I suppose Marsha, if MiaoXin really decides she wants to keep her original surname, you could always change her name when she's old enough to decide, couldn't you?
**** no, she's gonna be grateful I gave her my last name! I mean, yeah of course. I'm going to make sure she always knows that she's welcome to change it when she's older. I say older because my kids have all gone through stages where they decided they hated their name and wanted to be Kayley or Alex. I'd hate for her to decide MiaoXin is a bad name just because all of her friends are named Sophie and want to change it, then realize when she's older how beautiful her real name is. Same for Qi. I am considering changing the spelling of his name, since its pronounce Chee not Ki or Kwi, and he doesn't write in pinyin anyways, he writes it in chinese characters so either way its spelled in english it'll be new to him. Again, that'll be something I ask him.
