Lennon Elizabeth Burton

A lot of people have asked about Lennon's name and how we decided on/came up with it for our daughter. Here is the story!

A few months back I was making a list of baby names and was trying to think of authors, characters or musicians that mean a lot to Drew or I. I came up with a few, but as I thought about the musicians I TRULY love I couldn't really find a connection with any cute names. I was trying to think about older musicians that I loved and names we could use, but most of them were men that didn't sound good. I DID think about John Lennon and the name Lennon but didn't write it down. (Crazy, because I LOVE John Lennon, and I loved the name when I thought about it the first time...I just forgot to write it down so I forgot about it completely.)

Fast forward a few months. Drew and I were on our way to Hollywood with his students and we were discussing names with his co workers on the bus. I told them that there weren't any names that just felt like they were hers, and I was waiting for the right one to come along! (Haha...) That night we went to Hard Rock Cafe at City Walk. We sat down, and our waitress walked up to introduce herself. She immediately made a funny joke and introduced herself as "Lennon." I instantly LOVED her and the name and as soon as she left with our drink order I turned to Drew and told him how much I loved it and how I felt like it could be our baby's name. He loved it too. When Lennon (the waitress) came back we asked her about her name, where it came from, and if she liked it. She told us how her grandparent's loved John Lennon and it was after him. She was sooo sweet and fun and as she told us about her life there were a lot of things I related too.

When we left the restaurant we decided to move it to our top three, but I think deep down we knew it would be our daughter's name.

I absolutely love it and think it fits her so well! :)

Lennon's middle name is after her grandma Lori, who called herself Elizabeth most of her life! :)

Here are Lennon's newborn pics as well as our family lifestyle pics. We absolutely LOVE them all. Valerie is amazing and we can't say enough good things about her photography! Enjoy!