The pressure is gone.....

We felt a tremendous amount of pressure in naming the baby ......... I mean, a name is super important, and everyone knows you by your name. If your name is too hard to pronounce this will haunt you every day of your life. If your name is too weird people think you are a freak. If your name doesn't "fit" you people are off put by this (think: seinfeld epsiode where the lady has an asian last name but isn't asian and this really disturbs George's mom).

Here are a few quotes that put's EXTRA pressure on one trying to name a child:

* A name is the blueprint of the thing we call character. You ask, What's in a name? I answer, Just about everything you do. ~ Morris Mandel (author, psychologist, & educator)

* The name we give to something shapes our attitude to it - Katherine Patterson (author)

*Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry. - Bill Cosby (comedian)

HOWEVER - we stared the task right in the face and have decided (barring any surprises on the day of HER birth that is!!) -

The name we have chosen is.........DRUM ROLL PLEASE.........

ELLIE: (greek) Noble, exalted, shining light

Also note it ends with a vowel!!