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Most of you have already asked about names, and some of you know because I have been talking about those names for like 6 months now. But, for those of you that don't know, here are the names we have decided on.

Should this wonderful creation of life create itself into a baby girl, we will name her Bianca.

The girl's name Bianca and is pronounced bee-AHNK-ah. It is of Italian origins and means "white, or pure." Bianca was the subject of a song in a spin-off musical "Kiss Me, Kate" and was also made famous by former Rolling Stone wife, Bianca Jagger, who was a Nicaraguan fashion model, peace worker, and diplomat. Most importantly, however, Bianca is the name of one of Uranus's moons, discovered in 1986 in the Voyager 2 expedition.

Should this life be fantastically created into a baby boy, we will call him Juan Nicolas.

Juan is the Spanish version of John, and means - "God's gracious gift."

Nicolas is the Italian version of Nicholas, a Greek name meaning "victorious people."

However, the meaning of Juan Nicolas for us, is much more profound, for it is the name of each of our fathers. Why would be name him after our fathers you might ask? Well for one, Claudio's father passed away 18 years ago and we wanted to find a way that he be present in our children's lives. While my father is still very much alive, as you all know, there are very slim chances that he will ever come to Argentina to play his role as grandfather, so we wanted to pay homage to the both of them.

On that note, regarding grandparents that is, I am very fortunate to have several!!!

My fondest memories as a child were made with my grandparents. Shirley Temples with Grandma and Grandpa Cariker, (always extra cherries without even having to ask!) And the secret snickers bars I use to devour in the garage when my mom wasn't looking,
Sing songs and moving making with Grandma and Grandpa Hawley, learning to paint with Grandma Carolyne, organ lessons and learning to curl my hair and put makeup on with Great Grandma Underwood. Going through my Dad's old keepsakes with Grandma Ramey, the annual decorating of the Christmas tree with Grandma and Grandpa Hurley...

I could go on forever...

Our children will, unfortunately, will have only two grandmas and one grandpa, two of which reside 12,000 miles away, BUT...The amazing part is, our children will have more Great Grandmas and Grandpas than anyone I have ever met! And our goal is to help you all forge beautiful relationships with your grandchildren and great grandchildren regardless of the distance between us!