It's a boy!

We found out on Monday that we are having a little baby boy. How incredible it was to see the change in size and body parts since the last ultrasound. They grow so quickly and as I understand it, it continues even outside of the womb!

We have selected a name: Maddox Lennon Janulewicz

Amazingly, many have expressed a dislike for the name. To each their own, too bad for them though, because we love it and Maddox Lennon he shall remain.

We were having difficulty selecting a male name. We wanted a unique name, yet found ourselves drawn to common names, such as Jacob. When we saw Maddox in the baby name book, it immediately struck us. We knew that was the name. A middle name came quickly. We liked the name Lennon all along, but did not prefer it as a first name. When Hubs put the two names together, we knew right away, we had found our boy name. Lennon comes with some added bonuses, besides the fact that we both loved the name,: We both are quite fond of The Beatles, thus the John Lennon connection. Also, my father's side of the family has a few members of the family with "Lennon" as the last name. I would love to be able to say that we did this in memory of those who have passed; however, honestly it had no bearing. We had made a conscious decision that we would not use family names. It seems to cause animosity and sadness amongst families when some are honored and others are not.

We never did figure out a middle name should the baby have been a girl, but perhaps that is because we didn't need a middle name for our girl name.