Firstly, thank you to everyone who emailed and left comments on our new arrival. Gorgeous Man printed them out and brought them to the hospital each day which was lovely.
A lot of people have asked about her name. Many years ago, before we got married, actually, even before we got engaged, Gorgeous Man was reading a book by one of our favourite authors Gerald Durrell. In that book there was a character called Araminta and Gorgeous Man said that he really liked the name. Araminta has no meaning – it was created by a 17th century English playwright for a character in one of his plays, can’t remember which one right now.
Her middle name – Sarona, is Samoan for Sharon and comes from a very good friend of ours that we went to university with. Long before she got sick Sarona came to visit us in Brisbane. We were standing in my kitchen making cards and I said to her “Rona, if Jeff and I ever have two girls, we’re going to call one of them Sarona.” Sarona lost her fight with leukaemia on September 19 last year and we decided not to wait until we had two girls to use her name.
Henceforth the little one will be referred to as Gorgeous Girl.
Here is a picture of Gorgeous Girl in her crib at the hospital.
With the blanket Mummy made her.
This is her sleeping in her pram in the living room at home.
The hat was knitted by me, using yarn from Starfish (that she dyed herself – I’m still in awe over that) and the blanket was knitted for her by ‘aunty’ Simone.
We’ve had an unexpected cold snap and didn’t have any winter clothes small enough so we had to stop at the mall and get some little things on the way home from the hospital. I will tell you all about that trip and the birth itself later, right now I have a little one that is starting to make hungry noises…
Glad you’re all home safe and sound. Lovely names. Beautiful textiles surrounding her already! 🙂
Henceforth we will call you Gorgeous Woman. 🙂 GG looks so sweet all cuddled up in her handknit items.
Ooooohhhhhhhhhh!
She is SO cute!!!
Congratulations, she is beautiful.
Isn’t she cute!!!!!
She is a real cutie and her snuggly blankies are lovely too. It’s great when they sleep so much at first – enjoy!, it doesn’t last forever LOL
Oh Ruth! What a little sweetie pie. Congratulations again.
Gail (Toronto, Canada)
Oh, Ruth – she is absolutely lovely. Many, many congratulations to you and your husband. There is such joy ahead for all of you. Welcome, precious little Gorgeous Girl!!!!
Gorgeous seems very fitting. Congratulations again.
That picture of your newborn all snuggled up in homemade knitting gifts is just beautiful (as she is). It is a wonderful thing to have a daughter. Congratulations!
She is so gorgeous- very apt blog name for her! When my daughter was born, we had an unexpected heat wave and were afraid she would melt in all the cold weather clothes we had for her! I had to send my hubby home from the hospital to pick out a different coming home outfit!
She’s perfect! Congrats on everything – I know she will be spoiled with hand knits and quilting forever!!
What is better than babies and yarn?? She is so beautiful, Ruth. I am honored that such a special baby is wearing my yarn. The hat is in good company with such lovingly made and beautiful things.
Congradulations to you and your husband, she is a lovely girl, with a lovely name. Welcome Araminta. Enjoy the ‘kraamweken’ (as a south african I think you can translate this 🙂 )
She is absolutely gorgeous! What a gift!
Hi
I am back.
Decided to look up the name and found the following info:
Of literary origin. Sir John Vanbrugh, architect, writer and politician is said to have coined the name for his work, “The Confederacy” in 1705. However his contemporary and partner William Congreve did as well, and included this name in his play “The Old Bachelor” in 1693. It has been suggested that neither coined the name and in fact, were inpired by someone that they both knew. If this is true then the name existed well before both men used it, and its true origins are unknown.
ARAMINTA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Perhaps an elaboration of AMINTA. This name was (first?) used by William Congreve in his comedy ‘The Old Bachelor’ (1693) and later by Sir John Vanbrugh in his comedy ‘The Confederacy’ (1705). This was the birth name of abolitionist Harriet TubmanAMINTA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Derived from Greek αμυντωρ (amyntor) meaning “defender”. This was the name of a 1573 play by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso
Congrats – sorry I am a bit late…
Awww, there’s nothing cuter than a baby in handmade things! Her names are beautiful — what a nice way to honor your friend’s memory.
Thank you for sharing the beautiful pictures of Gorgeous Girl! Good job mom and dad, she is precious.
She is so precious! She has quite a full head of hair! I love the hat you made her!
Congratulations, Ruth! Gorgeous Girl is beautiful. You and Dad did a great job.