Those of you who know my husband and I know how long it took us to pick a name for Chloe.  We just weren’t good at the whole committing-to-a-name thing and although we only had two names in the running we didn’t actually make the decision about the first name until we were on our way to the hospital (the middle name we settled on after she was born!). So it is funny to me that we knew so “early” (to us) and with so much certainty that this name was perfect for this little one due in February.   Vera Elise Cochrane (phonetically – “Varah Eleece”…Chloe’s translation – “Bera Eleece Quockrane”.  Vera is from the latin root verus and means “truth” and Elise means “consecrated to God.”  I am not much of a crier but when we were considering the name and looked into the meanings I definitely burst into tears knowing that this was the one:)

We cannot wait to meet baby Vera and finally hold her in our arms.  We are beyond excited that Chloe will have a little sister and our prayer already is that they will become the best of friends.

“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when sisters live together in unity.”   -Psalm 133:1