Big News, Guys!

We started the journey of naming our little boy with no clear direction.  Should we include family names or be strictly against them like we were with Zooey?  Should we try to pick something that has a similar meaning or origin as Zooey?  We still had Oliver Patrick left over from when weren't sure if Z was a boy or girl, but we quickly ruled that out.

We eventually decided on a middle name: Lee.  It's a family name on Daniel's side.  It looks like we'll be the only ones producing a male man-cub any time soon so we decided it was worth breaking our previous rule about family names.  (It means a lot to Daniel, too; its a sweet reminder of his dad.)  Then began the arduous task of choosing a name to pair with it.  Lee is pretty basic so there were still lots of options available.  For some reason my first three picks all began with G (Grayson, Gabriel, Gavin).  Weird.  Then Lucas Lee was jokingly tossed around over lunch at Olive Garden.  Finally Connor joined the group, completely out of nowhere.  (There's Connor Shaw, obviously, but I would never think to name my child after an athlete.)

We finally narrowed it down to two and over the weekend, a victor emerged...