We didn’t decide for sure on his name until we saw him. Samuel kept coming to my mind and heart because of the meaning! So we knew that would play a part in his name!

Samuel means: Asked of God.
We prayed for this child and the Lord has granted us what we asked of Him.
1 Samuel 1:27

Our family keeps a prayer journal and we can go back pretty far (3 or so years) and we prayed for this little guy. I even wrote down word for word prayers of Gregory and Adam, asking God for a new baby. God gave us our hearts desire on November 15th.

We decided to go with Luke as the first name because it also holds a special part in our hearts. Spring had a brother who passed away at 13 months (she never got to meet him) and we wanted to carry on his name. Also her baby brother Levi’s middle name is LUKE and its kind of neat to be named after some special people. When it all comes down to it though…. the way it flows is probably why we chose the order that we did. And I got out voted by Brian, Gregory and Adam several times!

So, there you have it……. the story of his name. I kind of like saying Luke Samuel too. Me and Adam do 🙂