And his name is....

Carter Rei-Kelley

Big yawn

After 4 long days of not knowing, we finally named our son.  We really like to see our baby and get to know him before we choose a name but committing to a name is definitely tough for us too (especially for Shani).  So we prayed and prayed and asked Landon what his brother's name should be but we still couldn't decide.  Our midwives recommended asking the baby about the different names so that's what we also did.  We are a little worried about how much Carter is jumping up in popularity but we figured that we couldn't base everything on that.  In the end it was between two names and Carter seemed to really fit.  So there we have it, his name is Carter!  

As for his middle name we chose to do the same thing we did with Landon.  A Japanese hyphenated to Grandpa's name.  Landon's is Soich-David for Shani's Poppa and John's Dad.  Carter's is Rei-Kelley.  Rei was chosen in honor of Shani's Mom who's middle name is Reiko.  Rei also means salute, ceremony, thanks, lovely, companion, or wise which we also feel is appropriate.  Kelley for Shani's Dad.  Our boys are lucky to have been named after such meaningful people in our lives!