This reality TV romance success story welcomed daughter Henley Grace in 2017.
Then Jamie and Doug’s son was born at home on May 13.
That’s because this name had to accomplish a lot, she explained.
“I wanted something meaningful.
We wanted something cute, too.
And we wanted something that would have a nickname…
I mean it’s really hard naming a baby.
It’s the first thing you give your child that lasts them for their whole entire lives.
You just want it to be perfect for them.”
Prior to their son’s arrival, Doug and Jamie had narrowed down the options Hayes or Hendrix.
“And then we decided Hayes was the name.
We really liked it.
We called him Hayes.
We have a pillow with Hayes on it.
We have a plaque with Hayes on it,” Jamie said.
But then her bundle of joy arrived, and everything changed.
“The minute I held him,” Jamie said, “I almost blurted out Hendrix.
And I was like, ‘Oh my goodness, that wasn’t the name we chose.'”
“I was like, ‘I can’t believe that.'”
“Or I don’t know, I guess we just really connected with Hendrix,” she surmised.
“And so he was instantly like, ‘It has to be Hendrix.'”
“I was like, ‘Well, wait a minute.
We can’t just change it to Hendrix.
We have this plaque, we have a pillow.
And we told everybody.
Everybody’s expecting Hayes.'”
Doug was really set on the name Hendrix
But Doug insisted.
“He was like, ‘But he’ssucha Hendrix.'”
“And I was like, ‘Are we sure we want to do this?
I’m not sure about this.'”
There was no changing Doug’s mind at this point.
“And my husband, he was just dead set on it,” Jamie said.
“Like, ‘He’s a Hendrix.'”
So the deal was done.
Does Jamie have any regrets?
“We love that name,” she insisted.
“And now I can’t imagine calling him Hayes.
He’ssuch a Hendrix!It just fits him better, I guess.
So, no regrets with that whatsoever.”
