Chun, pronounced "chyoon," rhymes with moon, soon, prune,and my favorite - loon. This was the personal name (what we could call the middle name) given to Amelia in China by her caretakers. She was called AiChun or Chun-chun most of the time.
Since she was adopted at age 2, Amelia knew herself as AiChun. While transitioning her to her new name, family and friends called her Amelia AiChun. Amelia insisted (yes, even at barely 2 years old) on being called by both names. If you called her left off the AiChun, she would add it on herself. Eventually, we shorted "Amelia AiChun" to all versions of Chun - Chun-bug, Chunie, Chuniebelle, and our favorite, The Chunster. Our friend Sara started call Amelia The Chunster while in China, and it really stuck, because of her sparkly personality. I changed the name of the blog to match, and now she is officially Amelia at school, and multiple variations of her English and Chinese names at home.
Amy
Thanks a bunch!!!
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