689 A Surprise Arrival - Part 8 (1/2)

Saturday continued …

Anna turned looking at Hou Yi and quietly asked ”Do you think the staff will put the two of them together?”

One of the nurses heard the question, and quickly responded ”Madam Hou, the paediatrician said that we cannot do that presently, but we can put the two cribs next to each other.  If the younger baby lives a couple of days, we would be able to do that.”

Hou Yi leant down and whispered, ”Do not worry my love, if it happens it will happen, but at least they can be close to each other.”

Quietly they moved over to their older son, before heading to their younger son and the nurses moved the two cribs together.  Looking at the two of them Hou Yi said ”No matter what they are both a miracle, regardless for how long they are in our lives.”

”True.  But we need to consider what we what to name them.”

”Have you any ideas?”

”For our older one I thought we could name him after your father or grandfather and give him the English name Stan after my dad.  They seem to fit.”

”You know my Dad would like that.  But our younger son?”

Anna laughed and said ”You want me to come up with two names.  Come on Yi, you are their father. What is your idea?”

”Please do not thing it is presumptuous, but how about we give our younger son my name, Yi.  I think it fits him, and we give him the English name Aaron.  I read somewhere it means miraculous.  That is fitting, as from what I understand it is miraculous that he was born alive and every minute that we have with his is miraculous.”

Anna paused.  Yi had thought carefully about the English name for a least one son.   Was she pushing her ideas onto him for both?  ”Yi are you alright with the name for our oldest son? I do not want you to feel…”