Clare Virginia

We finalized baby #3's name and it will be...

Clare Virginia Orosz!

We really didn't have any other contenders. We had a very short list from Grace's naming game and this combination popped up then stuck.

As always, I am a big fan of having a saint name in our children's full name. Clare is for St. Clare of Assisi, who is connected to one of our family's favorite saints, St. Francis of Assisi. My grandmother named my mom's middle name Frances (the female version in honor of St. Francis). St. Clare was a follower of St. Francis and the Franciscan discipline. When we were growing up, we often visited the Franciscan Monastery in Washington, D.C. on the weekends and though I haven't been back in ages, I remember vividly how calm, peaceful and beautiful it is there.

Then Virginia is simply because I love my home state and we think it makes a great name too.

Only 10 more weeks until we get to meet Clare Virginia! In the meantime, I get to order all the monogrammed goodies that come with having a name :)

Grace Therese

Baby Girl Orosz now has a name --

Grace Therese Orosz

Grace is a name Matt and I liked for a girl when we found out we were first pregnant (with William) and so it went on the back burner when we found out we were expecting a boy. With our second, once we found out we were having a girl we went back to a few of those girl name options. We thought we'd really look into names again, but ended up deciding amongst the few we had originally mentioned.

Therese is my former middle name. Therese for St. Therese the Little Flower - also my Grandma Marie's middle name.



Grandma Marie T. and Grandpa QT

St. Therese The Little Flower

Grandma Marie was a super Catholic and I could not possibly count the number of St. Therese books, medals, statues, videos, etc., I was given about St. Therese growing up (she ran St. Mary's church book store in DC every Sunday after attending the 2 hour full Latin mass - talk about dedication!). If our home weren't still packed up in storage then I would definitely scan and share the photo of me DRESSED as St. Therese The Little Flower for Saint Day back at St. Michael's. St. Therese was very much known in my life! I changed my middle name to Tisone when Matt and I got married, so we both thought it would be nice to bring Therese back!

I picked up Grace's first monogrammed outfit ... white seersucker with peach ric rac beach romper! It's a cute one!