Friday, May 22, 2009

Hey baby! What's in a name???

I have had people ask me what the name of our little man will be, and I right off the bat say Tommy because that is what we're going to "call" him... but then take it back and tell them his COMPLETE name, and its a mouthful.
We have Chosen:
William Thomas Harry McIntosh.
I think its beyond perfect and fitting for our little man.
Now, how we came up with it.

William: Billy comes from a long line of Williams'. And because I'm a stickler for tradition I knew we'd always name our first son William. (because I' believe its bad ju-ju to change tradition, my dad did it and people gave him so much crap about it and in the end Geoff went straight back to tradition)

Thomas: My dad's name. A beautiful name. And again, he was part of a long line of Thomas'.

Harry: This was the name of Billy's Grandpa that he was never able to meet. And he wanted to pay tribute to his favorite Grandma this way. He knew she always wanted someone to name their baby Harry. A sweet sidenote, when I told Uncle David about it he said "Thank you, we've been waiting along time for that" with the sweetest sincere smile ever on his face.

And why we'll call him Tommy: I'm sure people think it was my idea to call him Tommy, not that I was opposed, but it was Billy's idea. He said it was always confusing sharing a name with his dad and Grandpa. My dad had the same thing, There was always: Tom, Tommy and Timmy. And alot of people in my family go by their middle name anyway, so Tommy it became.
I love it, "Tommy Mac" or "My Little Tom-Tom" is what I've been calling him.

Now we're just waiting. It was going so much faster when we weren't telling people. Now it seems like October is so far away. Until then, i'm just going to wait for my older sister to get here in 2 weeks and spend the following 3 weeks creating the sweetest co-ed nursery ever!!!!

6 comments:

Kristy C said...

Thats a great name! It sounds almost............English! Like a prince or something!

Billy and Katie said...

Yeah I forgot to say that we are NOT obsessed with the Royal family!!!
But he is our Prince!

Anonymous said...

Gmma Sanborn here . . .
I'm thinking that since William Thomas Harry McIntosh will be the third William McIntosh alive, he will be William Thomas Harry McIntosh, III. Grandpa Bill is Bill, Sr., Billy Dad is Bill, Jr. and William Thomas Harry should be the III. Grandpa Sanborn was Tom, Sr., Dad was Tom/Tim, Jr. and if Geoff had been Thomas Geoffrey he would have been the III. Everybody confused?!?!?! But, I'm thinking this is what Emily Post would view as correct.
Can't wait to hold this new William and I'm holding out for curly hair! Love you all.

Billy and Katie said...

Moooooom! That was the most confusing thing I've ever read... you're funny and you know this baby will have curly hair, I'm just hoping he has Sanborn men features.

Billy and Katie said...

Oh! and what about Mitch??? Thechnically there will be three Williams' and Thomas'... Geoff is a Thomas by default.

Jessica said...

that really does sound like a great name for you little guy. I love all the tradition and glad some people still hold to it :) i feel like october couldn't be further away either! but it's so exciting :)