (As a teacher, there are so many names

which remind you of students, naughty and nice, so that doesn't

really leave you with many to choose from!) Then I have to put the

first, second and last name together to make sure that it sounds

okay and that they won't be teased later in life at school.

I honestly could not think of any names at all for our baby- every

time I tried to think or look at a baby name book, Mia kept telling

me what her name was. So Mia it was.

One day doing our 5 hour drive from Tennant to Alice Springs, I

spoke to Josh about her name and told him what had been

happening and how I thought she was telling me what it was to

be. He was happy with Mia as her first name and as I had 'chosen'

the first name he was to choose the second name. This was easy

for him as he wanted to name our sweet baby girl after his mother-

Rebecca. His mother has all the values that he wants Mia (and all

our girls) to have and she was so much support for us both during

this hard time. I am sure Mia will see it as an honour to have her

Grandma's name when she grows up.

scenery from tennant to alice