Nick and I have spent the last few weeks trying to nail down a name for our precious baby boy. We have kept joking with people who would ask if we picked out a name that we had his last name picked out. We have thought of names off and on the past two years. Working in the school system, we come across a lot of different names. Some that I adore others we can’t even pronounce. We agreed on names that we would never name our child, either because we completely disliked the name or we associate it with a kid that got on our ever lasting nerves. We knew we wanted a name that is known but not highly popular.
I asked Nick to begin with, if we have a boy, do you want him to be a Junior. He said he did not. I was not crazy either about having a Junior, but if that is what Nick wanted then I would honor that for him. We knew we both wanted to absolutely love our babies’ name. Its funny because we had picked out so many “boy” names and only one or two girl names. I knew we were going to have a little boy, so I really did not even bother looking at girl names. It was in my gut. One name constantly came to mind every time I would think of baby names, even before Nick and I had even talked about having kids. We had one student out of 800 students at Nashville Elementary school that had this particular first name. Every time I would check out a book to this little boy, it would put a smile on my face. Nick has already taught over a 1000 kids and he never taught a student with this name.
So after, we found out that we were having a boy. We went to a list of names we had picked out and was trying different combinations. Nothing really sounded that great to us. We picked out some first names we will most likely name our future kids. But we kept coming back to the same name. One night we were thinking of names and I said well, lets look up what this particular name means. Our mouths dropped when we found out what the name we were falling in love with meant. “Gift from God,” how much perfect could this name get. God always reveals His will, you just have to be looking for it to see it. He knew we would lose two babies long before Nick and I even met. He knew the name of the first child we would bring into our home, long before the thought of kids entered out minds. We know this baby and any baby is a gift from God, but Nick and I know first hand how special and true it really is. So we proudly introduce to you, Nathan Wayne Finch!!!! Nathan meaning “Gift from God,” and Wayne is from my dads side of the family. Wayne is my dads and oldest brothers’ middle name. We can not wait to bring home Nathan and to be his Mommy and Daddy. I get teary eyed just thinking that God picked Nathan to be our son. God does not make mistakes and everyday I find that to be truer. Thank you God for blessing us with Nathan, we can only hope that Nathan will grow up to be a blessing to you in return.
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