What's in a Name?
毎日ワイフと僕はうちの子の成長を記録しないとといつも言うんですが…
My wife and I are always going on about needing to keep a diary of our boy's growth...
More than keeping track of his growth, I haven't even written about him on my blog...
イヤ、ブログの紹介より、生まれた知らせのハガキはまだ送ってない…
No, it's not even that, we haven't even sent out the birth announcements yet...
ハガキを送るより、名前は…
Forget the announcements, we haven't even named him...
ってウソ。もちろん名付けしました。
Just kidding. Of course we've named him.
名前は………秘密です。あだ名はエイブ～です。なぜというと、笑っている時にものすごく可愛い声で『エイブ～～』と言います。
His name is..........a secret. His nickname is Abu. We call him that because when he smiles, he says "Abu~~" in the cutest voice ever。
I know I said I was joking, but it did actually take us a while to name him. In America, it's the law that you have to name your baby before you leave the hospital. In Japan, you can apparently wait for two weeks after he's born.
ワイフは出産の前の２ヶ月、切迫早産の心配で入院しました。かなりイヤな思いをさせたので、病院で決めたくなかったです。
My wife was hospitalized for 2 months before our son was born. She hated her time in the hospital and didn't want to name him there.
生まれて１週間後、退院。アメリカではもう既に名付けしましたが、僕らはまだ決めていなかったです。アメリカの家族に毎日『名前は？名前は？』って聞かれました。
A week after he was born, they left the hospital. Were this America, he'd already have a name, but we still hadn't decided. My American family was constantly on about "What's his name? WHat's his name?"
そして、日本の制限時間が迫ってきました。生まれた日から１４日ってエイブ～は２月２５日に生まれたから３月１１日までに出したらいいと思いました。
Then, the time limit for Japan came. Let's see...14 days after birth, If he was born on February 25 so that means it should be March 11.
違う！
No!
生まれた日も含める！１０日まで。幸いに１１日に気づいた。
The day he was born is included! We had till the 10th. Fortunately, we noticed that on the 11th.
市役所に出産届出しに行ったとき、遅れた罰金が取られるのをずっと心配しました。でも大丈夫でした。取られなかったです。
When we went to submit his birth certificate at the city hall, we were worried that we'd be fined for being late. But it was okay. We weren't fined.
２週間かかったが、やっと名前付けました。
It took two weeks, but he finally had his name.
My wife and I are always going on about needing to keep a diary of our boy's growth...
More than keeping track of his growth, I haven't even written about him on my blog...
イヤ、ブログの紹介より、生まれた知らせのハガキはまだ送ってない…
No, it's not even that, we haven't even sent out the birth announcements yet...
ハガキを送るより、名前は…
Forget the announcements, we haven't even named him...
ってウソ。もちろん名付けしました。
Just kidding. Of course we've named him.
名前は………秘密です。あだ名はエイブ～です。なぜというと、笑っている時にものすごく可愛い声で『エイブ～～』と言います。
His name is..........a secret. His nickname is Abu. We call him that because when he smiles, he says "Abu~~" in the cutest voice ever。
I know I said I was joking, but it did actually take us a while to name him. In America, it's the law that you have to name your baby before you leave the hospital. In Japan, you can apparently wait for two weeks after he's born.
ワイフは出産の前の２ヶ月、切迫早産の心配で入院しました。かなりイヤな思いをさせたので、病院で決めたくなかったです。
My wife was hospitalized for 2 months before our son was born. She hated her time in the hospital and didn't want to name him there.
生まれて１週間後、退院。アメリカではもう既に名付けしましたが、僕らはまだ決めていなかったです。アメリカの家族に毎日『名前は？名前は？』って聞かれました。
A week after he was born, they left the hospital. Were this America, he'd already have a name, but we still hadn't decided. My American family was constantly on about "What's his name? WHat's his name?"
そして、日本の制限時間が迫ってきました。生まれた日から１４日ってエイブ～は２月２５日に生まれたから３月１１日までに出したらいいと思いました。
Then, the time limit for Japan came. Let's see...14 days after birth, If he was born on February 25 so that means it should be March 11.
違う！
No!
生まれた日も含める！１０日まで。幸いに１１日に気づいた。
The day he was born is included! We had till the 10th. Fortunately, we noticed that on the 11th.
市役所に出産届出しに行ったとき、遅れた罰金が取られるのをずっと心配しました。でも大丈夫でした。取られなかったです。
When we went to submit his birth certificate at the city hall, we were worried that we'd be fined for being late. But it was okay. We weren't fined.
２週間かかったが、やっと名前付けました。
It took two weeks, but he finally had his name.
