The Gift We Can't Wait to Receive
Jessalyn Hutto
Today we are thrilled to reveal the name of our third son, Owen Kristopher Hutto who is due on December 25th. This baby boy (kicking, rolling, and dancing within me) is a marvelous gift from the Lord and we cannot wait to welcome him into our family this Christmas season! So far the names of our boys have followed a pattern: the first name has been a figure from church history and the middle name has been a family name. Elliot and Hudson were both named after incredible missionary figures Jim Elliot and Hudson Taylor. Elliot was given the middle name Richard (my husband and his father’s first name) and Hudson was given the middle name William (my father and grandfather’s first name).
When we were given the wonderful news that I was carrying a third son, we were once again on the hunt for the perfect name. There are so many incredible men of the faith who we would love for our son to be able to look up to and model himself after, that it can be hard to choose. We are delighted, however, to have settled on the 17th century puritan theologian John Owen...
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