We've Got It!!

I know, I know. I have been lazy in updating the blog since we made a final decision on our little one's name. But since yesterday was Korean American Day, it's a great time to reveal. I meant to post yesterday on the actual holiday, but forgot. So. . . . . .

Neylan Min-Seok

 is what he will be called. Neylan means "our wish has been granted" and Min-seok, his Korean given name, means "sturdy and bright".

I hesitate to even tell the story of how it came about, but it's fun and we will have to tell it eventually. So, I'll just put it out there. As you know we were having a really hard time with his name for some reason. I guess we should have been more prepared with a boy name just in case, but we weren't. So, I had to buy the book. This book has a bunch of different categories of names listed such as names of politicians, famous musicians, hillbilly names, artists, athletes, and on and on. I read through all of those and then came to the category "College football stadiums". And of course, Tennessee's stadium is listed, Neyland. I mentioned it out loud as a joke and Adam jumped all over it. He loved it. So, just to humor him, I turned to the back where all the names and meanings are listed to see if there was a better meaning. Neyland wasn't listed but Neylan, without the D, was. And it meant, "our wish has been granted". Adam was sold at this point. And I have to admit, I didn't mind the sound of it either. This was the first name that we both somewhat liked. We then learned that the stadium is correctly pronounced "knee-land" and our name is "nay-lan". So, they are similar, but do not sound the same. After thinking about it for several days, asking family their opinions, and saying it outloud, it has stuck. I also think it fits his picture. So, then I said, "our wish has been granted"? We started this process wishing for a girl. Adam's response-- MY wish was granted. I'm getting another boy!!