The Baby Formally Known as 19

He is seriously the most beautiful baby boy I have ever seen. I’m really not supposed to post photos, but in 6 months when this adoption is final, I will be posting a photo overload.

Baby 19 has a name now: Keaton Lawrence. Lawrence is my father’s name, so we knew that was going to be his middle name. We went back and forth with first names: Austin Lawrence… Samuel Lawrence… Benjamin Lawrence… we couldn’t agree on any.

Then Wylee suggested Keaton. Hmmm…. Keaton. I’ve never known anyone named Keaton before. It’s not trendy or popular, but it’s not hard to pronounce or unusually spelled,either (these were our requirements when first starting the Name Game). But I resisted for awhile; the name wasn’t perfect. I like names that you can do something with: Daniel and call him Dan, William and call him Will, stuff like that. You can’t really do that with Keaton, unless I guess you want to call him Keat. I was also disappointed that you would never be able to find personalized stuff for him. When the AC and the other kids have their personalized pencils and key chains and such, Keaton will have to satisfied with his regular yellow #2 pencils. I suppose I can order any of that stuff online, so that’s kind of a silly complaint.

Anyway, the more I looked at him, the more he looked like a Keaton. I tested it out on Friday: Do you need a bottle, Keaton? Is Daddy holding you, Keaton? AC, can you please bring Mommy a diaper for Keaton? The more I said it, the more I liked it. When we took him to my Dad’s house yesterday for the unveiling, he was introduced as Keaton Lawrence (more about the big unveiling later-- I’m running short on time now).

I asked Wylee how he came up with name, and he really didn’t have an answer. He said it just came to him. Well, that’s not going to make a very good story. What’s going to happen when he’s in the 5th grade and has to write a paper on how he was named?

“Oh, who cares?” Wylee answered. “I’m sure you can help him make up a good a good story. If nothing else, he can say that his parents were fans of a certain bad actor who played Batman.”

Well, Mr. Mom is one of my favorite movies….