No matter what you put on the birth certificate, inevitably a nickname will emerge. It is like death and taxes, the ebb and flow of the tide, the rising of the sun every morning.
For JHGIII my preferred nickname is "buddy".
It was a very natural thing to call him. It just fit. he is my little buddy. For JCG the name that has seem to stick is "angel". I spent far more time trying to pick out a nickname for her than for her little brother. I tried noodle, buttercup and a wide variety of others. Angel is the one that stuck. She is my Angel! She is my gift from God.
What was my nickname growing up?
Let's see...Jonny Ponny
You see my two youngest sisters were the unwitting victims of my "creative" nick name creativity. Cathi needs and bathy and Kimmy Bimmy were the ones that I seemed to call them most often. Naturally, Jonny Ponny arose.
Dingleberry
My best friend of all time came up with this one. I don't remember the exact genesis of the name but I recall him saying that I needed a nickname and dingleberry came out of it. Gee thanks Kevin.
JJ
Stands for Jon Jr. Also another contribution from Kevin.
Kiva means kava turkey bird
This one I will leave to one of my sisters to explain.
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JH did have "hot wheels" for a bit, and really, buddy is not his preferred name, he will correct you most times. He prefers to be called by his name(or his name twice).
Now JC on the other hand, she is rarely called by her name by either one of us. She will always be my little love.
That's funny. My boy is a buddy, too. His sister called him Allie for the longest time, which the wife and I both loved. We're trying to convice him to go by Xander rather than Alex, but who knows. He also goes by AC, a nickname that came from a long standing love of a SNL routine mocking Al Collings in the OJ trial. My college roommate and I had a running, "I'm AC" joke for several years, then I had one. It was an only natural progression. I have a nickname for the little girl as well - other than Diva, - but for some reason I can't think of it at the moment. Maybe I'll remember in the morning when I see her again.
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