The Triplets Have Names!

It appears that our three little girls now have names.  This is a significant accomplishment for Taylor and I.  With our older girls it always came down to the final few days and with Josie we changed her name on the paperwork after she was born.  Taylor wanted to wait until their birthday to make a decision, that was more than I could handle.  For some reason, with the triplets I wanted them to have an identity, other than A, B, and C, as early as possible.  Tuesday night I was pretty sure we would have names selected.  We had them narrowed down to 4, 3 of which we had been tossing around for weeks.  Honestly, I was happy with any combination of the 4, Taylor thought because I couldn't narrow them down that I was just settling for anything.  I was eventually able to prove him wrong.

So last night, after we put the girls to sleep and settled in for our Alias watching, I started discussing names.  We settled on three!  But every so often I would ask him to pause the show and I would ask, "so our girls' names are....?"  He said yes and we resumed the show.  I think we did this about 5 times before we finally decided!  With names for the girls I felt like I was getting to know them in a whole new way.  All the names of our older girls are family names.  The names of the triplets are a combination of family names and names with which we like the meaning.  One thing is for sure, all 6 of our girls have old lady names =)
The names have not been assigned to the babies, nor have they been assigned colors or blankets.  I was willing to compromise with Taylor on that, having names was a big enough deal!

 So without further ado, the unveiling of the names of the Birchman Triplet Girls:

*Abigail (My Father Rejoices. I also really like her story in the Bible)  Louise (Protectress/Watchful)
*Betsy (Oath or Promise of God) Doris (Taylor's maternal Grandmother)
*Bonnie (Taylor's mom) Victoria (my maternal grandmother)

I shared the names with Evie and Lucy this afternoon.  Evie did not approve but then she recommended fridgerator and garbage can.  So her judgement doesn't carry much weight in the house.

Taylor says things can still change, I beg to differ.  We will know for sure on their birthday!