Why Sammy is Sammy...

I just read a blog about how a mommy picked out the name of her baby and thought I'd do the same! This one will be about Sammy!
Sammy's full name is Samual Lee Rhoades. When Jesse and I first found out we were going to have a baby we decided we'd pick out both a boy and a girl name. The girl name was quite easy. I'd mentioned how I like when a first and middle name can come together to make a popular first name like Abby Gail or Emma Lee. My husbands middle name is Lee(it is also my father-in-law's and my mother's middle name) so he loved Emma Lee.

I decided to stick with Lee as the middle name for the boy's name as well. And after Jesse vetoed every name I had picked out since I was a little girl, he mentioned that for the last few generations in his family the first born son had an "S" name. And he liked that idea. Thus, my search began.

Surprisingly, there aren't a lot of "s" names. I looked through all kinds of baby name apps and books. So I went to our family tree. I figured if I found a name I liked it would have some meaning behind it. Well I did....Samuel. Lots and lots of Samuels on both sides of the family. And Jesse really liked the name. I of course decided that since we had so many in the family he needed a bit of a change so that he could stand out. So I took it and spelled it a little different. Samual.

We had to battle a few individuals who didn't like the "misspelling" of the name. But they can kiss my fanny. They said that people would constantly be spelling his name wrong. I said that it's better than pronouncing it wrong which wouldn't happen. He's already going to always have to spell out his last name for people. Why not his first, too?

Now we call him Sam or Sammy. I actually don't use a nickname most of the time. I thought I would. I'll be interested to see what nicknames he acquires throughout school and as he becomes an adult. I personally think that Sam Rhoades would make a good name for a lawyer or scientist. :-)