What's in a Name??

I guess Dave and I really like nicknames.  When we thought of names for Jacob, we decided to pick his name based on the fact that we wanted "JJ" as a nickname.  That and it was our only hope in actually naming our child because we could NOT agree on a name.  Dave wanted names like:  Hunter and Arrow, and I threw out names like Henri (French name for Henry) and Amon. 

Then, after JJ was born and grew, we had all sorts of nicknames for him, some we didn't even realize we said so much, like "Bud".  We called him JJ, Jage, Bud, Mister, Dude and a recent one - Bubba.  Apparently this one is my sweet name for him because when he gets in trouble, he asks me, "Mom - can you please call me Bubba again?"  Apparently when I get mad I only call him Jacob Jonathan.  How sad it is that his actual first and middle names we mostly only use when we're mad?? 

So, with Emma June, picking her name was easier than picking JJ's.  She is named after my grandmother (my mom's mom), and Dave loved her name right away.  I always loved both of my grandmothers' names:  Emma June and Esther Willamena.  You can see how Emma June won out though - slightly more appealing than Esther Willamena (I still love her name though). 

Anyway, even though Emma June is her official name, we already have nicknames for her:  Little Miss, Miss Miss, Miss Emma, Junebug and Dave calls her Sweet Pickles. 

So, as she gets older, like JJ, she'll answer to just about anything.