About a week after
we found at Talya was pregnant we were sitting on the
deck with her mom and we mentioned a few names and I
said Vienna, thinking of Billy Joel's song. Talya
liked it... I threw in Lynn as an homage to my
mother... and that was it. It may have been 3 minutes
total. We looked at each other and said, that's it.
The "Vi" reminded me of my grandmother "Viola", and
Vienna could be shortened to "Vi" and days later
I realized it actually had my other grandmother's
name and Talya's mother's name in it as well. It was
perfect. And it really came to us in 3 minutes
(I had never heard of a girl having that name,
have since found a few but very rare) and we just said
"Ok."
Her mother
went: "Wait, you're done?"
"Yup"
We moved onto boy
names (guess we have a while until we announce that -
though it's kinda hidden in an entry video this year)
and the same thing. We agreed immediately and never
talked of it again. Vienna Lynne falls off your tongue
the same way Mandolin does. I just adore the name. It
was always right, it was instantly right and I cannot
wait to meet her. We did get a closer idea of what
she'll look like today...
I bet when
she's born and we compare the two it'll be
pretty freaky. Right now it just looks like
"baby". And from other angles her arms and
legs are all doin' great. That isn't a goiter
poppin' out of her neck or anything. 100%
healthy and all the measurements are on
course for 19 weeks. Due date has been the
week of October 7th all along, and we're
still on track. And now that they could bump
the percentage from 80% to 99.99% that it was
a girl we were able to announce the name, and
of course...
...I had to grab
viennalynne.com.
I'll most likely just make it a feed for all the
entries/videos that have to do with her so if anyone
wants to see baby stuff, they don't have to slog
through the entire journey. I have some reservations
about it, privacy-wise, but I'm just going to have to
take each moment as it comes and choose how protective
to be. Hell even that one ultrasound picture from a
couple entries back weirded me out a bit. Again, cross
those bridges as they come up. Right now it's just an
incredibly happy and joyous moment to announce the
name and get used to talking about her.
I gotta tell you
guys, this feels like an out-of-body experience
sometimes. What happened to my life? How did I go
from the darkest days in mid-2010 to such a series of
unending joyful moments? Romantically it's fun to
think it's recompense for juuuuuuuust how hard the
previous 10 years of my life were, but in reality? I'm
miraculously fortunate. Both Talya and I are in awe at
our good fortune on a daily basis. And when people
warn of all the "tough times" ahead, I honestly have
to laugh. I consider this such a privilege that I look
forward to the sleepless nights and the fun/funny
videos THAT will produce. You know? Life's a JOURNEY.
These are all incredibly colorful chapters and moments
to capture and Talya and I actually MADE a new
character. MADE HER. Not sure that will ever stop
being so hard to process. I think that's what 20
straight years of baby-less sex does to you. So
accustomed to it being a fleeting moment (albeit
wonderful in and of itself)... that it really takes a
lot of head scratching to connect what
happened.
So, Ms. Vienna:
Welcome to The Journey. I hope you like your
theme.
