I’m thrilled to announce the birth of my precious baby boy twins [name_u]Emery[/name_u] [name_m]Scott[/name_m] and [name_u]Auden[/name_u] [name_u]Gray[/name_u]! They join big brothers [name_u]Wren[/name_u] [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] and [name_u]Bryn[/name_u] [name_u]Elliott[/name_u].
Although I was hoping for at least one baby girl (we waited until the day to find out their genders), I am excited to have four boys… a little scared, but really happy.
In terms of their names, like with their older brothers, my husband and I chose first names we really loved and middle names that ran in our families.
For example, with our oldest, [name_u]Wren[/name_u], my husband happened to be watching a bird documentary in the hospital and stumbled upon the name the day of [name_u]Wren[/name_u]'s birth. It honestly couldn’t have been more perfect. [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] is my husband’s father’s name AND my mother’s maiden name, so in terms of honor names it couldn’t get much better (also we really scored with such a great family name).
For [name_u]Bryn[/name_u], we knew that we wanted to use a name starting with “B” to honor my father, who is named [name_f]Bao[/name_f]. As I am half-Vietnamese, I felt like it was important to honor my father and his heritage, even with just the initial. My husband is Irish-American, and while we were panning through Irish name books we found [name_u]Bryn[/name_u] and absolutely fell in love. [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] is my husband’s middle name.
Now for the new babies. As I was certain I was having little girls, my husband and I hadn’t really settled on baby boy names when we got to the hospital. However, I can’t really say I was surprised when the boys were born (I’m just a mother of boys I guess). We had already decided we wanted [name_m]Scott[/name_m] and [name_u]Gray[/name_u] as the boys’ middle names though, in honor of my maternal grandfather and my husband, who is named [name_m]Graham[/name_m], respectively.
Like with our eldest boys’, we wanted strong, yet gentle names for our twin sons. I had actually heard the name [name_u]Emery[/name_u] for a little boy when I was watching the show “Fresh of the Boat,” but hadn’t really thought about it until I discovered we were having more sons. When I brought it up as a suggestion to my husband, he loved it a lot, and as I looked at [name_u]Emery[/name_u], I fell in love with the name and realized how much he suited it. With our little [name_u]Auden[/name_u], we didn’t have any idea what name we wanted, although I decided I wanted an “A” name in honor of my mom, [name_f]Anne[/name_f]. We sifted through name books up until our final day in the hospital, and honestly I was concerned our second little boy would remain nameless his entire life. However, when we found [name_u]Auden[/name_u], and saw that it meant “old friend,” we realized it was perfect, because from the time he was born, our little [name_u]Auden[/name_u] radiated a calm, old soul.
I am so excited to watch these little guys grow up!
I have twin boys as well. They are so much fun. I’m sure your older kids will love having two little brothers.