tori, thank you so much for your response and insight! i always appreciate your thoughts and i feel like if we knew eachother irl i’d come to you for advice a lot 
i had totally forgotten about Rosemary’s water connection. that would connect her even more so to our [name_m]Rivers[/name_m]— i think i’m finally understanding why he suggested it. that is the cutest thing ever! 
and i do agree that [name_f]Chava[/name_f] or [name_f]Chavalah[/name_f] fits more as a middle name for us. i am really loving [name_f]Fern[/name_f] [name_f]Chavalah[/name_f] and [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] [name_f]Chavalah[/name_f]. 
thank you for your kind words on [name_f]Mercy[/name_f] [name_f]Lilias[/name_f], [name_f]Valley[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f], and [name_f]Fern[/name_f] [name_f]Zipporah[/name_f]! 