It's official. Lilly Rose is 3 months! But yesterday she also received her Hebrew name, for the second time. She's known in the Jewish world as 'Shoshana' which is coincidentally my Hebrew name too (I don't think its my given Hebrew name, but I didn't know it at the time of our marriage and Ketubah signing, so I made one up that sounded pretty). Shoshana means 'rose' or 'flower' so its perfect for our two flower named daughter.
The naming was perfect. We had great weather, a great rabbi, great friends, but most importantly great family present! We had three generations of Rose's on the Mintz side (Aunt Carolyn Rose and cousin Glynn Rose) present. We explained how we picked Lillian Rose - the L's for my dad's parents Libby and Leon, and for Mel's grandmother Lil and Rose goes back 5 generations (she's the 6th) on Mark's dad's mother's side. She's the seventh woman (yikes, she'll be a woman!) to have Rose in her name. Well, seven that we know of! Her name reflects the love we have for the people who are no longer with us and our hope that she'll continue their legacy and good works.
She held up well. She was awake for a couple hours past her naptime and was passed around from family members to friends. And she looked super cute in her new black and white dress, though she kept popping her collar! We finally found an outfit for her to wear her matching black and white Mary Jane socks. I thought we might wear them to Safta Margot's tea party but never switched them out with the regular socks. And one thing about her dress, she just kept playing with it, the skirt part. She put some of the material in her mouth. She grabbed onto the dress. And she didn't have a meltdown, or really just get super cranky, until the end of the Saints game, when she awoke from her nap and was hungry.
We've got a ton of food leftover, so if you are in the NOLA area and want egg salad, tuna salad, potato salad, chicken salad, cookies, challah or brownies, come on by. Just call first! The rabbi remarked that life is short and that with kids it seems to fly by faster. These past three months certainly have. And at times, when it feels like it is going too fast, I just take a breather, and reflect on all the stuff/developments/new experiences she's (and we've) done. And it's a lot. So our sweet Toots is 3 months and has an official Hebrew name. Good times.
Here's a link to the video of her baby naming - http://vimeo.com/15935485
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