Nicknames

Corbet and I give nicknames to a lot of people and things. Our couch is known as “The Dav”, short for davenport. Our car is called the Coupe because we thought it was funny. We call our TV “The Set” because we thought that was funny too. There is this Mexican restaurant that we use to love to eat at until they started charging for chips and salsa. The owner of the restaurant has a very distinguishing feature that I won’t mention. We called him long buns. We don’t say it to be mean; in fact it is our term of endearment for him. My mom puts cheese on her popcorn. This was puzzling to us so Corbet named it Nach-Corn to better understand it. Nach-Corn, a mix between nachos and popcorn. Are you getting my point? We re-name, nickname and make up names for everything. We think this may be confusing to our almost 2 year old as he is learning the ropes of the English language, but we press on.
Ever since I can remember I have had a nickname. With the name Jillian it naturally got shortened to Jilly to Jilly Bean to Bean to Beanie. The last one stuck to my dismay. When I was seventeen, looking for a Home coming dress I would hear in the distance “Beanie what about this one?” I would not answer and walk the other direction. With a nick name like Beanie I was surprised I even got asked to Home coming.

The loves of my life have also received nicknames. When Corbet and I got married I started calling him pup probably because he is so sweet and loyal… and sometimes stinky. He calls me Peach, which I like way better than beanie. Since before Dylan was born we thought we would call him pickle and sometimes we do, but we call him Cub more often than anything. It started out as bear cub then just went to cub. His nickname really fits him, he is rambunctious and playful. Noel’s nickname has been harder to find. Nothing was coming to us, but the other night it just fell out of my lips just as all great nicknames do. Our little girl is so sweet. She really has the sweetest spirit and softest countenance. She loves to eat and is a little rolly, but she really is such a doll. She is now and forever will be our “Sugar Plum”. It is also fitting because she was born around the holidays.

As soon as I said Sugar Plum, it stuck so I can’t take it back, even if she hates it. Just like Beanie… it just happened. I do hope she doesn’t hate her nick name as I did mine, but if she does I will be sure to only call her plum in private.

Our Bear Cub

Our Sweet Sugar Plum