Lydia's 100 days

In Asia families celebrate a baby's 100th day of life. Lydia actually turned 100 days old last Friday, but we didn't get to celebrate then - so we had a party last night (when she was 107 days old). 35 folks joined us for dinner at a restaurant near campus. After dinner, we prayed for Lydia (and for us, as parents).

We also announced Lydia's name in the local language. Her name is ke qing ya. Ke is our family name. Qing is her "generation" name - all of our kids will be ke qing something. Qing means celebrate. Ya means elegance. It also sounds a bit like the last syllable in Lydia. (Julianna is ke qing en, "celebrate grace").

Here's a few photos from the party.

Julianna and some of her admirers -


The Huffmans were the only other Americans there -here's Andy with Emma Grace sitting next to Matt and Lydia at dinner.


This guy LOVES to hold Lydia. She seems pretty content herself.