Amaryllis Eliana Faye

AMARYLLIS
“To sparkle.”
A winter-blooming flower that opens even when the season is still cold.
A name that means: I bloomed anyway. I rose again. I arrived in light after darkness.
One that I’ve had picked out since I was 16.
It’s also a flower that we have in our house that bloomed as Brandon & I began reconciling last year & one which is about to bloom again.
It is our story, whispered into hers.

ELIANA
“God has answered.”
Not as an obligation or pressure—
but as recognition that she came at the exact time she was supposed to.
Right when our hearts grew the strength to hold hope again.

FAYE
“Fairy,” “light,” “beloved.”
A gentle whisper. A soft landing.
A middle name that feels like starlight resting in our hands.
And also a middle name of Brandon’s mom, grandma & my great grandma ⸻

And Together?
Amaryllis Eliana Faye
feels like a name written on a page long before we knew we would read it.
This name holds her story.
And it holds ours: the grief, the breaking, the rebuilding, the miracle, the love.
It’s a name you don’t grow out of.
It’s a name you grow into.

Starlight, star bright… she is here.

With overwhelming gratitude, we welcome

Amaryllis Eliana Faye Hollen

Born at 2:26 a.m on February 10

8 lbs 6.2 oz • 20¼ inches

After all we have walked through, holding her in our arms feels holy.

She is our light, our answered prayer, our miracle.

Elias is already so proud to be her big brother —

and we are just as proud to be their parents.

Welcome home, sweet girl.