A couple of words about five generations of our family with some history and the selection of the name Aaron. Or from Aron to Aaron.
Selecting The Name
We had a name picked out for a girl for a long time now, but we never could pick something for a boy. So when on March 5th we found out that we’re having a boy we got together with my parents for a family meeting and ended up walking away with a decision to name our son Aaron.
Our criteria was very simple — the name should sound good in English, have a Russian form, because that’s what we’re going to use and having Jewish roots would be a nice bonus.
We went through a good number of names and even though we had Aaron in mind before when we were hypothetically thinking of names (way before we even wanted to get pregnant) we never really stopped on it or any other name.
The reasons for that probably were two fold. First of all since the name is rather uncommon in the part of the world where we come from I didn’t really know any other forms of it. My dad though said
that a short form would be Ronya or Ronechka and we liked that there were variations beside Aron. But what probably really pushed us over was the fact that my dad’s grandfather and my great grandfather was named Aron.
And a while later we had two other forms of the name. First was Ari from Entourage — Ari Gold. Even though he is technically Ariel (another name that I liked, but it had no Russian form and The Little Mermaid has ruined it for boys), Ari works for Aaron too. And a day after Aaron was born — my dad remembered that his grandmother used to call his grandfather Arosha.
Arosha ended up being our favorite form of the name. We used to call him Ari most of the time during the pregnancy, but now it’s pretty much Arosha or variations of it.
Also I’m fairly sure that if we were still living in the old country there is a little chance that I’d risk naming my son Aaron or Aron. In U.S. it’s fairly common and back there it’s very Jewish — and in that country that would make things harder for him, which is sad, but true.
And a quote from the name dictionary:
The boy’s name Aaron \a(a)-ron\ is pronounced AIR-an, AHR-an. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Aaron is “mountain of strength”.
Family History
I mentioned above that we had the name in the family. My dad’s grandfather, my great grandfather
and Aaron’s great great grandfather was named Aron. In Russian the name is spelled with one A.
The strange thing is that during all of this we never thought that August 8th would be the birthday. The date had no significance in my mind until the day when we already went to the hospital and my dad told me that he wanted Alena to give birth today (the 8th) because the date was significant.
Turns out that grandfather Aron has passed away on August 8th, 1943. And our Aaron being born and named after him on this date would be a symbol of continuation of life. It happened as a complete coincidence, but I’m still quite amazed by how it all came together.
I asked my dad to scan an old photograph from our family archive. It was taken in 1906, the year Aron and Hava Meira (my great grandmother) were married. He’s only 28 on it, but to me looks quite a bit older than I look, to myself at least, in my 29.
Middle Name
Thing were much simpler with the middle name selection. In line with Russian tradition we used my
name for Aaron’s middle name — Daniel. In Russia he would be Daniilovich and here it’s just Daniel.
When we came to this country we all wanted our names to become more Americanized so we ended up dropping our middle names.
Some time ago I came to regret that decision. Instead of dropping it I should’ve just changed it to my dad’s name — Borisovich to Boris. That’s exactly what I’ve been doing lately on all my documents.
I think it’s a good tradition and I’m proud to have my dad’s name as my middle name.
Нам уже 38 недель и 1 день. 
Я хотела доносить до этого рубежа, а теперь уже буду не против рожать в любое время. 
дня рождения), но тут уж как получится. Вообще интересно всё же — какой механизм контролирует начало процесса? Зависит ли это в большей степени от матери (при здоровой матери со средними физическими нагрузками), от ребенка, или еще от чего? 
беременность по-своему, и даже каждая беременность может протекать по-разному (это я надеюсь не накаркать на будущеe). 
ya tut toze che to ot shast’ya sopli rapsustil. (ne komu ne govori)
August 3, 2010 @ 00:05
Когда писала пост, фотографий еще не видела. Теперь вот хочется просто добавить, что мне они очень понравились и огромное Андрею спасибо за такой подарок.
August 3, 2010 @ 00:08
I’m really grateful to Andrey for taking his time that he doesn’t have a lot of and spending it on us.
It’s been 38 weeks and we haven’t really made many photos of Alena alone, not to mention having photos of both of us so close to the birth of our son.
And not only that, but I’m a big fan of Andrey’s photography. Thank you, Andrey!
August 3, 2010 @ 10:51
Алена, здорово, что беременность проходит достаточно легко. Я думаю, что многое зависит от настроя и настроения.
Есть хорошая книга для родителей по-русски: “Общаться с ребенком. Как?” – Гиппенрейтер Ю.Б. Правда, она про более старших детей, но прочитать ее все равно интересно.
А фотографии, действительно, очень удачные.
August 3, 2010 @ 11:59
Игнат, спасибо. Я, кстати, эту книгу уже нашла в рунете пару недель назад — её рекомендовали на каких-то форумах. Обязательно почитаю (просто пока бумажные книги удобнее читать чем с компьютера).
August 4, 2010 @ 12:29
Alena, ty vuglyadish’ prosto zamechatel’no!
Fotografii poluchilis’ ochen’ horoshie! Posovetovat’ pro knizhki nichego ne mogy – detei net, no y tebya sovetu sama budu sprashivat’, kogda vremya pridet. 
Vsego horoshego!!! beregi sebya!
August 4, 2010 @ 12:48
Таня, спасибо большое.
А в книжках у многих разное мнение. Я вот сегодня начала читать Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn — пока нравится.
August 4, 2010 @ 20:26
Очень хорошие фотографии! И удачно, что успели их сделать, когда Алена уже совсем на сносях.
August 5, 2010 @ 10:17
Takiye miliye fotki poluchilis’! Alena, viglidesh vilikolepno i gotova k’barbe
Ochen priyatno slishat’ shto so zdoroviyem u tebya vse v’paryadke i zhalob bolshih’ net. Chitaiu drugiye blogi druzei kotoriye tozhe bereminye i uzhasaius. 
Zhdu teper fotki babika 
August 5, 2010 @ 13:41
Д. Боря, спасибо.
Так давно не слышала выражения “на сносях”! 
Вика, спасибо.
Я желаю тебе тоже чувствовать себя хорошо когда ты будеш в положении! Теперь вот надеюсь роды пройдут спокойно и (самое главное) малышик будет здоровенький! Я как раз к врачу сегодня ходила — открытие уже 2 см (на прошлой неделе было 1 см) и cervix is effaced somewhat (не знаю как по-русски сказать), что тоже хорошо. 
August 7, 2010 @ 02:41
Красивые фотографии!
Лёгких и быстрых вам родов!
“открытие уже 2 см (на прошлой неделе было 1 см) и cervix is effaced somewhat” уже скоро
August 7, 2010 @ 10:04
Alenachka,
You look amazing. (about the size when i was 5 months). Especially love pic #2 you just look stunning. Wish you a very easy delivery.
August 7, 2010 @ 16:57
Маша, Викуль — спасибо большое!
Мне, кстати, вторая фотография тоже больше всего нравится (из-за композиции и света).
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