"Dima" is our son's nickname given to him by the orphanage. All kids are typically called by their nicknames versus their real names in orphanages. In Dima's case his name was Dmitry but he has never responded to that. It's always been Dima.
When we adopted him we decided to give him an American name. Our thinking is that he would like to have an American name as he gets older...let's face it, by the time he is grown he will be more American than Russian. So we named him Kasen Dmitry Mast.
When we picked him up we decided to stick with Dima for a while as he was going through enough changes...he didn't need us to be calling him by something different to boot. So Dima it was...
After he was home a couple of weeks I introduced him to his new name...it was a funny conversation so I'll go through it with you...
me: "Dima your name is Kasen"
Kasen: "My name is Dima"
me: "Yes you are Dima Kasen"
Kasen: "No i am Dima Boy"
me: "yes Kasen you are a boy"
Kasen: "momma...D...IIII.....MMMM...AAAA" (over enunciated as if I didn't understand)
I let it go for a while but soon referred to him as Dima Kasen. Not long after he would say "Ya Kasen Dima"
Derek (who still calls him Dima most often) opens to any stranger they meet "This is my brother Dima...He's from Russia...He speaks Russian" which is almost always followed by Kasen chiming in with "I'm Kasen Dima....hi"
It's all a little confusing, his name is Kasen but he'll answer to either. Just clearing things up for those who thought we went out and adopted another child named Kasen :)
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