the little dude

This is Dathan Drew. He was born Feb 16th at 11:36am. 21.5 inches 7lbs 11oz long and lean like his dad. The birth story will have to wait, but how he got his name here you go. What had happened was...

Growing up Drew had always loved the name Nathan, he had imagined his first son would be named Nathan. He let everyone know that, including his former girlfriends. When we found out we were having a boy, Drew was so excited! He could name his little man Nathan Drew, I however felt a little awkward about that (since his former girlfriends knew that name). I just felt it wasn't the name our little guy should have, very common and it wasn't a name we had come up with together. So Drew said if I could come up with a better name (in his mind highly unlikely) he would think about it. Everyday I was throwing out names and so was he.

Then Drew mentioned the name Dathan and immediately I loved it. Drew then told me that Dathan was a name from the Bible in Numbers, a rebel who rose up against Moses. Now I am not in any way promoting rebels, in fact I pray that Dathan will someday stand strong in Jesus. Dathan seemed to me a great compromise from Drews childhood dreams and my need to have a name we chose together.

After we picked out his name, a month before he was born, the Olympic Trials for the Marathon were on TV. If you know us, you know we LOVE running. Guess who placed 4th, a guy named Dathan Ritzenhein. That friends, solidified our name choice.

Check out his onesie... Thanks Korryne, queen of artsy things! Perfect for his debut on the blog.

I hope to update often, so much has happened from Makenzie's mom returning from deployment to Mr. Dathan's arrival!