The Name

We decided when thinking of names for our future children that we wanted the first born daughter to be named after her great grandma O. (Ryan's grandma) She was an incredible woman and I want our daughter to have someone to look up to and read about. Grandma Mary wrote a journal and left it behind for her children and grandchildren to read. In it she writes about her childhood, the Armenia genocide, and tragedy of her parents being killed and herelf being kept in hiding. -I should have had Ryan write this post since he is the story teller in our family and obviously knows much more about these details than I do.                                                                                   *picture of Grandma Mary & Ryan

After marriage and children and being on the wealthier side living in Armenia and now having the gospel in her life they knew they wanted to move to the United States, to Utah. They had to leave the majority of their belongings and money and could only bring a few rugs (they were rug makers in Armenia) and a few of their personal belongings. They spent the rest of their life poor but Ryan has said they were the happiest people you would meet as well as the most giving. Their testimonies in the church were strong and they had many blessings from our Father in Heaven so they would not go hungry and to know that everything would be ok. I love her journal and can't wait for baby Mary to read about this side of her heritage.

So with that history said, we were thrilled to find out that we were to expect a little girl this fall. Also because coming up with a boy name we both like has been so difficult! You should hear some of the names Ryan has come up with... really?? I cant' even pronounce some of them! ;)

Mary will also be named after my mom's middle name 'Jean'. My mom means the world to me and is another wonderful example for baby Mary to look up to. 

                                             -This rug was made and donated by Ryan's
                                         grandparents to the church museum which you can

                                   see down town salt lake on the 2nd floor. There was a private

                              seller who wanted to buy it from them for a substancial amount of money

                           but they knew and had planned to giving to the church. They knew no English

                         and made these pictures of the Temples and Prophets by looking at pictures
                       from The Ensign. It's incredible to see it in person and look at every stitch.-
                                                      

*26 weeks!*