Many thanks to all those who have emailed or posted a comment already. Above is another photo that came with Cha Jiao's dossier, and below is one taken just yesterday. Seeing the photo as she looks NOW has made the adoption -- which has taken two years -- much more real to me.
On the whole name game issue: we haven't decided yet whether to retain Ling Cha Jiao's name or modify/Americanize her name somehow. A clarification: in Chinese culture, the surname or family name (in our baby's case, Ling) precedes the given name (Cha Jiao). Except that Cha Jiao's surname is not her family name, but one given to her by her orphanage.
Looking forward to sharing more information as we get it. -- Meg
4 comments:
I'm beyond excited for you. This is the best news I could have possibly heard.
Thank you for creating an easy mechanism for keeping us in touch. We miss you!
She just gets cuter! I know where you're coming from in deciding what to do with her Chinese name. We had lots of discussion about our son's Korean name, too.
Naturally, now that I know there is a baby girl on the way for you, I am seeing all things cute for girls!!
Life will never seem brighter than it does with your new 'light in your life"
She's adorable! Congratulations!
Our baby's Chinese name was Zhan Wen Hui and we re-christened her Lily Hui Rekow.
I think it's great to use any part of the Chinese name as a middle name, but we chose Hui, because it was the only part that was unique to her -her familiar name. She was 10 months old and already used to hearing it. Even after we got Lily home, we called her Hui Hui for months to ease the transition.
You are in for such a wonderful experience!
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