Announcement:

Olen and I always wanted a daughter named London. Porter had other plans.

When he was three we asked him what we should call the baby in mommy's tummy. Without any hesitation, but much conviction, he said, "Her name is Buttercup."

We call her that all the time. If asked her name that's her number one response. Followed by LaLa.

I have a pretty strict checklist that my kids' names needs to conform to because who knows how many of these guys I'll get, so I want each one to really mean something.

Porter: Porter Rockwell is one of Olen's early American and church heroes. He was an angel with a smudged halo, but a great man nonetheless. I think it sounded strong and honest. Turns out to be a great fit.

Ray: Grandfather is Billy Ray. Dad is Olen Ray. So Ray it is.

London: Olen served his mission in London, England and it represents a special place in his heart. Plus that place as a name just totally rocked my socks, so why not.

Mae: Middle name of my sister, Katherine Mae. It sounded great with London and especially when we call her Ellie Mae. Plus sisters are special.

So what to name this girl?
The first name we wanted significant because of an important place or person, and the middle name to be significant because of who it belonged to first. Even though we still have five months to go (ugh), Olen and I were stumped on girl names. So we asked Porter because he seemed to have a good idea the first time.
He said, "Oh, it should be Daisy."

(So you may think flower, but Porter was thinking Duke. As in Daisy Duke. But let's focus on the flower.)

I looked at Olen and Olen looked back and me and there's just something about that name that sounded really right. So we started calling our growing baby girl Daisy. Unofficially.

Yesterday I was telling Olen how Daisy is the best kicker and summersaulter of all our babies and he said, "Should we just make that official?"

I said, "What? Like an announcement that I am caring the best kicking-summersaulting baby?"

He said,"Uh, no. That her name is Daisy."

And I said, "Well, that's what it is."

The middle name came naturally. It belongs to my mom.