the story behind of her name...

we're home! it feels so good to be back. we left as a family of two (just dill and i) and came back a family of three! here's a photo of karys right before she got dressed in her "coming home outfit" (i'll post photos of her in that later...)


a few people have asked about her name. well, the name has both greek & welsh origin. in greek it means "grace" (it is more commonly spelled karis--but dill liked it with the "y"). in welsh it means "love" or "to love" (and is more commonly spelled carys). her middle name (which means "consecrated to God") is in honor of my great-grandmother "mom".

i heard the name karys when i was in college and really liked it and said to myself "if/when i have a daughter i would like to name her karys" so i kept the name in the back of my mind but didn't share it with many people. when dill and i first started dating (i'm not even sure you could call it dating--it was like date #2) somehow the topic of children and names came up. as i said i hadn't shared the name with many people--but i told him that if/when i had a daughter i planned to name her karys. he immediately said "me too". I though it was so weird. i was sure he'd never heard the name before so i asked and he said he hadn't but my daughter karys was going to be his daughter too. well (obviously) i thought he was CRAZY (since we had just started our relationship) but as fate would have it my karys is also his karys...
-ty