Nicknames

i tried writing this post in my head at 2:30 this morning. i had to get up for a snack so i guess i didn't have much to think about. anyway, i think it was better at 2:30...guess i'm more creative at that time of the morning.

since we found out we were pregnant, we tried to figure out a good nickname to call the baby. we didn't know the sex of the baby until 18 weeks so we needed something neutral. a friend had used "flutter" which i thought was adorable, but i didn't want to copy them. in the weekly pregnancy emails, they kept referring to the baby as some sort of food when talking about measurements...olive, walnut, kumquat, etc. that was too hard to stick to since it changed each week. so finally we came up with "nugget" or more fondly "nugget of hope." this stuck and i've found that people refer to the baby as "nugget" even when not talking to us which i find funny.

recently though it seems as though nugget has taken on a new nickname...TROUBLEMAKER! it started in her early ultrasounds when she wouldn't sit still for measurements or when she would throw her hand in front of her face when they were trying to get a good look at her face. what a diva! so the tech said the baby might be a troublemaker...then jeff said "just like her mother!" very funny jeff. anyway, these two sentiments keep coming up during ultrasounds as she is quite a mover. then i went for a checkup at the OB on tuesday (all is good by the way) and the baby wouldn't stop moving enough to allow us to measure her heartrate. again the OB called her "little troublemaker"...with affection of course.

we might be in for it.......