The Name.

Like last time, I spent HOURS and HOURS looking up baby names for this little one.  Probably even more hours than I spent trying to find the perfect name for Nory.  It seemed harder for Baby #2, just as I described to you HERE.  There was much more to consider and even once we thought we had the perfect name picked out....the name we had been trying out around the house for weeks.....the name we were 99% certain about.....we made a last minute decision to change it up with a name that wasn't even on our radar!  (Yes, I feel completely silly for wasting precious hours of sleep due to my obsession with Nameberry in the last however many weeks!)

We thought it was a neat tradition to have a male middle name for both of our girls because in Arab culture, girls do have male middle names! So, with that, the middle name was always Tyko - a Scandinavian name that is extra precious as it was Phil's grandfather's middle name.  Phil's Grandpa was his ultimate FAVOURITE person in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD (and BEYOND!!!!!).  Grandpa passed away before Phil and I were together but, based on the amazing woman he married, it's clear just how incredibly special he was (women like HER don't get scooped up by just anybody!!!).  Stories of him, told by Phil and Grandma, always make the room tear up and even though I never met him, I miss him like they do.  We hope you had a big bowl of ice cream on December 5th, Grandpa! xo 

Given that the middle name is masculine, we decided that - like with Eleanor - the first name had to be quite feminine.  We wanted something that wasn't super popular or trendy but something that wasn't way out of the blue either (crazy celebrity style).  Well, laying in the hospital bed during my second admission (and second round of stop-this-baby-from-coming medicine), Juliet popped into my mind with the circumstance-appropriate nickname "Jet".  It was girlie enough, classic enough, and had a sporty little nickname that referenced just how quickly she wanted into this world!  I sent Phil a message at work and he fell in love :)  Juliet Tyko Parkinson it was!

We adore you, Jet Tyko!!!  You came into the world during my favourite month and - after December 25th - I think you too will have a favourite holiday!  You're our Christmas Angel :)

XOXO