Names are very important to Trent and me. We pored through the 50,001 Best Baby Names books, Hess genealogy books, Miller genealogy books, the Bible, any old-fashioned names, and really wracked our brains to come up with what we felt would be the best name for our third child. As I mentioned before I left the boy name up to Trent. He didn't decide until we were in the Operating Room, only to find out that we had a girl and could use the name that we had decided upon a couple months previous.
Magdalena Faith Hess:
Where did Magdalena come from? Trent thought it would be neat to trace his Hess side all the way back to the first Hess's who came from Switzerland. The first couple was Hans and Magdalena Hess in the 1700s, and the third in his line was David and Magdalena. It seemed to be a popular name back then, there were several in that particular Hess book. It's popularity seemed to die out around the 1800s. Anyway, we thought it was a neat name, and liked the nick name Maggie.
Where did Faith come from? Originally I really liked Rose as a middle name. It is old-fashioned and I love old names, plus I thought it sounded very pretty, Magdalena Rose. However, as our pregnancy progressed and I was being so challenged by God to have more faith in Him, I thought we could use Faith as a middle name. It is a name Trent always liked as well, so we decided on Magdalena Faith. Magdalena is so beautiful. I am so thankful for her good health and amazed at how well she is growing and eating.
At her 4 week check up (when these photos were taken) she was 7 pounds already! She had gained 2 pounds and grew 2 inches in just three weeks. She will be 9 weeks tomorrow, and has a doctor appointment Friday. I will not be surprised if she has gained another 2 pounds!
