HE HAS A NAME!!!!

So, we finally have nailed down a name for our baby boy we plan to meet in September or sometime before....

SILAS McGUIRE WAGENBLATT

We knew that we wanted a family name and we wanted it to come from our mother's lineage since Drew's name is from Andy's dad's side and Eason's middle name is after my dad. I have spent months going through family papers and we have discussed many names. Not one of those options lasted greater than 48 hours and this one has stuck for over 2 weeks....

We chose the name McGuire first. It is after my mother's great-grandfather whose name was Maurice McGuire Butts "Papa Mac". Then several weeks ago when my brother Kem was in-town, he suggested the name Silas. I told him that I had always liked the name, ever since my college roommate named her little boy that, but it had no family connection for us, so I quickly dismissed the suggestion. Not even 12 hours later Andy said what do you think of the name Silas? I quickly questioned how he came up with that name and asked if he had spoken to my brother. He informed me that after a conversation with his mother the evening before, he found out that is mother's great-grandfather's name was Silas Foster. So the name comes from both of our mother's great-grandfather's, how cool is that?!?!

We will probably call him "SI" for short. We are so excited to meet Si and to see who he looks like. It will be so interesting to what kind of personality he has. Drew and Eason are so different in so many ways and so similar in so many ways. Drew is so excited and has had some practice this summer with our friend Greyson Francy who is a baby and been spending one day a week with us. It has also been fun to see how Eason acts with a baby in the house.

Until next time....