Choosing Names & First Baths

Lucas Alan Scott (Baby A)

Born: 5 lbs 8 oz and 19 inches (discharged from hospital at 5 lbs 1 oz)

1 week old: 5 lbs 2 oz and 19.5 inches 

Waking up for bath time

My first bath at home

Clean and fuzzy hair

I had always loved the name Luke but we thought the last name of Scott needed a first name with more than one syllable so we started thinking about Lucas and decided we really liked it. Alan is a family name- my dad's middle name is Alan, Matt's dad's middle name is Alanson, and Matt's grandpa is named Allan. We settled on this name pretty easily and then were totally stumped to find a second name we liked as much and with as much meaning. About two weeks before the boys were born we had finally reached a decision on a second name option (thankfully!). 

We decided to not share name ideas in case we wanted to change our minds after meeting them and we also had no idea how to choose who would be who. In the end, we went with our gut feeling - or more like Matt's gut feeling since I was being told I might not get to meet Baby B until two days after he was born due to me being sick and him being in NICU- but my gut agreed with Matt's and that's how we chose! :) 

Andrew Jaydon Scott (Baby B)

Born: 5 lbs and 18.5 inches (discharged from hospital at 4 lbs 9 oz)

1 week old: 4 lbs 12 oz and 19 inches

My first bath at home

Fresh and clean

Clean and fuzzy hair

In college I added the name Andrew to my "Possible Future Child Name List" (you know, the one every girl has since she's about 5-years-old and the one every boy never even thinks about until his children are born), and I thought the nickname Drew was so masculine and handsome! When Matt and I created our potential name list together we added it but Matt wasn't in love with it. I was pretty bummed since it was the only other boy name I liked but I didn't say anything and let it go. Much to my surprise and pleasure, one day Matt told me he had been thinking about it and he really liked the name. He also told me he liked the name Jaydon and thought it would make a good middle name. I loved that Jaydon means "God has heard" and I felt that was a perfect fit given how we were blessed with him. There are many ways to spell Jaydon- there's also Jayden and Jadon for example- but we chose this spelling because it felt right for us. So there you go, that's how we chose their names!