I’ve received a lot of requests on the origin of our Little Peep’s name:
Dutch LeBeau
The Mr. and I picked our sweet boy’s name about 3 years ago. We prayed and prayed and just knew that if God gave us a baby it would be a boy. I know you’re not supposed to say if you want a boy or a girl, and you’re supposed to say a “healthy baby” (but seriously that really is a given in my mind, and gender is completely independent of health), but I will be completely honest with you, I prayed for a little boy since we were married. I always told the Mr. that I wanted a bunch of little versions of him running around our house.
Our anatomy scan appointment back in January revealed that we were having a boy. To be honest, when the tech revealed his gender there was no big sigh of relief or anything like that because we both just knew he was going to be a boy. Our gender reveal was just more like a confirmation, and we could officially start referring to him by his name.
Dutch
The Mr. picked our son’s first name and I instantly loved it. I love unique names because of what my unique name has taught me: to be an individual, not a follower. I’ve never met another Dutch before so I thought this would be a great reminder for our son to not do as the world does and to stand firm in his own individuality and beliefs. Where did the Mr. find this name? From the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Predator. I had not seen the movie so we purchased it from Amazon & watched it the weekend before Dutch was born. It's a terrible 80’s movie, but I still loved the name.
LeBeau
This name we didn’t finalize until the lady from Social Security was standing over us in the hospital waiting for us to sign the forms. Oooooopsies! LeBeau is French for handsome boy and Coach LeBeau is the defensive coordinator for the Steelers. Both of our pups (Rooney and Tomlin) are named after men of great character from the Steelers organization. Coach LeBeau is a true a man of exceptional character, patience, integrity, and compassion; all characteristics we pray our boy will carry on.
There you have it: the origin of our Little Peep’s name :-)
