As soon as Andrea (from one of my favorite blogs!) posted that she was going to do Show & Tell Tuesdays, I wanted to participate. I'm just now jumping in the game! This topic was a fun one so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to start!
I'll start with my name! My parents were married 17 years before they had their one and only child. From the time my mom was in high school, she wanted to name her daughter Melissa Dawn. During those 17 years the name was taken by a friend of hers and also by my dad's brother so when I came along she had to find a new name. Her favorite book and movie is Gone With the Wind so she chose Melanie and stayed with the middle name....Melanie Dawn!
My namesake!
When Justin & I started dating I found it amusing that his last name was Butler....if you've seen the movie you know one of the main male characters was Rhett Butler. Also, had I been a boy, my mom wanted to name me Ashley Aaron...after another male lead in the movie!
When we decided to start our family, we also decided that we were going to keep the name a secret until he or she was born. I think it drove a lot of people crazy that we did this but we enjoyed it and plan to do it again if we decide to have any other kids down the road (a long while down the road!). We had our girls name picked before we were even married and we are still in love with it so it's staying in our vault :)
I had a suspicion the entire time I was pregnant that it was a boy. For months we said we were naming him Justin Corrigan Butler Jr and we were going to call him JJ. Around the time we found out it was a boy we decided to choose another name instead. Justin wanted to be sure the middle name was Corrigan so our little man would be the fifth generation with that middle name. I was fine with that because I really like it. As we were trying to figure out another name, one that I had thrown out months before became my favorite. When the 49ers were in the Super Bowl, at the very end of the game I asked if we could name our first born son Colin if they won. Well, they lost and that was the end of the conversation on that until we were trying to figure out names. I kept coming back to Colin Corrigan and it finally stuck. Justin wanted to be sure it was a name we loved and not just us naming him after our team's Quarterback (Colin Kaepernick). Justin's dad's family is from Ireland so the fact that the name was Irish made it even more appealing. I can't imagine Colin being anything but Colin now!
A big thanks to this guy for inspiring us and sharing his name...haha!
We didn't even tell our families his name until they walked in the room and saw him wearing the hat I ordered on Etsy!
And just for fun...my sweet Colin wearing his Kaepernick jersey!
Photo credit: Hillary Gaskins Photography
Since I am linking up to Andrea/Momfessionals for this one, I want to say thanks for stopping by if you are new! This blog is very much a work in progress so please excuse things not being totally finished...I hope you will come back again :)
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