And his name is......

LOGAN WILLIAM BATTERMANN

Ah! It feels great to get it out there. I tell ya...I've had some friends and cousins that have kept the name a secret....I don't know how they did it!!!! We told a few people the name the day we found it he was a he....but we wanted to wait until Father's Day to tell John's side of the family (since William is John's Dad's name...and we wanted to tell him in person).

How the name came about:

We were walking around in Charleston, thinking of names....it's hard to think of names when you're trying to think of names....we started coming up with silly names as we past restaurants or saw trucks drive by. As we were walking the name Logan just popped into my head and I said 'what do you think'? He wasn't opposed to it.

{Back story: John earlier thought of the name Clarke (with an e)....and he was pretty set on it. I kept pushing it to the back burner and said let's wait until we know if it is a girl or boy. Nothing against any Clarke's of the world, it is a great name....however (& we tested this theory) when people hear the name Clarke they immediately think of Superman OR Clark Griswold from Family Vacation. And while having the same name as a 'comic book superhero' could be cool.....or having the same name as a 'goofy Dad from the 80s movie' could be funny....I just wasn't ready. Anywho, John still kept 'trying' to get me to love the name Clarke.}

We continued to walk around Charleston and I kept saying it in my head and the name grew on my like crazy. But still I wanted a name book so I can make sure that there wasn't another name that we'd perhaps like better. I went through the name book within 2 days....and we either liked the name, but knew somebody's child (friend or family) who has the name already or one of us would throw the name out. But really by this time, it didn't much matter, we both really started liking/loving the name Logan.

William...as I mentioned is John's Dad's name. We thought it would only be fitting since Logan will be the first Battermann boy to pass on the Battermann family name, to work his Dad's name in there. His Dad is William Henry....we would've used either one of the names as Logan's middle name, but William seemed to have a ring to it.

After saying Logan William Battermann several times, it seemed as if no other name would top it.

So now when we talk to Logan, we call him by name. It is very fun. Him having a name, just makes it all a bit more real...and we're loving every second of it!