Kai Valerian

(Kai is pronounced like the Greek letter χ, in other words, like "sky" without the "s")

Photo of Kai at seven days old

Birth Stats:
DOB: 12th May 1997
Time: 10:36am
Sex: Male
Weight: 4.385kg
Length: 54cm
Head Circumference: 38cm
Born at King George V
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital)
Birth Centre
Labour lasted only 2.5 hours from
first contraction to delivery!
(Almost didn't make it to
the Birth Centre)

The name Kai is a Welsh name, spelled Cai in Welsh (we used the K to avoid confusion). It was the name of King Arthur's foster-brother in the original Celtic versions of the tale. It became Kay in later versions. Cai is actually the Welsh form of the Latin name Caius, meaning "longed for" or "rejoiced in". Valerian is a Latin name meaning "powerful", and was chosen simply because it went so well with Kai.

Photo Album

Please note that, in the interests of safety (and a small dose of paranoia), the photos will be out-of-date by 1-2 years (ie, enough of a gap so that neither of my children can be identified easily in real life from one of the photograghs seen on these pages).