Dash

Dash was born at 5:10 p.m., was 19.5 inches long, and weighed 6lbs 10.8 oz.  

We first heard the name Dash at the movie premiere for my sister-in-law, Jen's movie "The Resistance Movement" one of the other actor's names was Dash and we really liked it. Later we found out it was Dashiell but he went by Dash. We weren't sure about Dashiell but we loved Dash even though it wasn't as traditional as the other names we have used. After polling friends and family we decided against it but could never agree on a different name. The night before the twins were born Luke got several baby name books and one of them was about baby names from literature and it actually had the name Dashiell!  Underneath the name it said "This is quite possibily the coolest name in the book" and I was sold! Something about having it reaffrimed in a book helped us decide. His middle was easy. We liked the name Cole for a first or middle name and we liked it in honor of Luke's mom, Collette. He will share the middle name with Uncle Justus and a couple of cousins.

Dash is a lot like Gabrie and Livvy, really strong neck, loves to stand, and always moving! And he lets you know when something is wrong!  He always has his hands in tight fists and for the longest time he seemed to always be in a little ball with his legs pulled up when you held him. He loves the swing and to be snuggled and started sleeping through the night at 7 weeks!!! His nicknames are Dash (of course), Dashy, and Dashuwal(from Livvy). We just love him so much!

 Luke letting us know this is baby number 2 (:

We have a few more picture of him in the hospital since he was with us the whole time.