My friend, Nala (name changed), had her baby! She’s the one we had the baby shower for. Our baby boy was born last Friday at 4:40AM. He is 6.5 lbs. and 20″ long. I visited Nala and her baby boy at the hospital for a little while. The baby is beautiful. He’s got a perfect little head full of soft black hair. His little feet and hands are so tiny and sweet. I just love him! He nursed once while I was there (which was good because it was the first time mom could get him to eat) and then he just slept.

I would love to tell you his name but I cannot for two reasons. One, I need to keep names out of my post for confidentiality purposes. Two, mom doesn’t know the babies name. Not just that she hasn’t decided yet, but she doesn’t know it. The babies father will name the baby. Nala had me call her friend who she thought could tell me what the father had said he would name the baby because the name was hard for her to pronounce. We did that and Nala was sure that was it but later during my visit the father came in and he said that wasn’t the name at all. Nala and her husband seemed to be still deciding. I had already sent out birth info on the baby boy including the name we were initially talking about to a few friends. That will teach me! Well, if you received his name, just know it may change.

The names of children are important to most of my Muslim friends. They tend to name their children after people they believe were prophets. It seems most are usually after Mohammad and his family. It’s interesting to me how I never hear of a Muslim baby named Jesus. My friends all say they believe Jesus was a wonderful prophet. I suppose he doesn’t rank as high as the other prophets in their opinions. Or, perhaps it would cause too much controversy for them if they named their children after Jesus.

Mom, baby, dad and siblings are all doing very well. They are happy. They seem to have all the baby supplies they need and more. It was neat to see Nala using the gifts that our friends had helped to her to obtain at the baby shower. She was already using the orange and gray baby bag, the baby carrier from the combo carrier/car seat/stroller gift and a soft, fuzzy, brown, monkey blanket. Her baby bag was filled with little baby items and clothes. I was so happy that she had everything she needed for her baby.

Nala again sends her thanks to all that helped with the baby shower. She also sends thank you’s to all your responses of congratulations after the baby was born. As she stutters with watery eyes and says, “I don’t know what to say. I cannot think of the words that I could say to tell you all thank you enough. This baby is going to be very special. It wasn’t like this with my other kids. Thank you.”