Nicknames

 

We've been known to use a lot of nicknames around here: Daddy-o, Mommy-o, Ems, chief chirpa, honey bunny, scoocher... And a bunch of other nonsensical words and phrases, too silly to even mention.

 

Charlotte definitely has the most unique nicknames. Right off the bat we started calling her Charlie, which somehow evolved into Charlotta. (It sounded funny at first, bu​t now it totally fits.) Then Matt started calling her Ciabatta :: as in the bread. And that's turned into Charlotta-Ciabatta-Chimichatta... (I know, we're nuts.)

 

Of all the things we call her, Em's nickname for Charlotte is the one that might actually stick. Forever. And we can't quite figure out where it even came from.

 

Em calls Charlotte lil' weedy. As in (referring to the pics above):

 

            "Look - lil' weedy's camouflaged."

                     "Hey - lil' weedy’s trying to chomp the book!"

                              "Uh oh, I think lil' weedy wants my water."

                                            "Lil' weedy, we don't wear sunglasses during dinner!"

 

Emily's the only one who uses this nickname, and it's been around for a l-o-n-g time. (Sidenote, one day Emily randomly called Charlottes "captain" and I REALLY tried to make that one stick, but alas, it didn't take.)

So, dear Charlotte, if in 15 or 20 years Emily still calls you "lil' weedy," know that she says it fondly. I'm sure you'll have gotten her back in countless ways by then!

 

{I have this tiny fear that one day when Em's away from home, someone will ask about her sister's name. I'm worried because there's a distinct possibility she would give one of Charlotte's nicknames instead of her real name. Like she would say her sister's name's "Ciabatta" - which would mean we named our second born after a light & airy bread. Or she might say it's "lil' weedy" - meaning we named her after some undesirable groundcover. Guess that's what we get for using so many nicknames.}