Some news on the girls & blogging names poll
Jan. 26th | Posted by Nicky
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Our Imagine Adoption caseworker was back in the office today. Last week she and the other caseworkers went to Ethiopia, to see the facilities, to watch a court case, and to get a sense of the process and the operation on the other side of the pond. She said over and over how hard all the people work there to make things go smoothly, to get cases through court, and to take care of the children. It’s great to hear. (By the way, our second court date is on Wenesday – so wish us luck!)
She did get a chance to see our girls – not to spend any time with them, but she did see them and make a few notes. She said they haven’t seen many “ferengis” – foreigners – so they were pretty shy when a whole bunch of Canadians showed up. One of our girls was in particular very very shy – the other was more in the action and a bit bolder. If you have seen the pictures of our girls, you can tell who is the shy one 
; she’s always twisting her skirt up or hollding onto her clothes – the other is more purposeful and confident in the pictures.
She also said that they are so beautiful – that the pictures don’t even do them justice (and they are pretty darn cute in their pictures!) They are more petite than they look in the pictures, too. Not unhealthy, just petite. She couldn’t tell them apart – she had to ask the caregivers which was which and kept track of them by the clothes that they were wearing. Funny, in pictures Jrock and I can tell them apart immediately… but in person? We’ll just have to see.
One of the ladies at the agency office is tasked with sending out pictures – so we are hoping for pics of our little ones in the next two weeks. We’ll get them as soon as she gets them all in order and sends them out. If we are through court, we might even be able to post them here!
Speaking of posting pictures on the girls – we need to come up with some blog names for them… suggestions?
______ and _______?
Post your ideas by adding a comment below.
Tags: adoption ethiopia
One idea –
Cara and Mia
In Italian Cara means “beloved” and Mia means “my”. Together they mean “my beloved”, as the phrase caramia.
Maybe also
Casey and Finnegan
Or…
Sugar and Spice
Mango and Papaya
Pip and Squeak
Casey and Finnegan…lol
mmmmm, I like the food associations. (I always want to eat up sweet babies so it seems appropriate,…they are just so darned yummy! )…like cinnamon and nutmeg…or paprika…ooo, saffron.
okay, I vote for Cinnamon and Saffron.
So great that you guys have news! I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s eagerly awaiting pic’s!!
Keeping you in our thoughts on Wednesday!
how ’bout Thio and Pia.
Although, my vote goes to Casey and Finnegan – but who will want to be Finnegan?
Hi guys. I kind of like Bella and Mia. I can hardly wait to see more pics of them. Love Ya’s Heather
Rosa and Daisy? For Rosa Parks and Driving Miss Daisy? I know how you like the association with flowers / plants
I like Cara and Mia a lot. Myself, I can only come up with Yin and Yang – or maybe Thing 1 and Thing 2. OK, I just reread your comment – I also like Pip and Squeak.
I say, wait until you meet them. The nicknames will come naturally. There will be something special about each that grabs you.
Given that you like flower names, these ones get my vote:
Rosa – because the Abyssinian Rose is the only rose native to Africa, and grows in the Ethiopian highlands. It has beautiful pale yellow flowers that bloom in late summer apparently (and may well be the flower after which Addis Ababa is named).
Kaga or Kagawi or Dayero – this is an Ethiopian name for the Abyssinian Rose. Kagawi is an Oromiffa name, Kaga is Amarnya (not sure which tribal group that relates to, unless it’s the Amhara). Dayero is the name in Somali (there are ethnic Somali who live in Ethiopia’s eastern regions).
So these two names would be two halves of a coin: a beautiful plant native to Ethiopia, and known by both an indigenous and an English name.
It must be so reassuring to hear how your girls are doing. I’m praying that you make it through court on Wednesday. As for blog names, I don’t know. I use my kids’ actual names only because my memory’s not so good and it’s hard enough for me to remember their real name, let alone which alias goes with which kid!
I emailed you my picks b/c your blog was being nasty to me yesterday
Hope you got them
L.
From Mal’s Mama:
Sapling, Twiggy or Petal
and
Pebble
I have no idea why, but the first thing that popped into my mind was Toopy and Binoo.
I guess that’s the hazzard of having pre-schoolers kicking around, they love fun names like that!