It IS a small world after all!

This story is just too good not to put on our blog. As you know, Kara's middle name is Nickeise. Brian and I went to Belize for our honeymoon six and a half years ago, and this is where we got the name. We were staying our first night in a little hotel in town, and we got to know our bartender pretty well. His name is Brian, and he had told us that he had just had a little girl, and named her Nickeise. I told him that I loved the name, and asked if he would write it down, so I could see the spelling. He wrote the name down, and he also told us that it meant "First born baby girl." When I was pregnant, we decided that if we had a girl, we would give her the middle name of Nickeise. After all, Brian still had the piece of paper that Brian our bartender had written the name on.

Fast forward 6 1/2 years later, and wow, I have found Kara's namesake. As I often do, I was googling the name Nickeise to see if I can find anything that says the meaning, or Brian and his daughter for that matter. Well this time, I hit the JACKPOT! I googled the name, and scrolled down a little ways, and found a blog that had the name Nickeise in it. The person writing the blog had this written in her blog "He has the most intelligent little seven year old named Nickeise" I looked a little closer, and I e-mailed her to see if it was in fact Brian, and Nickeise. Well, it WAS!!!!! Veronique has sent me pictures of herself, Brian, and Nickeise! I can't believe that I have found Kara's namesake! We e-mailed a few times, and I know that Brian and I will someday have to take Kara to Belize, back to San Pedro Island, so we can all meet the little girl that we named her after.

I was so pleased that she sent us pictures, I can't wait to someday share these pictures with Kara. Nickeise is so adorable, and I am so glad that Brian and I had a chance to meet Brian, and get our daughters middle name! I have included pictures of Nickeise, and one of Brian, Veronique, and Nickeise.

It really is a small world after all!