A name is chosen and a new era begins

We finally picked a name! Her name is Elizabeth Marie.

We decided on the first name first. We told Katie, but we told her it was still a secret from anyone else. She managed to keep this secret for a whole weekend until we told the rest of the family.

Our kids so far had been given good, strong names, taken from the works of William Shakespeare. We looked for another good, strong name, but the pickin's are a bit slim for girls names. (though Titania had a certain ironic appeal for a wee baby...) But what better, stronger name than the name of Shakespeares Queen? It certainly fit the theme, and had the bonus of having been present in both sides of the family.

The second name gave us more trouble than the first. We narrowed it down and finally agreed on Marie. This should have been all figured out before she was born, but we didn't have the time we thought we would.

So there you have it, the new Elizabethan Era has begun.

(P.S. Only her Dad is allowed to call her "Lizzie May" :-) )

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Elizabeth is doing okay today. She is on the bipap machine. She has had no feeds since midnight but they plan to restart at 1cc every 3 hrs at 6pm.

We got a call at 9:50pm that they had to intubate her again. They found fluid on her left lung and part of it had collapsed. She is still breathing room air.