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There is so much to a name, however, we seldom ever know the story behind it. Here is how we named our boys.

Tyler- since he was our first the sky was the limit. His name means "tile maker" and anyone who knows him can attest that his is an incredible builder. His dad actually had the last say in naming him since I was in hard labor for 29 hours. All I wanted was to have him, then there was so much turmoil surrounding his birth that the name was secondary. However, he is the one who started the building of our family.

Davin- his name is the most interesting. I actually wanted to name Tyler "Davin", but Trevor felt that Tyler was a better name for him. When I was 16 weeks pregnant we found our that Davin was a boy (everyone knows he is not shy!) Tyler wanted to name him, so I told him he could nick-name him instead. After a week of thinking he started to call him "Finn". We found this most curious, however, since we promised, we started to call him "Finn" as well. A couple of weeks before he was born, I told Trevor we were picking out a name before labor started. Trevor said he wanted a family name, however, I was still partial to Davin. We looked up what Davin meant "bright and lively" (should have seen that one coming). However, this is the most fascinating part, the nickname for Davin was "Finn". Talk about inspired! We have asked Tyler how he came up with "Finn" and he is not sure. Actually, this story gets more interesting. When Davin was one, we were looking though Trevor's genealogy book and found that he had a great-grandfather who died about 150 AD named Finn. So Davin was a name that was meant to be! If you are wondering if this is true, it is!

Ryan- after two boys, it became harder to find one we both liked. We thought of Lincoln, Ryker, Luke and many others. We still wanted a name with meaning but one that fit him. Ryan was a family name on both sides and one that we agreed on. Ryan means "little king" and I loved to say "Oh Ryan". However, it wasn't until after we named him that Tyler pointed out one interesting fact. If you take the second and last letters out of Tyler and Davin (y,r,a,n) and put them together you spell Ryan. Anyone who knows Ryan will tell you he is the perfect blend of his two brothers.

At any rate, that is how we came to naming our children. Hope you found it interesting as well!