1-21-2016
6 months
Thinking of baby names has been a past time of mine since I was around 8 years old. Ever since I could remember, I loved to think of baby names. Ask my sister and she'll tell you how I changed my baby doll's name every week just because I wanted to use a different name. If that happens in real life I feel sorry for my husband - we'll have to have about ten kids.
When it came to naming this little one it actually wasn't as hard as I thought. I had my list of names that I loved and as I went through them before I brought them to my husband I was able to narrow them down to the top 10, yes I know top 10... Bringing them to my husband it was pretty clear which names he liked and which names he hated. He was quick to veto a lot but I saved my real favorites for last.
To start here are some names he vetoed right away, the reasons why he did not like them ( ) and the reasons I did:
Levi (said he wears those) I thought this was a strong name and I loved the meaning behind it; joined in harmony.
Davis (too many people will call him Dave) I like this name because it was more unique than David or Dave and is actually my Grandmother's maiden name
Harrison (Harrison Ford?) Of course a guy would think of that. I thought this was a strong name and I liked how we could shorten it . Harry is a pretty cute little boys nick-name too
Nelson (That's a last name) Maybe it is a last name, but how cute is it!? And I bet there won't be 5 Nelson's in his 1st grade class.
Harlan (sounds too country) My grandpa's name was Lloyd Harlan and I loved how classic and old it was. I thought it would be a good nod to family. Good thing I wasn't too in love with it, I didn't push it too much
There were about 5 others that he agreed to put on the maybe list for the next little boy we may be blessed with. The top contenders for this little man's name was Lewis & Clarke. Lewis is my Uncle's middle name (slightly different spelling with Louis) and Clarke is my husband's grandmothers maiden name. Those were definitely high on my list of favorites before bringing the list to my husband.We had to choose one and throw out the other for good, which made it a little harder because I really liked them both. But living in Oregon ... we can't possible have two sons named Lewis and Clarke.
It took us a little while to really decide which one fit our man best (or so we hope fits!). After calling him by both names and listening to our families refer to him with those names our choice was set.
Lewis Thomas Hartmann
Both first and middle are family names. Thomas is my dad's, brother's, uncle's and cousin's name! A name I had to use on my first son. Lewis is also a family name as I mentioned above and we thought it was a strong name with a good ring to it.
It's pretty amazing now to have his name set-down; being able to refer to him as our Lewis, or Little Lew as I've been doing lately, is really magical. Having a name for him makes it a little more real and a lot more personal.
Hope he likes his name!
/ leah
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