Baby Naming

Gloria turned 11 weeks just in time for her Brit Bat, the ceremony at which she is given her Hebrew name. All of the family came up from Cali, plus 20 years worth of Seattle friends gathered - it was amazing looking out to see so much love surrounding us as we blessed our new baby girl. Tata presented a special turtle that holds a tiny piece of her umbilical cord, her connection to her matrilineal line; Poppi was too choked up so Nanni read his blessing; Liz and Eric were named as godparents; Matt and I both cried while we read our blessings- no way we were going to keep it together! And Charlotte gave Gloria a special big sister hug and kiss. Gloria had her first taste of Maneschevitz- she licked her lips. She was an angel the whole ceremony and all evening, smiling and snoozing and charming everyone.

Nanni made a zillion hamentashen and we had lots of snacks followed by family dinner and cake. Charlotte, Sarah, and Abigail played hard all weekend and had so much fun together. It was a lot of work to put everything together, but so worth it!