Elise here.  A quick update on us: We came home from the hospital yesterday.  It was soooo nice to sleep in our own bed again last night, and yes, we did actually get some sleep.  The night started out rough, but after a blow-out diaper, Alethea settled down and actually did pretty well sleeping in her own room.

Now for the main subject of this post – I wanted to let everyone know a little more about why we picked the name Alethea Margaret.

Alethea – pronounced ah-LAY-thee-ah
Many of you know that Peter and I each had a name picked out and decided to wait until B was born to pick which of the names we were going to use.  When it came time to decide I think Peter felt sorry for me after 3&1/2 hours of pushing a 10 lb baby out and we didn’t even have to argue over whose name we were going to use.

Alethea is the Greek word for “truth”.  I learned it when I was studying Greek in high-school and ever since then have thought that it would make the prettiest name for a girl.  In a culture where image is everything and what’s inside a person so often doesn’t count, I pray Alethea will always be willing to stand up for the truth.

Margaret –
Margaret is Peter’s grandmother’s name.  She passed away on April 11th and we were disappointed that she was not able to meet her first great-grandchild but we wanted to honor her memory and so Alethea’s middle name is Margaret.