Pippa, Rowan, and a little bit of other stuff...

Now that we know Finale is a girl, and with all that's been happening, we felt like doing something proactive. We'd been tossing around names for a while, and we just kept coming back to Rowan (which had been on our 'name list' when we were picking Pippa's names). We both really liked it, then started looking into the meaning and some of the lore surrounding the Rowan Tree and it just seemed to fit. Here are just a few of the things that seemed to make it work:

• The rowan is the tree most often cited as the "tree of life"-- the image engraved on our wedding rings
• Rowans are traditionally seen as magically protective-- something this little kid could use right about now
• The rowan tree in 'Celtic Astrology' is the symbol for early to mid-October, when she'll be making her appearance in the world
• In Greek mythology, the rowan was guarded by a dragon-- James used to collect dragons as a kid and has a dragon tattoo on his shoulder
• And silliest of all-- there's an online quiz "What Tree Are You", and James scored as a rowan tree and I tied between a rowan and an ash. Take the quiz and see what you are :)
  

So anyway with all that and, of course, the fact that we like it, we've decided one of her names will be Rowan-- Still not sure if it will be her first or middle name, and definitely not sure what other name we might pair with it, but that's what we're calling her now.

Here is a 3d ultrasound image of Rowan from last Monday's scan:

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