Boy Oh Boyers

His name will be Rowan Thomas Boyer. Rowan is a kind of tree that grows especially well in Scotland and particularly near bodies of water. In Spring it flowers and then has red berries. We loved the name and came to settle on it partly due to Jeremiah 17:7-8, "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream."

Though I wasn't aware of it until after we had chosen the name, Rowan Atkinson is an actor whose most famous role happens to be that of "Mr. Bean". Charming, eh? I'll admit to occasionally watching, and laughing at, Mr. Bean -- but for those of you who (like Tom) find such comedy obnoxious, do your best to disregard this little piece of trivia.

We chose Thomas as a middle name because, as you might guess, it's Tom's first name. Tom's middle name is Michael, which is his father's first name. So we thought it would be lovely to give our son his dad's first name as a middle name.

There you go, the name has been presented and explained. It's so awesome for us to be referring to him by name now, and to think more concretely about meeting him. I'm all too aware of how time will fly by -- of how, one day, I'll be reflecting back to this time while watching Rowan go off to school. Let's all savor every moment, shall we?