Introducing. . .
Maria Aimee Hartzler
Maria is the transliteration of her Ukrainian name, the name she was given at birth. We gave the middle name Aimee which means loved. Stan particularly likes the French spelling of the name. Her two names also remind us of two of her aunts.
Olena Joy Hartzler
Olena is also a transliteration of her Ukrainian name. It's the Ukrainian form of Helen or Ellen.
Pronunciation of this name is roughly as it would be in Spanish: "o-LEH-nah"
Joy because of the joy she brings into our lives.
Julia Danielle Hartzler
Yulia is the transliteration of her Ukrainian name so we took some liberties with the spelling. It is the Ukrainian version of the name Julie (our facilitator asked if she would be Julie Junior). We also named her Danielle, which reminds us of her sunny disposition and for the prophet Daniel who crossed a culture, learned a new language and became a servant of God's purposes in a new land.
15 comments:
I cannot stop crying. I love your names & the meanings and so thrilled you were able to pick middle names for them. They are too precious. I cannot wait to give them hugs!!!
Yahoo!!!! Congratulations to all five of you. Your daughters are so beautiful. I love their names and their meanings. Tears of joy---
Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! As new grandparents, we're allowed to pass out chocolates, right?
We love their names.
A great way to celebrate V'Day!
Congratulations Mom and Dad! I am so happy for all 5 of you! What a wonderful gift from our Lord!
Congratulations, mom & dad, mommy and daddy, mama & papa (or whatever 'names' they decide to use for you) How wonderful!
Love their names and meanings!
So happy for all of you!
We, too, are overwhelmed with joy and thanksgiving! God's richest blessings to you, dear family of FIVE! - Dido and Baba
So delighted for all of you. We've been praying much, and we're so excited to see pictures.
Beautiful names! Beautiful faces! They were truly blessed when they got you two!
May God pour down His grace, peace, and continually blessing on each of you!
They're beautiful! We can't wait to see a FAMILY picture!! :-)
Woo-hoo! What a great new family! There will be partying in PNG (when the rest of the family wakes up)! What a great God we have! Ella may now have a legitimate reason to get her own e-mail account. We love you guys!
Congratulations to "ALL" the members of this new little family.
Congratulations Mom and Dad! They're beautiful!
WHOOOOOT WHOOOOOT!!!!! :) SOOO excited for all 5 of you . . . precious beautiful girls - precious beautiful gifts - precious beautiful names :) we couldn't be more thrilled!!!!! :)
ben and misty :)
This is really exciting - I have been reading daily your posts and excited to hear about each new step in your journey. I was getting impatient to hear names and see picture so this great! I am so happy to hear how the LORD is working out all the details.
So nice to "meet" your girls! Congrats!
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