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Girls' names came quickly: Quinn, Arabella and Olivia.
Stephanie instantly scoffed at the idea, then paused. She did like the name Tillman.
During one contentious round of name swapping, Stephanie became irritated and suggested, in jest, to her fiance that they name him Sparky, after Arizona State's mascot.
"It was kind of a serendipitous thing," said Okrepkie,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, a commercial insurance agent in Santa Rosa, California. "It was a special birth and kind of inspired by strong personality, by sacrifice."
A nephew was already named after her father,Wholesale Jerseys China, so Tillman seemed like the perfect fit.
So when Stephanie became pregnant, the couple wanted a special name for what they considered a miracle baby.
Boys' names sparked tension, with one suggesting a name and the other quickly vetoing it.
"If that's the case, we could name him Patrick Tillman Okrepkie," Jeff responded.
TEMPE,Wholesale Jerseys China, Ariz. (AP) — Doctors told Jeff Okrepkie and Stephanie Ottolini not to expect children. Though her cervical cancer had been in remission since 2012, the odds of conception were minimal.
Jeff went to Arizona State,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, watched Tillman play football from the student section and attended a memorial for him at Sun Devil Stadium after his death. Stephanie was the daughter of an Army sergeant, so she had strong military ties.
Tillman Bruce Okrepkie was born Nov. 10,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, 2015 — 11 years to the day after Stephanie's father, Michael, was killed in Iraq. |
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