When we found out we were pregnant with Kenwood, we knew without a doubt that our BOY name would be Dillon Kenwood Orr II. We weren't quite sure what we were going to name the baby if we had a girl! Well, this time around we were certain that if it was a girl her name would be Olivia Kate for a few different reasons. First things first, we loved the idea of an "O" name to go with our last name and we didn't have many other choices. Plus, we were both in love with the name Olivia from the get-go. Kate comes from a few things: All of our middle initials start with a "K". My middle name (as well as my mother's) is Kathleen--which Kate is short for. Also, my grandmother's name was Kathryn-again, Kate is short for that as well. We had originally wanted the middle name- boy or girl- to be James after my father. But after some deliberation, we decided it just wasn't fair for a girl to have James as a middle name. So, while I'm sad that we didn't get to honor my Father's name--I am certain he loves Kate even more.
When we had Kenwood we had a big "Gender Reveal Party" with our family and cut the cake to announce if we were having a boy or a girl. While we had all intentions to do some other sort of fun announcement this year, we decided to hold off on the party festivities. Instead, we sent the card above via email and text to our families (so there is no debate on who we called first or last or whatever). Some of you may think it's impersonal to do that---but it was so fun to design and surprise everyone on their morning emails. It was even more fun to get the gasping phone calls at random after they saw the announcement!
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