Drumroll please...... yes, we have given her a first name, Lilah. Its the same name we were batting around the entire time, I guess we just needed enough time to make sure we got it right. Thanh Thuy (pronounced like Tan Twee) is the Vietnamese name given by her birth mother. Our family in VN told us that Thanh with the Thuy makes the name extra special. They said it is a VERY nice Vietnamese name and we would be taking away from it if we left Thuy all alone. Plus the nice thing is Thanh is part of Oma's name as well. So that way it gives honor to her birth mother and Oma too, the best of both worlds. I think on legal paper we'll combine Thanh Thuy to Thanhthuy, so that she legally has only 3 names. I just think its way to confusing to have 4 names when it comes to SAT's, legal forms, etc. One of the other families we traveled with was doing this also, and we thought it was a great idea. So thanks Chi & Wim for the idea. I love this picture of Thuy asleep on her daddy chest on father's day. Thuy got Bill a very nice picture and frame as well as a bag full of his favorite local snacks like smoked squid.
The other picture is how we eat dinner every single night. Thuy sits in her bumbo while we eat. This way she can see us and we can see her, but we can use both our hands to eat, but one person does have drool duty, (wiping her face with a dry cloth when the drool gets heavy). The other day when we finished dinner we noticed she had drool all under her right leg in the bumbo..... daddy had drool duty that night. :-)
7 comments:
Hi Amanda,
MaryAnn, Abel, Ryan and I are sitting here looking at the blog and LOVE the name. Lilah, so girly!! We love it! We miss you and want you to come back soon. By the way, we are going to chip in for a baby Aspen collar - from the looks of things, she may need it! Doesn't daddy know that her head neads to be straight so she can breathe!! We're all here to help! Hugs and Kisses from the germmies here at work.
Love - Denise
Love the name and it so suits her! Good job! Hope you all are adjusting well. She looks great. Thank you so much for delivering our care package. We appreciate it so much! We loved following your blog.
Karen
Lilah.....I love that name. It is beautiful, just like you!!! Aunt Kat Balou
I have been enjoying your blog for the past few weeks now. Found it from a friend who is also adopting from VN.
Are you planning on calling your baby Thuy or Lilah? You are still blogging with the name "Thuy" wasn't sure if this is her name, or that you haven't gotten used to Lilah yet. Great name by the way.
Congratulations, she is beautiful! Those cheeks are SO CUTE!
Lilah fits her perfectly. A wonderful choice!! And don't worry about the sleeping held tilt, Hailey slept on our chests for the first 2 months of her life and always assumed the position of a tree frog! A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do to be comfy!!
Love you, Les
I love the name!!!!!! That bumbo seat is too cool... where were those when my babies were little? LOL I was so excited to see more pictures and updates tonight! The picture of her sleeping on Bill is adorable... but she looks so uncomfortable! LOL
What a beautiful name!! Yes, I too noticed that you are still blogging with Thuy still though. Thanh is the name of my co-worker's nephew that come from Vietnam in April. You will need to explain that Bumbo chair to me on the WC Yahoo Board. Also, I want to pick your brain about the Avent bottles in the pictures.
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