I know everyone’s been checking into Michael’s blog to get news about Nugget, and I’m so glad I have a husband who blogs, since I’ve hand my hands full (literally). I don’t remember Jade being so attached to my boobs for the first few days, but that may just be poor memory. Now that the milk factory is up and running, Nugget is able to get a full belly and actually sleep a bit between feeds. Which means I can do important things like go to the bathroom and eat at the table and blog. You know, the essential things.
It also means that Michael and I have had the opportunity to be in the same room together and have an actual discussion for longer than 3 minutes. Thank God my mom is here. Jade requires constant supervision because of her drop seizures, so with one adult watching her and one on milk-production duty, it leaves one adult to run the house, cook the meals, clean up, prepare medications, and so on. I don’t know how I can ever thank my mother enough, but in a way I feel like I am incurring a debt to my own daughters, to be there for them the way that she has been for me.
Anyway, Michael and I have been having the Nugget-naming discussion in stolen moments over the past few days, and finally really settled on one today. Actually, it doesn’t feel quite real for me yet, possibly because I hadn’t heard of the name a week ago, or possibly because Nugget is still Nugget to me. But Michael has tried it out a few times and he swears it’s a perfect fit.
So, I don’t think I know the Melissa who commented on Michael’s blog and suggested the name, but Michael and I both felt it was fitting. Melissa suggested the name Halia (pronounced ha-LEE-ah), which is a Hawaiian name meaning “remembrance of a loved one”. To go with it, we’ve picked the name Rose; we’re not sure why, it just felt right. So Nugget finally has a name! Halia Rose.
(Incidentally, as I was searching for links for this post, I found this page, which says “Rosemary” is the emblem of remembrance. Since Rose Mary was on our list, I feel the meaning of Nugget’s name was somehow meant to be.)
Welcome to the world, little Halia.
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