Update to "What's in a name"

It dawned on me that I had not shared the name of Baby McClendon #2 with the blogging world.  I discussed in an earlier post that I was anxious to pick out a name but this child took a lot longer to name than Mac did! Since Mac’s name (Wade Wilson) was from Wade’s side of the family, we decided that this child’s name would come from my family’s side. So the name game was on. Well, we had about 5 from each my mom’s side and my dad’s side to work with, and being the complete nerd that I am, I found a program that would let you see all sorts of name combinations if you input all the names you were considering. So I entered them all in and the program worked its magic. Again, in true nerd fashion I printed two copies of the “lists” and Wade and I both voted (separately) on which names we like. We gave each name a 1-10 and then I totaled them all up. Well the name that “won” is the reverse of what we actually chose:

Wiley Williamson McClendon

Williamson Wiley actually won by one vote (Wiley Williamson was 2^nd) and we decided that since we would call him Wiley, that we would put that name first! Well, we sat on it for a few weeks, just talking about his name with each other to see if we really liked it, and the day we thought we had decided, we went to church and a man by the name of Wiley Spivey stood up to talk about all the Senior activities going on at FBC. We both looked at each other, and took that as a sign that Wiley was going to be his name! Now, the history on “the name”

Wiley Jones Croom was my great (times probably 5) grandfather on my dad’s side, who was born in 1795. I went WAY back people.  After we chose the name, I learned (b/c you have to make sure these people weren’t like ax murderers that you are naming your child after…) that he actually named one of his children Laura. I am one of MANY MANY Laura’s in the family but honestly never knew who we were all named for. Well, it was Wiley’s daughter! Isn’t that neat!?

Williamson has a history in my mom’s side of the family. My great grandfather, grandfather, uncle, and cousin are all Weldon Williamson Doe’s, and my middle name was also Williamson.  The name goes farther back than my great grandfather, but I won’t bore you with all the details. I am glad I was able to honor both sides of my family with names from two great people!

Mac has been practicing (and is actually very good) with the name, and I believe understands that he is getting a new friend named Wiley soon. We talk to Wiley, tell Wiley not to be scared when it’s thundering (cutest thing ever b/c he totally did that on his own) and he will randomly say Wiley’s name when we are talking.  Also a fun fact: Mac and Wiley will have the same initials. Score! All those monogrammed outfits I get to reuse!

The real countdown is on! Only 12 weeks and a few days until our little buddy gets here! We could not be more excited!