Shelley is named after her Tutu and my mother, Shelley Bennett. We surprised my mom and didn't tell her we were going to name little Shelley after her until after she was born. It was so fun surprising her - she definitely wasn't expecting it!Shelley's middle name, Eliah, comes from Guatemala and Justin's inspiration. I went to visit Justin, before we were married, while he was country director for HELP International in Guatemala. While we were together there and a few days after he had proposed to me on top of the ancient Temple IV in Tikal, we went to the Guatemala LDS Temple. One of the temple workers there was named Elia and I loved that name from there on out. We were going to spell it just like her name but Justin decided that for pronunciations sake it was best to add an 'h' to the end of it (it's pronounced el-eye-ah). I love the spelling of it because it is spelled like Elijah without the j of course. And many of you are familiar with the prophet Elijah from the Old Testament and the Spirit of Elijah and temple work so I thought it was fitting since we found her name in the Guatemala Temple.
So, there you go:D
3 comments:
i love the story and i love the picture - she looks so peaceful and sweet! oh yes, and i love you!
That's so sweet that you got her name from Guate! Love it! Love your little family...so precious!
that is a really sweet story... it was just yesterday it seems like you guys got back from Tikal a little bit after us, and we were so excited to see the footage of your engagement. thanks for sharing!
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