Announcing the Baby Name!

After a lot of thought, asking for lots of opinions, and writing out names over and over again on paper, I think Todd is really sick of me debating over the name and spelling of the name for our little girl.  We have finally made a decision!

Alise Harper Levreault

and we plan to call her Ali

(FYI: Alise is pronounced like Elise, not to be confused with Alice)

I liked Elise, and Todd thought it should be spelled with an "A."  I really like the name Ali, so spelling Elise with an "A" was a perfect solution since we could name her Alise and call her Ali.  We toyed around with just naming her Ali, but I've always liked the idea of having a formal name and a nickname.  The origin of Alise is German meaning noble, light.  Harper is just a name that I like, and we thought it went well with Alise.  I don't think we went too crazy with the name, and we made sure her initials didn't spell out something embarrassing. 

Whew... one thing off the checklist!