Choosing a name...

Through the years of waiting, we have gone through several names. Our first name was Reese and this was around for almost 4 years. We referred to 'when baby Reese comes home... this will happen, when baby Reese comes home, that will happen'. Well after 4 years of saying that and getting closer and closer to a match, we talked about if Reese was still the name of our daughter. We decided to explore other names and came  up with many that we liked but none felt like the one for our daughter. The Saturday before we received our match, we were all sitting in the family room and someone said 'Clara' and that was it. We all agreed that we would name our daughter Clara and we would wait to see what her given name was in China to decide on a middle name. In China, her name is Feng Xiu Xiu and we wanted to keep part of this. Feng is the name that the orphanage gave the children as their last name. She is in a foster home through the Fengcheng Social Welfare Institute. Xiu Xiu was given to her by the orphanage. We decided that her name will be changed to Clara Mei Xiu. Mei meaning 'the littlest sister, beautiful and plum'. . Xiu meaning beautiful. We love it and can't wait to meet Clara!