Eowyn Casey Ahern

Our little girl was born at Good Samaritan hospital in San Jose, CA. She logged in at 7 pounds 11 ounces and 19 inches long, blue eyed and fuzzy brown haired. She and Megan and Jack are all doing wonderfully.

The name Eowyn is pronounced A-O-win. It's a Gaelic variation on Evelyn, or a female form of the Welsh name Owyn.

In the Old English the word eoh means "war-horse, charger" while wyn means "joyous, delight." So we like to interpret the name Eowyn to mean "joyous charger." We're pulling the name from an incredibly strong, spirited and beautiful character in the Lord of the Rings novels, for which we expect plenty of amusement from friends. But we know our little girl will make it her very own. (Don't worry, if we ever do this again and have a boy we won't name him Frodo).

Much love to all.