What's in a Name?

Claire Abigail. We debated for months over that particular name. I did most of the initial work, making list after list of potential girl names we could name our unborn child. Art quickly shortened each and every list I made until we were left with two names…Claire and Abigail. I preferred Claire, Art preferred Abigail. We decided to use both.

The funny thing is that while her name is Claire, we have about a hundred other names that we call her. Honestly, I am not kidding. We seem to come up with a new name for her every day. Because I am trying to remember each and every moment (impossible, I know), I feel the need to document them all somewhere. Lucky for you (or not), this is the chosen place. Here goes…

These three names started while Claire was in the womb and have stuck every since.
1. Buggle
2. Bugger
3. Buggies

This next set of three simply rhymes with Claire. My niece Ella is responsible for #5.
4. Claire Bear
5. Claire Beary
6. Baby Bear

No real explanation for the rest of these…they just kind of happened.
7. Peanut
8. Loveys
9. Lovey Lou
10. Bean
11. Boo
12. Boo Boo
13. Buggie Boo
14. Sweet Pea

I am sure there are some additional names that I am not remembering, but these are the main ones. It will be funny to see how many of them stick into her childhood years. In the meantime, I am trying to make an effort to call her Claire more often. While all of her nicknames are adorable, I love her real name and I want her to as well. As a reward for the super long post about names, here are a few more pictures from today…