OK, so far let me give you my history.. lol.  NOt really, I have 3 children.  Jamin Elijah... (his middle name is my dh's first name) Makena Brooklyn, and Weston Kennedy.  Other than naming my first son after dh, we just have picked different name (or so we thought Makena isn't that different nowadays) and we FINALLY just came up with a name for our 3rd son.  Lawsen.  We cannot come up with a good middle name.  We want something non tradition... but not too trendy either.  I love the name Reed, Lawsen Reed.  But I can't help but hate the original spelling, so we would go with Rheidd... But my dh doesn't like the meaning, becaue it means Red headed or Red haired.  I know, he's so silly!  lol.  I also like Pierce, but he isn't sure on that either.  We have a hard time coming up with anything to go with Lawsen!  HELP! 

What about the middle name Reese?

it's different and close sounding to Reed.....

I know what you mean about different names...good luck...just when you think you have something unique it pops up everywhere.....

Fun! Some ideas:

Lawsen Luke?
Lawsen Chase?
Lawsen Patrick?
Lawsen Hunter?
Lawsen Daniel?
Lawsen Reid?
Lawsen Neil?
Lawsen Dergan?

Good luck!

I like Reid. The spelling with the h and all the extra vowels, I must say I'm in agreement with your hubby on this one but for different reasons. If you both like the name though, go with it! Who cares about the spelling. Although I must admit that I contemplated the spelling of our chosen name and almost went with Jaxon, but we ultimately decided to go with the traditional Jackson. Good luck in your quest!