When we were discussing names for the baby, the birth mother had mentioned that she liked the name Thomas Anthony. My wife, being a school teacher, said that every teacher has a list of names that are trouble, and Anthony is on hers. She has had bad experiences with boys named Anthony. We wanted to honor the birth parents in some way for giving us such a precious gift and thought we could use Thomas as a middle name. We had not thought much about first names. I always assumed that if I had a boy that he would be named William Robert so I could call him Billy Bob. That does not work as well with Thomas. If he was John Thomas we could call him JT.

Last week in church the name Andrew came to me and I turned to my wife and said, “Our son’s name is Andrew Thomas”. Honestly I am not sure where the name came from and I am still getting used to it. My wife was talking to the birth mother the other day and she once again asked if we had thought of any names. Before my wife could tell her the name we selected, the birth mother said that her daughter’s last name is Andrew and they were thinking that Andrew Thomas might be a nice name. She asked if we might consider it. The conversation got eerily quiet after my wife told her that we had already selected the name Andrew Thomas. It seems that at every corner there are signs that this baby is meant for us, but I just don’t want to jinx anything.