A while back, a friend did a fun post on nicknames. That got me thinking...
If mushy gushy, over-the-top nicknames for your children are any indication of your love for them, we must love our kids a lot. Here's a non-exhaustive list of some of the love titles we've used on our little monkeys:
1) Abby's: Abba-do, Do-bird, Abba-dooder-hooder-bird, (I said these were over the top) Baby Pumpkin Seed Face (my mom's), Crabby Abbinator, Monkey-Shiner from Caroliner, Schnoodle, Abba-dooby...(and my friend Jen insisted on calling her Peanut Butter in utero...)
2) Emily's: Gracia Baby, (middle name is Gracia) Gracie Girl, Emilady Lou, Rady-Roo, Ema-doozle, Emily-doodly-oozle, (complete with song tune to accompany) Boom-Boom Baby, Eminy-Schnicket...(Jen wanted to call her "Crunchy" in utero--but I had to draw the line somewhere!)
3) Nathan's: Nater-Putt, Bubba-Gump (he was a chubby infant), Gumpy, Gumper, Napers, Naperkins, Butt-bas, Romp-omp-n-stompinator, Crabby-crabbinator, Grabby-grabbinator, Pumpkin Head, Buddies, Ralph Lug-nut & Ralph-Nater (both my dad's). Oh, and my Grandma Sallie also called him Jeremy--we're not sure why; we think she thought that was his name.
All you parents out there...any cute (or even over-the top) nicknames for your little munchkins? What about when you were little...what did your parents call you?
