Thomas Edward Potier was happily welcomed into the world on April 2, 2012. Welcoming him are his parents Erik and Michelle Potier of Gueydan and his big brother Christopher and big sister Abigail. Baby Thomas weighed in at seven pounds and 15 ounces and 20 ½ inches. He was born at Women and Children’s Hospital in Lafayette. Thomas’s grandparents include Eddie and Virginia Ashley and Lester and Jeannie Potier.