Whats in a name?

Finley Amelia and Amelia

I was about 4 years old (the same age as my nephew Tucker) when my mom was expecting her 4th baby. I remember going to a doctors appointment with her and the doctor asked me "What do you want the baby to be? A girl or a boy?" and I answered "a girl!" Back then you didn't know what you were having so you had to be ready with a name either way. I have memories of my Mom asking us what should I name the baby? She had a few choices for girls but I distinctively remember one of the choices was...AMELIA. Even as a 4 year old little girl I LOVED the name and thought that was what we should name the baby if it's a girl! Well, on December 23rd Mom gave birth to a beautiful, healthy, baby GIRL and named her AMELIA. I got my wish...the baby WAS a girl and we named her AMELIA! I was so proud of my new baby sister and that I helped name her. Who knows if we really helped pick the name or if Mom already had decided but either way my 4 year old self (almost 5) felt that I had a big part on what she would be called for the rest of her life.

Fast forward to July 2009...B and I had just found out that we will be expecting our own little bundle of joy in March 2010. We decided that we would NOT find out what the gender of the baby was and that it would be a surprise! In order to prepare us either way we started deciding on names for both a boy (Wriggley) and a girl.

Rewind to October 2005...B and I had been dating for 4 years and he had just finished up his second season in pro ball. It was a beautiful fall morning and B took me to Finlay park for a picnic. Little did I know that he had a diamond ring in his pocket...It was at Finlay park that B ask me to be his wife, it was at Finlay park that we promised each other that we would spend the rest of our lives together, it was at Finlay park that our life together as a couple and one day family really began.

Back to deciding on names...We threw out different things for a boy and after much discussion and going back and forth decided on Wriggley (for other reasons). When it came time to pick girl names it did not take us long. We both almost immediately said "Finley" and we agreed (which almost never happens when talking about names) and LOVED it. There was no discussing or changing our minds, we knew Finley was THE girl name. It is an awesome and unique name that has special meaning to us. Since we had a first name picked out we needed a middle name. I have always wanted to used family names and immediately thought of AMELIA after my baby sister. After all I helped "pick" the name, it is a beautiful, classic, timeless name, and who better to name a girl after then the gorgeous, vivacious, caring, funny, baby of the family.

On March 22, 2010, after 17 hours of labor, I gave birth to a 7lb beautiful baby girl! And boy was did she surprise everyone. Baby Buscher was not a boy like everyone had thought but instead she was a GIRL! We named her FINLEY AMELIA and it could not fit her more perfectly. I love the name and her more and more every day! It's a perfect name for a perfect little girl.