names.

Our boy name has changed. Yes, that's right. Emery is no more. Our new pick? Landon. That's all we have agreed upon for now, at least! Matt decided that Emery was too similar to Emily and just wasn't a very strong name. I can see that. After all, it is a unisex name. I still love it but I wasn't completely attached to it (see, I do that for a good reason).

Now, thinking up a middle name for Landon has proven to be quite the challenge. Or I should say... thinking up a middle name for Landon that we both agree upon has proven to be quite the challenge. Matt is still set on a Biblical/Hebrew name and that's FINAL. I, on the other hand, think a family tie is more important. Choosing a name you don't love just because it's Biblical doesn't make too much sense to me but whatever... we'll let that slide, I suppose.

I did some research and discovered that we have two family names that can be associated with the Bible: Philip (OK) and August (meh). So I like Philip but don't completely love it...

Landon Philip Hales
Landon August Hales

I think I can force myself to like Landon Philip (not sure if we would spell it Philip or Phillip)... but Landon August is kind of a stretch.

Then I thought of Landon Forster (Forster is a surname from Matt's side of the family). It flows so NICELY.

Landon Forster Hales - But it's not BIBLICAL. I tried telling Matt that there must be a forest mentioned somewhere in the Bible and Forster means "forest" so... connection! But I don't think he's going to buy it.