A Nickname in Time

Friday, June 02, 2006

Jelly BeanI love nicknames. I make up new names for Lori on a daily basis (soup, squishy, lorna shell and babydoll are high on the list right now). That said, we have gotten tired of calling the baby "the baby" or the even more annoying "it" - uggh.

This morning we decided we have reached the end. So I promptly named our baby Nerf. Soft, squishy and round, Nerf seemed like a very appropriate name to me. Lori, however, was not as keen on naming her firstborn after sporting goods.

"Not even children's sporting goods? Well then, why don't you tell me what you are keen on?"

"Bean. or Jelly Bean. or Jumping Bean."

Bean. It has promise. Jumping Bean was immediately out because there is a child in our village named Jumping Bean (I make up nicknames for them too, Jumping Bean is in the company of the Trouble Twins, little cat, R2D2, Mrs. Santa Claus and Turtleneck). So currently our little guy is being called Bean or Little Bean or Jelly Bean.

We found out that we had joined an odd little community of baby nicknam-ers for the not-yet-born. I guess it's just the next step of many in the natural progression of parenthood.

Posted by paul and lori :: 2:15 PM ::

Comments on "A Nickname in Time"

Lori Vernon said ::

Before we actually discussed the matter and decided that "Bean" (and various Bean variations) were to be the official nickname. We had offhandedly called the baby "Symbiote", but upon more careful consideration we decided that it was a little too disturbing to name our unborn child after the evil nemesis in our favorite sci-fi tv show. :)

5:43 PM  
Joel said ::

Nope I agree with Paul... The baby shall from now on be known as either nerf or "The Nerf" depending on who might be in the hut next door.

12:29 PM  
Paul Vernon said ::

Thanks Joel! Lori's even admitted that Nerf (or "The Nerf" which, by the way, i love as a nickname is starting to grow on her. If it's a boy, that could be a lifer.

3:32 PM  
Cam Dunson said ::

I called, and still call, my firstborn Pot (short for HoneyPot) because of the round little belly that pokes out at about 14 months-2 years. My second born is currently Squirt.
Looks like Nerf is gonna stick.

2:49 AM  
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