Last Saturday, Matt and Ethan went for a little walk down the street to pick up some rolls for dinner. He came back with these:
I love them.
I love them for several reasons.
1. They're from Matt.
2. I love flowers.
3. I'm diggin' the bright colors (of everything) here in Brazil.
4. We realized the Portuguese translation of lily is lirio and when Brazilians say it, it sounds like
"Lid-io".
Sounds a bit like Lydia, doesn't it?
Perfect. We decided we're going to tell Lydia that she is named after the Portuguese word for Lily.
Do you know what makes that just so fitting?
2+ years ago during our baby naming contemplations, the name Lydia beat out the name Lily by just a very small margin. Now it's sort of like we got our Lydia and our Lily along with a little connection to our life here in Brazil.
It's perfect- almost as if we planned it that way from the beginning.
She's taking Brazil by storm, by the way. She stops traffic wherever she goes. The Brazilians all blow her kisses and call out "linda" which means, beautiful. There's a tennis coach here that stops his lessons to call to her everytime we walk past the court and gives her kisses and tennis balls. It took her a little while to warm up to all the attention, but now she eats it up and blows kisses right back.
So here you have her:
5 comments:
She just oozes personality. What a cutie!
i love it! Calvin loved the public show of affection for about 6 months and now he has started to be shy boy. People usually get a sense of it and blow kisses from further away and just squeeze cheeks instead, but I miss the days when he would let Turkish strangers hold him and cuddle him (it at least let me get my shopping done or finish my meal).
Glad Lydia is enjoying it! It is so sweet and something I will definitely miss when we return to the States.
It sounds like she is really coming out of her shell. I love that she is stopping traffic. The whole Lirio/Lydia thing is great. When Neve was born a friend brough Calla lilies, so we have always called her our little Calla(way) Lily.
Love the flowers and the story. What a great connection. I think it is such fun when kids names have meaning. I am sure all your kiddos stop traffic with their looks, they are adorable.
I love those flowers, and I love that you are learning so much of the language. Lirio Lindo...so cute!
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