Ok so heres the deal, I am such a picky picky person when I name my children I want them to be called the name I have named them, in full. If they have a nickname, I want it to be the nickname I have chosen, I completely understand that once friends get involved I will have absolutly no say as to what they are called but I was kind of hoping that I could drill the 'nice' nicknames into them before this happens .
So anyway, when we named Matilda we thought that it could not be shortened to anything that we did not like, but it did, and I hate it! So I am trying to avaoid this happening again.
However I love Annabelle but I am not much of a fan of 'Belle' or 'Bella', I think it is pretty but I do not want to use it and I have a funny feeling this is the first thing people will go for, I LOVE Annie though, I would love the name Annabekke, shortened to Annie if it must be shortened.

Ok I think I have got it all out. I am just being silly!