Hi there! Hope you had a great weekend. This past Friday and Saturday, we celebrated the Jewish holiday of Passover, and both my family and my husband’s family were in town. We spent the majority of the weekend hanging with aunts, uncles, siblings, and the rest of the extended family, and it was awesome for the kids to get some QT with their favorite people. Speaking of Jewish holidays and ceremonies, we just got the pics back from our new baby’s baby naming ceremony, and they are the cutest! I enlisted my friend Meredith Flaherty to shoot the event so that I could focus on the kids and talking to friends and family who came to support us on this special day.

What is a baby naming ceremony?

If you aren’t familiar, a baby naming ceremony is the day a new baby is given his or her Hebrew name. For a boy, this is normally done at the bris, 8 days after the baby is born. For a girl, the timing is a little looser. We chose to do Tova’s about 6 weeks after her birth so she’d have her shots before being around a big crowd of people. The chosen name is normally similar to the English name, though sometimes it is different in order to give the naming honor to a relative. Our daughter, Tova Hannah’s English name is actually a Hebrew name already meaning “good” or “goodness.” We chose to keep the name similar by giving her the Hebrew name Tova Chana.

Why is a baby given a Hebrew name?

A person’s Hebrew name will be used throughout his or her life at different life cycle events, like bar mitvahs and weddings. The naming ceremony helps us to welcome the baby into Judaism and signifies the parents’ dedication to raising the child in the Jewish faith. It’s a really special day, and the first of many important life cycle events the new baby will be a part of. We did ours at our synagogue, though the ceremony can take place anywhere, as long as there’s a rabbi!

Naomi had fun playing with her cousin and destroying the beautiful decorations. 😉

I REALLY loved my shoes on this day.  I loved my entire outfit (sold out in black, here in purple) actually, which is saying a lot for someone who just had a baby! I thought the peplum was flattering, and I LOVED that it was a romper! It seems like such a versatile piece that I’ll wear again and again. Because it was sleeveless, I wore this amazing scarf to cover my shoulders inside the synagogue.

Of course, the food is VERY important at an event like this. We had the most insane candy and dessert bar… I swear, I eat regular food just so I can justify dessert after every meal.

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