Her name

On our 4th of July road trip to Las Vegas we brought the good ole baby name book and started 'discussions' on our baby girl's name.  Sara would read off names and Brian would say yes or no and Sara would say no to his yes's if warranted :)  That method yielded quite a list like Whitney (one of B's top names), Nicole (but how do you keep it Nicole because we already have a Nicci and Nicki in the family), Tiffany, Erica, Ella and Ashley.  We both agreed that Ashley though felt right, Trevor liked it and from that moment on she was always Ashley.  Trevor was so smart and kept it quiet even when people asked him what his baby sister's name would be!  Sara though was able to tell a few of her closest friends 'the name' when she was back in MN in late July.  All agreed that Ashley was the perfect name....and they all kept it secret too!

The middle name was a bit more difficult however.  Well, mostly for Sara because she kept wavering between two names.  Brian always knew what he wanted it to be.  Just like with Trevor we agreed that since she will have the Hillins last name, she will have a middle name honoring Sara's family, and we get to decide her first name.  

You may remember that Trevor's middle name was changed from Steven to Kelly after Sara's Grandma Kelly passed away days before he was born.  Kelly is Sara's Mom's maiden name and both her and her brother Jim's middle name.  Sara's Mom's middle name is Marie so we thought Ashley would be Ashley Marie or Ashley Kelly.  Sara really liked how Ashley Marie sounded but in the end both Sara and Brian liked the tradition of continuing with Kelly as a middle name!  Ashley Kelly Hillins....sounds perfect, just like she is!