Our Starr has been named again

Katie Starr had her Jewish naming ceremony today so our sweet girl now has her third name.

Here are Katie's three names:

Chinese name: Wu Hong Shan

American Name: Katie Starr Hongshan

Hebrew Name: Kayla Shaina

Kayla is the name of Marc's great Grandmother. Everyone called her Katie and she was very beloved in his family. In Jewish tradition you name a child to honor the dead. It took us all of one minute to name our Katie for this sweet woman. It truly was a no brainer.

Shaina mean beautiful in Hebrew as Shan does in Chinese. Between that and the "S" for Starr it was the perfect second name for her.

We had a very small ceremony at the house. I had prepared something to read during the ceremony and I melted into a big pile of mush. I am not normally a public cryer but I was speaking about the future life of our daughter and the tears started flowing. Justin walked up next to me and put his arm around me and read a poem for the occasion. The tears really flowed then. It is so true that being a parent means that your heart walks around outside of your body for the rest of your life.

Today was truly a special day for us. We named our daughter in Jewish tradition with our closest family and friends at our side. To top it off; Great Grandma Katie's sister Cele was there to see her sister honored in this way. Like I said; it was a truly special day.