Sunday, September 13, 2009

What's in a name?


This is an update on Felicity, who is now nearly 5 months old! She's rolling over, laughing, sucking on her toes and sleeping for long periods of time in the night. She rubs her left ear when she's upset, likes to watch Kung Fu (she didn't get this from me, I promise), and is now watching her dad with a look of adoration as he plays the guitar. She could absolutely live in the bathtub (this she did get from me) and watches jealously while we put food in our mouths. She's been a delight and has truly fulfilled her namesake, 'Happiness'. Her name is in a constant state of...renewal? Because Felicity is a less common name, everyone we know seems to have a difficult time coming up with appropriate terms of endearment for her. Her nicknames are numerous and the list keeps growing! See below for some versions of her name invented by our loved ones:
  1. We lovingly call her "Fissy", though this isn't a nickname we invented before she was born. We also call her "monkey", "chunk", "munch", "chunker monk", "chuncher munch", "Toot", "Squirt", "Squirty pants", and, on occasion, "MONSTER".
  2. On the Bracken side we have many other variations of Felicity. There's Feliss (pronounced with a distinct Utah accent: Fuh-liss) from my dad, Fels from Richard, and Ef to the E-L-C from Scott.
  3. From the Hulls it is Fee from Dad, Lissie Lou and Lissers from Mom, and Squirt Pants from Mandi.

4 comments:

Abby Killam said...

oh so cute!!!

Nancy said...

That is the cutest watermelon outfit /baby bow ever! Cutest baby ever too to go with it ; ) I think I'll just call her "city" for short. Totally joking. I like Scott's nickname best! Ha! And your Dads. =) Perfect name for a perfect girl!

Unknown said...

Oh my goodness, is that mohawk natural? Moira has one too! Too cute!

Unknown said...

haha that was Shawna that posted that last one- Kaylon/Jake doesn't talk like that :)