Revealing Brooke's Name

As many of you may know, Chad and I kept Brooke's name a secret until the day she was born. We made this decision shortly after finding out she was a girl. We wanted to keep that element of surprise for everyone and also didn't want to second guess ourselves after hearing everyones opinions on different names. I'm so glad we made that decision!

A few weeks before Brooke was born, I came up with an idea to get some of our family involved. This came about after I decided that I wanted to decorate the letters to Brooke's name and hang them up in the nursery. I'm not too creative with that type of decorating, so I was going to ask for some help. I didn't want to reveal her name in the process, though. I ended up asking 6 different people (my mom Diana, Chad's mom Jan, my sister Erica, Chad's sisters Vanessa and Danielle, and Chad's niece Madison) to decorate one letter each. I went to the store and bought wooden letters (B R O O K E) and dispersed one to each person. I asked themto keep their letters a secret and to to be as creative as possible while trying to incorporate the colors of the nursery which are pink and brown.

Then end result turned out great! Just as we expected, every letter was so unique, and I can see each person's personality and creativity in each one.

After we collected all of the letters from everyone, Chad and I put them up on the wall. We then took a picture and text the picture with her name to everyone involved as soon as she was born!

As Brooke grows up, each of these people involved will play such a large role in her life. Just as creating these letters shows a little bit of their personality and uniqueness, Brooke's life will be influenced by them in similar ways. I am so grateful for everyone who was involved in creating these letters and couldn't be happier to have such a strong family base in Brooke's life.