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Our baby, James Andreas Stout, will be blessed the first Sunday of October. He is named after my mom's dad - James Merril Dunster. Andreas comes from my mom's mom's dad - Alma Andreas Burgener. Alma Andreas went by Andrew, the Americanized version of Andreas, but I chose the Swiss version. This stands for a marriage between England and Switzerland - the marriage of my mom's parents. James also happens to be the name of a dear friend of mine from my mission (Hi Jimmy!) and several of the apostles The Saviour chose in His mortal ministry (James the son of Zebedee, James the son of Alphaeus, James the brother of Jesus, and I think there was another).