2 very important persons for Jamie's birth
Karen, thank you for all those informative childbirth classes!  We felt so much more prepared. 

Dr. Sankiat, thank you for all the pre-natal check-ups and of course most importantly the actual birth!  Literally we couldn't have done it without you.

Number of children
Mommy has always wanted 7 children because her mom comes from a big family and she sees how supportive the siblings are to each others through happy and difficult times.  Her mom has 2 mothers and about 7 silblings from each side.  So she thought she should have 7 too.

But after going through the process of making, being pregnant, giving birth and having 1 now, she's not so sure anymore.  It is an ongoing and demanding process.  For now, all she can think of is to concentrate on raising Jamie. 

   
How did Jamie get his name?
The English name

There were several names that daddy and mommy liked for the first name.  They included Sydney, Chase, Mike etc but in the end Jamie came to be the favorite one.  Mommy likes this name because of its sound, the fact that it starts with the letter "J" and its unisex nature.

For the middle name daddy wanted something with Chinese meaning so that Jamie's root can be reflected in his name.  Mommy suggested names like "Dragon" and "Rice" but were turned down by daddy.  Daddy thinks dragon is more medieval than Chinese and thinks both names would be subjected to be made fun of.  Since Jamie will have a Chinese name anyway, daddy and mommy decided to honor his Russian heritage instead.

According to family stories daddy has heard in the past, his paternal grandfather changed his Russian last name "Klistoff" to "Warren".  The name "Klistoff" seems unique enough and can serve as a conversation starter for Jamie in the future.  This is how Jamie got this middle name.


The Chinese name
His Chinese name characters are shown in the photo above.  It's pronounced as "Wah Yu Him".  Unlike English names, Chinese names start with the last name so "Wah" is his last name.  It is the initial sound of "Warren" in Cantonese pronounciation.  Also, the character means "Chinese".  And "Yu Him" means "humble reputation".  Daddy and mommy hope Jamie will become a modest person just like his daddy.  And mommy likes the look of these characters and thinks these complicated characters give the name a sense of sophistication.

The Thai name

Good friends at mommy's work place had been very excited about Jamie's arrival ever since they found out about the pregnancy.  They have given Jamie a very special Thai name "Mungorn" meaning dragon.  It is a powerful name.  It turned out that mommy got her wish for calling her son dragon and doesn't have to worry about being laughed at!


A special day to be born

It is Jamie's honor to be sharing the same birthday with the Thai Queen.  It is also the Mother's Day for the Thai people.  What a special day to give birth for mommy too!


A special year to be born
As crazy as it sounds, mommy loves dogs so much she's always wished she could give birth to a dog herself.  Well, of course that's not gonna happen.  But interestingly enough, out of the 12 different animals, Jamie is born in the year of dog.  At last she got her wish of giving birth to a baby dog :).