Thursday, November 19, 2009

Finally, The Name

Naming our baby boy has been a true chore. With Kayleigh, the day we found out that she was a girl we had a name for her. This baby did not have a name until a few days ago and I am due in less than a month. Sean and I went round and round with names, but could only agree on Casey. We couldn't commit to Casey because it is gender neutral (you will thank us one day, little guy.) Finally, we agreed on Luke Kevin. Kayleigh's middle name was in honor of my mom, so Sean got to choose this little guys middle name. He is named in honor of Sean's dad. I get the next baby's middle name, so I am starting to take bribes now (hint, hint). After a couple of days and me embroidering several things with Luke on them, Sean got up the guts to tell me that he just really didn't feel a "connection" to Luke. I gave him until midnight to come up with something else. The only other name that we could agree on was Casen, which was very close to Casey our favorite name. So, Casen Kevin it is. AND yes, with our last name (which I purposefully leave off my blog) it is a mouthful, but we LOVE it.

Daddy's List:
- Padrig (No kidding!)
- Gavin
- Casey
- Graden (STILL don't know if Sean was serious about this one)

Mommy's List:
- Easton
- Luke
- Casey
- Caden

PS - If anyone knows a baby being born anytime soon with the name Luke, I have several burp cloths already embroidered that you can have.

6 comments:

TexasVet54 said...

Casen, I love it!!!

I still wish that we had used Liam as Steve's middle name.

Pa-Pa

Laura H. said...

love love love the name, even if it IS a mouthful! ;) awesome choice. and did you embroider that?!?

Unknown said...

I just came across your blog from Abby Lea's blog and I think that name is so cute! I also had to laugh because is your husband a golfer? Because I know that Padrig is the name of a professional golfer...and I ONLY know that because Summer Sunday's are filled with golf tournaments being watched constantly by my husband. I remember hearing of a golfer with that name. Too funny! Have a great weekend!

The Bird Family said...

email me (ryanleighbird@hotmail.com) - I know a baby Luke (and you know his mommy!)...

The Ratliffs said...

I have a friend who just had a baby Luke!!! Can I pay you for the cloths?

PS: Love Casen. One of Ben's bf's names is Casen. He's a stand up guy. :)

Tara said...

hey friend!!! what a great name :) can't wait until he is here! you are going to LOVE having a boy, even when they are little bitty, it's different.
hey, i don't have a current e-mail address or home address for you. i wanted to send you a christmas card :) my e-mail is my first and last name, no space or caps or dots or slashes or anything, @hotmail.com
miss seeing you!