I have been super busy and bad at updating our blog but I do have a change to tell ya about...especially if you aren't on facebook. When we got Xiao Qi home and started to call her Lola it just didn't fit her ! She also hated it , it seemed as she would say " Bushir" (that's a firm NO in Chinese) when I would call her that. After a couple weeks it was obvious to us she did want an english name but it wasn't going to be Lola. Jarrod and I gave her a short list of 3 names to choose from each with Xiao Qi for a middle name. Eva , Piper, or Ayvah. She liked Eva and Piper. Well to make a long story short, it came time to bless her at church and we really wanted to make a decision then and there that she would be happy with. How cool to choose your own name! She is 4 after all and very opinionated. The English was coming very quickly for her and her little sentences were enouph of a mix of English and Chinese that communication wasn't hard. She always made her point with VIGOR...lol!!So the Sunday came (Jan. 31) and it was time to bless her at church. I told Jarrod he needed to decide..him and Xiao Qi and to not tell me...just do it! So he did..... And so her name is Piper Leigh Xiao Qi Mallory. I am happy because it was my my favorite of the 3 and she loves it. She came home and announced that her dolly can be Lola but that SHE was Piper Xiao Qi:) Yay for happy endings...
