I have had a request, from a reader of Ainslee's blog, for a post on how we came to choose Ainslee's name. This reader is actually named Ainslee and has a grandmother named Grace, how neat is that?!
Jason and I had made a list of boy and girl names we liked when we first found out we were expecting. Once we found out we were having a girl we quickly had our list cut in half. We both knew we wanted a unique name, but something that was still pretty and feminine. The name Ainsley was one that we BOTH agreed on and it made its way to the top of the list. At the time I was working for a financial planner and we had a new client come in with a daughter named Ainslee. I immediately new that would be our daughter's name. Jason's middle name is Lee and I loved the idea of having his name being apart of hers. Grace is my cousin's middle name and she was the flower girl in our wedding. It is also Jason's great-great aunt's name. It was quickly decided that Ainslee Grace Gilbreath would be her name. It was later that we discovered her initials would be AGG, but since we are both Aggies we thought it would be okay :)
1 comment:
Thank you so much!
I want to write Ainslee a little story you may want to tell her from time to time as she grows up.
Dear Ainslee Grace,
Most of your young life you will hate your name. You will be called everything in the world. Every year a teacher will pronounce it differently and everyone will laugh.
As, you get a bit older, everyone will want to know what you are called for short. "Is it OK if I call you Lee"? No, my name is Ainslee. Those who are close to you will call you Ains, but stangers don't get to know that. For when someone first calls you "Ains" you will know that person now feels comfortable with you. There will be a little skip in your heart.
There will come a time, when you realize you have the most beautiful name in the world. People will say it sounds like a writers name, an artist, a dancer. Someone famous. It will ALWAYS be mispelled.
You, Ainslee, will come to answer to almost anything. For the duration of your life, it will be mispronounced. Just let it go. Don't try to correct those people, they will come to know it. Because there is a special girl whose name they will never forget. Along with that, they will never forget your warm heart, and beauty. Enjoy your life, sing, dance, love and laugh, everyday!
Sincerely,
Ainslee Jeanne Tillbrook
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