The Name

Finally! It was a long winding road with one big U-turn. But pup-pup has a name. It took us just as long I believe to give his older sister a name nearly 5 years ago.

Here's the story...back on Tuesday I decided on a name, I started trying out the name on him. Calling him by the name a few times during the day. But I wasn't ready for some reason to declare the name to be "the name". I still kept brainstorming other options. When Friday arrived I was texting with a cousin of mine and I ran the name by him to which he responded well. He thought it was a good name. He also mentioned he thought it was a natural transition from Cody and Simon. Which I hadn't considered as my focus has been finding a name that goes well with Piper. So Brad and I were quite sure the name was going to be "the name". As Saturday morning arrived we were fully ready to declare the name to be the one. Satisfied with our name choice I went to get ready for the day, as we were meeting my in-laws for a birthday weekend luncheon.

However, oddly enough while I was getting ready I had a huge moment of regret. Despite tossing that particular name around in my head all week long. Despite getting a little extra confirmation from my cousin that it was a good name. I just simply couldn't fully commit to the name. I instead had this light bulb moment, another name suddenly popped into my head. The new name was something we had briefly discussed but it wasn't a name we had in our top 3. For some reason though it was suddenly the name I wanted to use. A few minutes later I told Brad the new name I wanted with my fingers-crossed hoping he'd agree. He agreed!

Allow me to very happily announce the name of my early birthday present which "landed" very surprisingly in my arms 9 days ago. Introducing: Landon Leo Vaughn. Origin of Landon's name is England, same as Piper. He got a 3 letter middle name just as Piper has a 3 letter middle name. I guess it's our new pattern with fur-baby names! I was completely focused on Landon after I thought about how I was so surprised with how he suddenly "landed" into my arms thanks to my husband. I really wasn't anticipating a new puppy for awhile yet. Second biggest surprise I've ever received from Brad and best birthday gift!