The Name Game

When we were thinking of baby names it was important to me to choose a name that could be shortened so our child would have a choice in what she was called. Elizabeth was a great choice by those criteria. Elizabeth: Liz, Lizzy, Lisa, Lisbet, Liza, Beth, Betty, Bets, the list goes on. Well out of those choices we call her Elizabeth and more often Lizzy, but we also have a few more creative names for her.
Grumpy pants often fits the bill, she gets angry and glares at the world like you wouldn't believe. Lizzy Pants just somehow worked itself into the name rotation. My mom would call her the Duchess of Lakewood. Her ego is deflated when we have reason to call her Stinky Pants. Perhaps the most enduring name we have for her is Oinklet. She is such a noisy eater that that name has stuck like glue. I hope she doesn't hate us for it when she is older.

Terri