Name Game

Since we won’t learn the baby’s gender until birth, we have been calling the kid “Baby” all these months. I found it hard to connect with the baby without having a name for him/her, so we began the hunt for a suitable nickname.

I liked Pumpkin.

Chris thought that was a sissy name.

I liked Monkey.

Erica loves monkeys, so she wanted that nickname for herself.

Kayla liked Peanut, but that was her nickname as a baby, so we considered that name as already taken.

I suggested Sugar Dumpling just to aggravate Chris, but it was too long to say repeatedly.

Erica finally suggested the name that stuck:

SQUIRT

The baby has been named after the baby turtle in Finding Nemo.