She has a name!

With Ashlynn, we had names picked out early on. One boy name and one girl name.  Ever since we found out we were expecting Baby B, we have been talking over names.  For a boy, we would have used our original boy name.  For a girl, we were undecided.  Once we knew she was a she, we really started thinking about what her name would be.

We decided on...

The name Bailey always seemed to make it to the top of our lists for a first name, and that is how it was chosen.  A simple, sweet name for our girl.  I am not even sure which one of us suggested it, it was just always on our lists.  Ironically, it starts with a B, and she already had the nickname of "Baby B".

For a middle name, we wanted something meaningful.  Ashlynn shares a middle name with 2 of her great-grandmothers, and that is something we (and hopefully she will also) treasure. One day, I threw out the idea of using a more "feminine" version of Mark's middle name James and spelling it with a "Y". This is the same middle name a boy would've had. We both loved it, but it took us a while to 100% decide. Who better for our girl to be named after than her daddy who already loves her so much!

We are so excited to have her name chosen, and to be able to pray for her by name.  It will be a joy to see how her personality fits into her name!