Where'd you get that name?

I had it all planned out in my mind.  After having trouble with my delivery with Callan and not being able to introduce him to family until 3am, and after having to announce Kinsley's birth to family over the phone because they were unable to make it to her birth either, I was really excited to know that my mom and dad, Kinsley and Callan were all going to come to the hospital right after Baby #3 was born so that we could announce the gender/name to them all in person and see the excitement on their faces.  

Well, the "quick" birth that everyone was promising me didn't happen so quickly.  "This is your third child!  You'll have this baby out before lunch!" said all the nurses.  I told my mom to give the kids their afternoon nap and hopefully we'd see them all at the hospital soon after.  Unfortunately, though, we forgot to tell Fintan our plans....and he took his grand 'ole time arriving into this world.  My plans of seeing family right after he was born were quickly dashed as it crept closer and closer to midnight.  Since he wasn't born  until 12:31am, we'd have to announce his birth via phone.   

When we started introducing Fintan (Finn) to friends and family, we were met with some funny stories when it came to telling others his name.  Gene called his mom shortly after Finn was born to tell her that she had another grandson.  Her response went something like this..."Are you sure his name isn't John or Peter, something easy to remember?"

When I called my parents (at 2:30ish in the morning) to tell them the news, my mom said, "What??  You'll have to spell that for me."  She thought I said Clinton.  After I spelled F-I-N-T-A-N, my dad thought I said S-I-N-T-A-N.  He was terribly confused I guess as well.  They both were groggy from being woken up in the middle of the night.  My mom said she went back to bed then repeating his name over and over again in her mind as she fell to sleep.  She was worried that she'd forget the name by morning. 

Our elderly neighbors thought we said Vincent Huston.  I still think they think we have a son named Vincent.  

Many people have asked where we got the name from.  Gene actually put the name "on his list" when we were hunting for names when I was pregnant with Callan.  I quickly crossed the name off his list because I wasn't at all fond of it.  Then when we were hunting for names for this pregnancy, I saw the name Finn on a blog that I was reading.  I told Gene that the name (Fintan/Finn) had grown on me and that we could put it on the list again for Baby #3.  We were hoping to have a boy so that we could use the name Fintan MICHAEL to honor my dad and brother. 

I had never seen or heard of the name Finn before giving birth to Fintan.  Ever since I gave birth to Finn, though, we've seen his name everywhere!  Here are a few of our "Finn" sightings:

--I saw directions for a kid's craft on a blog the other day.  The sample that they did for pictures for the blog post used the name "FINN" as the sample name.  

--Gene's mom took the kids to the toy store to get a special toy after Finn was born.  Guess what toy they came home with for Finn?  A car from the movie Cars 2 named Finn McMissile.  

--I was reading a Parenting magazine the other day and there was an article written about a celebrity whose son's name was Finnigan (Finn).  Then I turned the page a few times and saw another article about how to dress your child like the characters on Glee...one of the characters being "Finn."

--Gene and I were watching Rookie Blue the other night and one of the guest characters on the show was named Finton (spelled with an "o" instead of an "a" like we spell it).  This one made us do a double take!

--Today Gene took Callan to the library to get some books.  One of the books that they came home with that was on display when you first walk into the library was called Finn Throws a Fit by David Elliot.

It's so cute hearing Callan and Kinsley introduce their brother to others.  Whenever anyone comes to our house, they always go point to Fintan and announce, "This is Fintan!  This is Fintan!"  Callan will call him Fintan or Finn.  Kinsley called him Finny at first, which was super cute to hear.  Now he's strictly Fintan to her.  If you call him Finn in front of her, she will correct you and say, "No, Fintan."  

We all love you, Fintan Michael Huston!