Tuesday, December 16, 2008

What's in a name?

We've had several questions about Lillie's name...we have an explanation. Her full name Lillie Elizabeth Grace McDonald. Terry and I chose Lillie and Elizabeth as possible first names, not actually choosing one yet. Trenton wanted to call her Elizabeth Daffodile (a name of a girl on Clifford the Big Red Dog). Then all of a sudden Trenton started calling her Lillie Elizabeth Grace McDonald and it just stuck. So let me break it down for you:

Lillie - a name we liked but also connected to Ally (Allyson's nickname) and ends in -ie, like my name.
Elizabeth - a name we liked, but also a name that Trenton picked.
Grace - my mom's middle name (who is now deceased)
McDonald - Terry's last name

So what's in a name? For Lillie, her name contains something from everyone in her family. Very suiting I think since this will be our last. Very old names and Christian linked. She will probably hate us when she gets older.

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