My Children...

Okay, so I'm stealing this from Lisa, but I liked the way you told why you and Trent chose the names that you did for your kids. So I am going to as well. Well Madi's name: Madelyn Grace...Madelyn I first heard from Pine Springs the summer that I potwashed. Andy, (can't remember his last name) he was the youth minister at Golf Course Road in Midland, his daughter's name was Madelyn and I loved that name. At the time not many girls were named Madelyn. Madison was really popular, so there were lots of Maddie's and Maddy's Maddi's well mine's Madi...phonetically it doesn't make much sense, but that is what I wanted. Grace came from the actual meaning of the word. That was such a hard time for Nathan and I , b/c we weren't married yet, and it was so hard for me to wrap my mind around sin, forgiveness, and therefore Grace. I was picking out bridal shower selections and I saw this little plaque that said "Grace each day with thanks" and just knew that was going to be her middle name. At that time we didn't even know she was a girl, well...I take that back. I knew the day I found out I was pregnant that she was a girl. I even have a calendar from Anne Geddes that has a little blonde girl with blue eyes and curly hair about one year old that I found before Madi was born, that I knew Madi would look just like. You know how you imagine what your kids will look like? I just knew that's what Madi would look like when she was that age, and it matches soooo well, it's wierd. One day one of Nathan's friends was at our house, and I had that pic on our fridge and he looked at it and said, "what's wrong with Madi?" (The little girl has tears in her eyes) He didn't believe me that it wasn't her. Anyways, so that's Madi's name. Trendy, yes, but I love it and it's so fitting. She is such a Madi. My second choice would have been Sydney, but I'm so glad we chose Madi.
Kyle Jackson: His first name is for Kyle Wood, who was Nathan's best friend in high school. They grew up together, graduated from high school, and on November 3rd, 1999 (I'm pretty positive it was 99, I know it was November 3rd, b/c that's our anniversary. Nathan wanted to make a bad memory something special) Anyways, on that date Kyle was sit by a semi and killed instantly. It crushed Nathan. He was at LCU at the time, and a short time later he decided to take a job transfer to Tennessee to get away from things. When he came back, he got a job at Daybreak where Chrissy worked, who I saw everyday practically. You can never get enough free coffee. And the rest is history! When we were picking boys names the first time, we had chosen Jackson Lee, so we just did Kyle Jackson. (My dad's name is Jack) It's so funny how your kids names become so fitting for them. Could you imagine calling them anything else?