The Name

We have a name for Baby #2. While John still says we will refer to him as Rocky until he makes his appearance, his official name is...

John Alexander

We'll call him Alex. The John of course is after my husband. I knew I wanted to incorporate his name somehow. Alexander comes from John's cousin, Alex, who went to be with Jesus way too young. With the exception of his sister, Stephanie, all of the other children in John's family are boys. John grew up very close with his 6 boy cousins-they are all doorsteps. Every childhood story that I hear involve at least one of his cousins....and all of them make me extremely nervous about having 2 boys considering some of the idiotic, crazy things they did!!! At any rate, Alex was 2 years older than John. It turns out, Alex had a rare heart condition that they were not aware of until he passed away in high school. Since we have been married, John has always mentioned that he would like name one of our son's Alex in honor and memory of his cousin if given the chance. We are blessed to be able to continue Alex's legacy in this way.