is this the baby name we've been waiting for?

(written by becky jo)
Cora Lee was washing her hands during quiet hour yesterday and came down the hall to ask me, "Did somebody just say Caleb?" 
She didn't recognize the voice.  She thought maybe I was greeting someone who had come over.

We talked about whether or not it was the Lord.  I sent her back to bed and told her to think about and keep listening and that I would come in to talk to her soon.

I told Cora Lee that I'd been asking God to speak to us about this baby.  And I asked her again if she thought it was the Lord.
"That would be interesting," she said, "because I know I did not hear it with my heart, I heard it in my ears."
We talked about Samuel and Eli.  In the past we've prayed that the Lord would speak to Cora Lee like He did to Samuel.
Cora Lee suggested, "Maybe God's telling us something.  Like Moses.. no, no... I mean... Abraham.  God told him he was going to have a son."  She remembered that was really important and I watched her ponder  it there in front of me.  
Finally she decided not to tell Katie Jo yet.  Because that would ruin the surprise. (This baby is a gift from God to Katie Jo.  It is a direct answer to her prayer. 




---Quick background story: Katie Jo for months was the first one in the house to get up in the mornings.  She'd come to our room to coax Cory out of bed.  She'd try different strategies and say things like, "Daddy, wouldn't you love to have a cup of coffee and read your Bible? And... you can get me some milk!"  The two of them would come in the quiet living room with her cups and she'd play at his feet, she really treasured that time. 
So one morning, about 7 months ago she came to my side of the bed and declared, "It's taking SOOO long!"
I would not consider myself a morning person.  I managed to mumble, "for what, Katie?"
"To have another baby." She answered.  "My sisters got to help with Anna Mae when she was a baby, and I was too little, but I want to help with the next baby."
"Katie Jo," I grumbled, "You'd better take that up with the Lord."
Immediately she hoped into the rocking chair by our bed, folded her little chubby hands, and prayed, "Dear God..."  The prayer was a the desire of her heart to have another child so that she could help.  She even had 3 specific ideas already thought up of things she could do for the baby.
That morning I took a pregnancy test.  It was positive.  When we told the girls about the baby our family was expecting, we all looked at Katie Jo.  She was beaming.  We knew the Lord was answering her prayer.  AND the baby is coming right around her birthday.---  




  The girls have discussed how it is still a birthday surprise still because we do not know if the baby is a boy or girl; or the eye or hair color... so there are 3 surprises).
Cora Lee remained in the room for a few more minutes alone to ask God to "help her understand," but heard nothing else and came out to resume a normal day.
I texted Cory what she said when she came out of the bathroom.  Cory's response was, "Wow... was it the Lord?  Is that the baby name we've been waiting for?"