You Were Almost....

Dear Scarlett, 


I came across the paper of names that Daddy & I had made to decide upon a name for you. I wanted to share it with you so you could see what you were almost named.....

Baby Names:           Reason we Didn't:

Gabriella - (Gabby for short)       We knew too many. We wanted an uncommon name.

Lilliana (Lilli for short)                We knew too many Lilly's 

Li-Na (Korean descent Leena)     I didn't know if it would be hard for people to pronounce 

Leighton                                         Just wasn't my favorite

Shyla                                               Daddy wasn't fond of it.             

Annalina                                         I didn't want people to call you Anna for short

Harlow                                           It was my runner up to Scarlett but you know which won

Brielle                                             One of your distant cousins was named that :)

Nyssa                                              It was too close to Elyssa, your cousin

Layla                                              We knew too many

Shaylee                                           Just wasn't my top pick

Valentina                                       I didn't want you being called Val or Tina

Scarlett       PERFECT!     

(Boys) I didn't have too many boy names because they were harder for us to pick

Jaxson

Tyler Jr.  (TJ)

Brayden  

We decided that Scarlett was our favorite and we didn't know one single Scarlett, at the time. At the hospital one of the nurses, who had been there 20 years, said she had never once heard of that name. So I was pleased to have picked a uncommon name for you. Your middle name was picked in memory of your grandmother, (Daddy's mother) Cindy LaFountaine who passed away in 2005. I never got the chance to meet her but I know she was a great woman by the stories Daddy has told me about her. I wanted each of my children to have meaning to their names. Since Scarlett was just a name that we fell in love with, we gave meaning to your middle name. I have never seen the movie Gone With The Wind. Many people ask me if you are named from that. No, you were not. I heard the name from a beautiful actress named Scarlett Johansson. I just thought it was different and I hadn't heard it often. There is your name history........

Here were the top 25 Baby names in 2011, the year you were born:

1	Mason	Emma
2	Liam	Olivia
3	Noah	Sophia
4	Ethan	Isabella
5	Jacob	Ava
6	Aiden	Ella
7	Jackson	Madison
8	Logan	Emily
9	Jack	Abigail
10	Lucas	Chloe
11	Ryan	Lily
12	Benjamin	Mia
13	Michael	Addison
14	William	Avery
15	Jayden	Charlotte
16	Elijah	Amelia
17	James	Grace
18	Matthew	Zoe
19	Alexander	Sofia
20	Nathan	Natalie
21	Luke	Hannah
22	Joshua	Sophie
23	Andrew	Elizabeth
24	Caleb	Claire
25	Evan	Brooklyn

             Love Always, Mommy