Ezra David Dodge-Saunders

Yesterday we decided to let slip of our secret and told people that we are calling our little boy Ezra! I absolutely love this name, it's so different to what most people would choose and I like it even more because of the fact that most people will dislike it. I feel like it's one of those names that once you get used to it, it's just another normal name but when you first hear it you think 'oh I'm not sure.'

We actually discovered this name while sat in our car, a George Ezra song came on the radio and for some reason Ezra just stood out to me. I told Paul that I liked it and he agreed, and from then on it was the only name which was a 'maybe.' The more we said it in our heads, the more it felt right. We started telling people about it, and got really mixed feedback. Some people loved it and others couldn't stand it! Then, during a conversation between me and Paul, we decided that it would be his name - but we wouldn't announce it incase we decided to change it.

We told a couple of people that we had a name, and then we let slip to Amelia and starting calling him Ezra more and more - And then yesterday we announced it. So it's official. Our son is named!

His second name - David; This comes from a very close person in Paul's life. Even though Paul doesn't see this person much anymore - When they are together they just laugh, and smile and Paul turns into a completely different person. I adore the fact that our boy has a name which means so much to his Daddy! I never thought we would name our children after anybody else, because we normally just look for names that we like.

While away on a trip to visit some of Paul's second family, we were sat around the dining table discussing baby names, and David comes out with 'Call him David' and we said that if it was a boy, it would be his second name. And from that moment on, it was. We never even thought of any other middle names for a boy, because we both liked the name David and it goes well with our surname.