The Great Name Debate

I never imaged that Levi and I would have such a difficult time choosing a name for our second son. To put it mildly, it’s been a nightmare.

We began brainstorming ideas while we were trying to conceive, but decided not to stress about it too much until we learned the sex.

A few days after we learned we were having another boy, the list began. Levi had a particular name that he was really fond of, and after a while, it grew on me as well. It was settled...baby had a name!

Turns out it wasn’t that easy.

We made the huge mistake of telling Lucas the “name” and he referred to the baby as such for the longest time. About a month and a half ago Levi decided that he just didn’t like that name anymore, so we began brainstorming all over again. We spent every night lying in bed thinking, contemplating, and searching names on our iPhones. Problem? Our list continued to grow instead of be narrowed down. *sigh*

After a few weeks of narrowing down my favorites, hubs decided that the name absolutely must start with an L. No exceptions. He was adamant that he and the boys keep the same initials and reminded me that had we conceived a girl, her name would have started with a C. Did I have any L names on my list? Of course not.

Here we go again.

So we thought, and thought...and thought some more. Any name or word that semi caught our interest was jotted down. At this point I was certain that my poor child was going to be born nameless. We couldn’t agree on a general name...now it needed to begin with a specific letter, sound well with Levi and Lucas, and flow with the designated middle name that had already been decided upon. (Douglas, which is Levi and his father’s middle names). And because Lucas’ middle name is Danger, we knew that baby #2’s first name needed to be a strong one.

What a nightmare I tell you.

But finally, after much consideration, we agreed upon a name! We let it brew around in our minds for a few weeks to make sure it was "the one". We wanted something unique, yet not too off the wall. Something masculine, yet sweet. Bold, yet simple:

Levin Douglas Cecil

So my boys are Levi, Lucas and Levin. I like it! L.D.C. #1, 2, & 3!

But how did Lucas react you wonder? He hated that we wanted to change the name. He refused to call the baby by anything other than his “original” name and it took us a long while before we could convince him that he needed a new, and special, one. He finally took it serious after some time and would always give us random name suggestions. “I think we should name the baby _____” was a daily conversation in our house. Mind you, he’s 2.5 and nearly every name he “thought” of was one that already belongs to someone he knows, or was a very crazy, random, silly one.

When we decided on Levin, we asked Lucas how he felt about it. He thought really hard for a moment contemplating and then blurted out, “I think we should name him SIX!”

Get it? Levin...11...6?!

Leave it to Lucas to make a funny!

(The above picture is one of the sneak peak shots we got from our family maternity session with Laf’n Photography. Like I said before, I’ll share the rest as soon as we get them!)