No Name Zirnis

There was no mention of her name in the last post because at that point we didn’t have one. At the hospital we talked everyday about it but couldn’t come to a decision. It was beginning to cause much stress for me and crying about it was becoming normal. The hospital was calling daily saying they needed a name and all the nurses, nurse tech’s, nursery workers, doctors, family, friends, etc. were constantly asking what her name was. The hospital finally said we had one more day then they were sending off her birth certificate that would only state “Zirnis”. One would think that by the time your baby comes you would have a name. We had talked about many and I thought we had it narrowed down. Once she got here though Karlis seemed to have changed his mind on everything we had talked about. For us, we were scared for the entire pregnancy that something would happen. We never called her a name because she would be too real. If something happened it seemed like it would make it harder if we had already named her. I know it doesn’t make a lot of sense but for us it did. Also, it was my wish to have her initials be the same as Karlis’s and mine combined….KMZ. This made naming her even more of a challenge. So finally FOUR long days after we had her we named her Kiyah Mary-Emma Zirnis (KMZ). Kiyah is Latvian for white bird or white seagull, Mary is my first name and the name of many past relatives and Emma was a name that Karlis’s mother liked. I am glad we waited and didn’t name her anything we had discussed previously. Kiyah fits her.