His name is
Kai D'aurian
We had to settle on a name prior to leaving the hospital-- in fact it was the last thing preventing us from leaving-- (oh, and his bilirubin levels, but more on that later...) Kai means 'Ocean' in Japanese, 'willow tree' in Navajo, and 'and' in Greek. It has many other meaning in Dutch, German, Welsh, and other languages.
D'aurian is a family name (D'auria, actually) on Alana's Mom's side. Doris is also an area of Greece, thus Dorian is someone or thing from that area (i.e. Doric columns)
Grae insists his name is Bean, and corrects me every time I refer to him as Kai. We are discussing how my name is really Anthony, but everyone calls me Tony. She can call him Bean (or beaner or silly bean) for the rest of his life-- that's one of the benefits of being born first. (The lesson on not taunting your sibling will come later.)
More in a few minutes...
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