Her name!

Today after the pressure from the hospital, we finally came to an agreement with our daughter's name...Hali'a Marama Smith.

Naming our children is kind of a process since we have different cultures and want to make sure that they are correct in both the Hawaiian and Maori. Jason also doesn't want our children to have very long Hawaiian names, if possible, so we try, our best to keep the name simple, but meaningful. We wait until we have some days with baby so that we can see and get a feel for their personality.
Hali'a-means fond memory in Hawaiian. We chose this name because she was born at a very time special in our family's life. Jason and I both graduating from college with our bachelors degrees is such a big accomplishment for our family and a very "fond memory" and she being born just a month after graduation is the icing on top!

Mārama-means to be clear, light (not dark), easy to understand, lucid, bright, transparent in Maori. This is the type of demeanor and personality our daughter has.

Today after we named her, our family spent a nice day in the sun at pounders since daddy was off from work. Nanea now asks almost daily if we can go to the beach. Since I cannot at the moment, it was daddy daughter time. We've spent the last couple of days giving Hali'a some sun bath time since the doctor has been checking here for jaundice. So this was the perfect occasion for her to get some sun time.