Sunday, January 17, 2010

Introducing...

This weekend my mom and sisters threw an amazing baby shower (post to come) in honor of Baby Hami. We had many friends from all walks of life join us for the party and everyone was so incredibly generous. I had such a great time going through all of the baby's new things today and getting his room organized. Thanks to my sweet family for spending the day with us setting up everything we got and helping us decorate! We could not have done this without you.

Another big milestone this weekend was that we finally revealed Baby Hami's name...so without further ado, I will let the pictures do the talking!

Introducing: Carter Lewis Hamilton

Aunt Kristin hand painted and designed the
name canvases for his room!
She is so talented!

We went with a nautical theme using tans, browns, and soft blues.
Kristin is also working on two canvases that will hang above the dresser!

Me and Aunt Kristin in front of her beautiful artwork!

Close up of our sweet boy's bedding complete with minky crib sheet!
Carter's talented and hardworking grandma made it all by hand!


Some of Carter's outfits (organized by size!)

We now have his infant seat, toddler car seat, and high chair ready to use!

So what's the story behind the name?

Lincoln and I have known Baby H's first name since September but we have debated on a middle name for this long! A few months back we were driving to my Grammy's 80th birthday in Hilton Head. While we were eating dinner on the road, Linc turned to me and said "What do you think of Carter?" Since then, we have called the baby by that name and nothing else we ever tried seemed to fit. Because Linc had chosen Carter's first name, he gave me free reign to choose the middle name. After months of testing out every name under the sun, I narrowed it down to three choices. Lewis happens to be my Grammy's maiden name and the front runner for middle name for a long time. I finally decided that nothing else would work and I really wanted to honor her and my mom's side of the family by keeping that name going! I am so happy to have finally decided and to have chosen a name that is very special to both Lincoln and myself.

8 comments:

The Bignon Family said...

Love the name and love the room!

Laura said...

I love the name...especially the middle name! :) And the nursery is looking so cute!! Your mom did such a good job on the bedding, and your sister's artwork is super cute! Can't wait to see pics of Baby Carter in his new room!!

Bella said...

So Happy you have a name. The nursery looks great. Look forward to seeing you next weekend.

Lea Liz said...

I love the name , so cute!!! I love the nursery too, adorable and the bedding!!!!

Sjn said...

I loooove the name... Carter Lewis Hamilton, such a nice flow to it! Grammy is so happy, and that's such a nice honor you've given her. She's looking forward to coming soon and meeting this little boy!
I too love the nursery, especially the colors, so soothing. Kris did an amazing job on the artwork!
I'll get to work on those bumpers asap!

PomJob said...

Your family is so talented! I love Baby H's name... are you going to stick with the presidential theme for your future children?

Stefanie said...

The Nathan family talent NEVER ceases to amaze me! Kristin told me you got some GREAT stuff this weekend. How amazing and generous of your friends.

Em O-W said...

First off Kelly, Congrats on the soon-to-be new addition!
Secondly, you have one of the cutest nurseries I have seen to date...tell all the Nathan women I said kudos!
Thirdly, love the middle name...actually, it is a family name for us and is Meggie's middle name too!!
Love following your blog and keeping up to date...I relay your posts to my mom and sister on a weekly basis. Good luck from here on out, I'm sure it will all be amazing!
Em

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