The birth certificate from the hospital does not formally declare the name of your baby, because that would take all the bureaucracy out of it. To give the kid a legal name, you have to obtain an entirely separate form from an entirely separate building at an entirely separate time. Earlier this week, we trudged to the local town hall to get the kid's christening certificate. It was everything you could ever expect from a government office, but in a language we couldn't understand.
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Here we are at the window, filling out naming paperwork. They did not speak much English. |
Greeks get the hospital birth certificate within a day or two of their child's delivery. They tend to wait to get the christening certificate until later. Until they get the second certificate, they'll only refer to the child as "Baby," even if they have a name picked out. It's some sort of superstitious thing. We started referring to our kid by his chosen name before he was born, so we're toast.
We got the christening certificate. Now we only need to apply for an American birth certificate, a passport, a visa, a...
I'm going to take a nap. Here's a blurry shot from baby's first walk:
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I spy Bella. |
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