How Sadie got her name

I've done this with the last few kids, so I thought I better do it again :).  Sadie's name came to me very early on.  Well, actually, it was on the list of names we had been thinking of for Molly.  I LOVE the name Sadie.  It is one of my favorite names.  I think the reason I didn't really consider it for Molly (besides the fact that Molly's name was Molly :) ) is because of Sadie Caldwell down the street.  So this time around, I decided to ask Jami for "permission" early on so that I could really think it through.  I REALLY wanted her name to be Sadie.  I couldn't get it out of my head.  I liked other names.  Some that we considered were Annie, Amber, Daisy... and even though I liked all of these, I was really set on Sadie.  I was glad that Nate liked it.  It was my favorite.  Then a few months into the pregnancy, after we had told the kids and seen their excitement for a new sister, and witnessed the love that they already had for her, I looked up the meaning of the name Sadie.  I was pleasantly surprised to learn that it means, "Little Princess" :).  SEE!!  It is her name:).  I was sold.  Course I had to wait for Nate to be sold :).  He likes to pretend like we're considering other names and we don't really like to tell people what we are thinking of because it ruins things.  So we waited.  It was a lot of fun to call her Sparkle (the name Jack had wanted to name her) for the last half of the pregnancy, we found tons of clothes and accessories that said Sparkle on them, so that was fun.  Molly had her own ideas of names.  Some of hers were: Chica Linda, Rainbow, Flower, Easter Bunny, Easter Egg, Purple, Pig (because they're pink of course!), but no boy names of course.  I felt bad that we were going to have to let her down.  She had some cute ideas :).  So anyway, during the last week or so, I got Nate to crack down and decide on a name.  We picked Sadie!  I was so happy and relieved to finally be able to think that for sure.  Then I made him start thinking about a middle name.  Originally, I had wanted to do Gracie or Grace, or Faith.  Those were my two favorites.  But they both gave her name too many ay sounds so we didn't go with either.  Then one day, I was just going through some names in my head and the name Star popped in.  I thought that was a cute first name back when we were thinking of names, but a little too bold for us :), so I crossed it out, but a middle name?  I texted Nate somewhat flippantly, and said, "What about Star for a middle name?"  And surprisingly, he LOVED it!  This is when all the meaning came out and it turned into the perfect name for Sadie.  We had loved the Spirit that she brought into our home, even just being inside of me.  She had been so popular with all the kids- we were ALL just very much consumed with the excitement of her coming.  Looking forward to her.  She just seemed like a shining little star in our family!  And a Star in the sense that she was very popular!  It was the perfect name.  And every time I see it or say it, I am reminded of how perfect it is.  I can't wait to see what this little star pirncess does with her life.  I can't wait to see how she benefits from the love and support surrounding her.  It's going to be great!