What is in a name?

Friday, September 24, 2010

Harcourt and I didn't tell anyone (even parents) the names we had picked out for Ike & Legare until they were born. We like that when our boys were born we got to announce the sex and the name.

Legare is a lowcountry name so for people in New England it is different and a name most have never heard before. It is tricky that it is not phonetically spelled [La-Gree] but people seem to be catching on :) We love that we are able to connect our roots to Charleston with his name since it is where we met 11 yrs ago this fall. We received as baby gifts the books in the photo below - there is an adorable series of books about the adventures of Legare the Lizard, a lowcountry lizard. We had no idea these books existed - thanks Susanne & Shannon!

Sawyer was going to be in the name for sure - boy or girl. It was very important to me to have my family's name included. I am very close to my family and the Sawyer family is full of wonderful people and it is an honor to use the name!