Comments | srothschild: The baby of the hour

srothschild

The baby of the hour

May 06, 2007 21:23

We celebrated Ellie's official naming ceremony this weekend. Somehow, we seem to have survived the onslaught of Keith's relatives who descended to admire the baby. Let me say, though, that hosting guests for a momentous event at a house we just barely moved into was not the brightest idea. Digging through boxes to find where we stashed the sheets ( Read more... )

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blakdove May 7 2007, 03:05:27 UTC

I am so, so proud of you! You did it!

Ellie is beautiful. I love her big eyes!

srothschild May 11 2007, 19:59:58 UTC

I worry one day that she's going to open her eyes really wide and the eyeballs are just going to pop out! Well, not really, but she always seems to be trying to determine just how wide she can open them. She has to see everything!

cureanything May 7 2007, 13:37:56 UTC

Aw, what sweet photos - congrats :)

srothschild May 11 2007, 20:01:32 UTC

Thanks!

bronzegoddess May 8 2007, 08:18:13 UTC

She's adorable! I have an exer saucer that a friend donated to me a while back. It's great! I love being able to set her up in it while I do the dishes or cook dinner.

Er, what exactly is a naming ceremony?

srothschild May 12 2007, 00:04:18 UTC

Ellie has mixed feelings about her exersaucer right now. She loves to be able to "stand up" and "walk around," but the seat is oversized for her and doesn't give her as much support as I think she would like. She will only tolerate being in it for about 10 minutes.

Ellie's naming ceremony was a celebration of her and her introduction to the (Jewish) community. Baby boys have the brit milah, or covenant of circumcision, at 8 days, and the whole ceremony is fixed in tradition. But baby girls have no firmly set tradition or ceremony, and the occasion goes by many names: brit bat (covenant of a daughter), zeved bat (gift of a daughter), and simchat bat (celebration of a daughter) are two of the most common. We had the ceremony at the evening Sabbath service at our synagogue and a casual open-house/party on the same day. The main component of the naming was a prayer called Mi Shebeirach that gives her name (Eliora Calanit, daughter of Shoshana Esther and Kalonymos Anshel) officially. We talked about the meaning of her name and why ( ... )