Matthew's name

Wow, I can't believe Matthew has been home with us for one week now! In some ways, it all feels very new, yet at other times I feel like I can hardly remember not having him!

I wanted to share the story of Matthew's name, as I think it is really amazing. First, we'll have to go back to the story of Cameron's name! When I was pregnant with Cameron, we chose not to find out if we were expecting a boy or a girl. We loved being surprised, but it also meant we needed to chose both a boy name and a girl name. This presented quite a challenge, as I am a bit of a name-o-phile and David is, well, not. We chose a girl name with relative ease, but just couldn't agree on a boy name and I had a strong feeling I was having a boy. Finally, one day, I said, "How about Cameron?" I remember so clearly my relief when, for the first time, Dave responded to one of my name suggestions with, "I like that!" We didn't tell anyone our name choices. A few weeks before Cameron was born, my mom told me that she had had a vivid dream that I had a boy and his name was Cameron. (And SERIOUSLY, I had NEVER even mentioned the name to her!). Weird, huh?

So, this time David and I again had our usual disagreements about names. The name Matthew did come up, but I thought it was more middle name material. Then, on August 16, my mom called me. She was on her way to dinner, but had a strong feeling that she needed to call right away to tell me that she thought we'd have a boy and his name would be Matthew. Not ten minutes later, the social worker called to ask if we could come in the next day to learn about a potential match -- which turned out to be our new baby boy. As soon as we heard it was a baby boy, I knew his name had to be Matthew!