birth order- #4

Name meaning:  Rowan is a kind of tree in the rose family that has a mysterious past linked to the ancient Celts. Jesse is a Hebrew name meaning "God sees" 

Who named him- Me. This is how we decided who gets to name which child- I got the first girl and the second boy, Raymond got the first boy and second girl- if there are any more the other kids will get to name him or her.

Why-  Actually, his name was almost Hunter.... but it was hard to find a middle name I liked, and , of course, my family is really good at making up silly nicknames that are similar to the real one... one day while I was discussing what to put with Hunter, I got fed up and just announced I was naming him Rowan. I  like the actor Rowan Atkinson, and I just think Rowan is a nice, unusual name for a boy. I wanted to use Jesse as a first name, but my husband didn't like it. We gave all our kids weird first names and  trendy/normal middle names, so I continued in that tradition. Rowan came right after we lost our daughter, Petra Elexis, and I thought that God must have seen how sad we were and sent Rowan to give us reason to go on.