(Evie dressed him up with her necklaces...)
When Samuel was a littler baby I remember how I was kind of sad about his lack of nick names since his older brother and sister had them. I've recently realized that it's no longer a problem.
Noah is mostly "the boy." Evie is Baby, Squish, Squishy, Girl, Girl Squirrel and Chicken (who knows why her dad calls her that). And of course, they are all referred to as "punks." Terry's dad used to call Terry and Shari punks when they were young. Terry even used it for his t-shirt moto - "Clothing the world one punk kid at a time." It's not meant to be derogatory. It's a term of endearment (though I did have to teach Noah not to call other kids punks a few days ago...)
However, now that Samuel is just two weeks from turning one year old, he has many nick names.
People at church are fond of calling him Sam. We never, ever, call him that.
Others call him Samwise. I love Lord of the Rings and am a huge fan of Sam Gamgee, but it's just never felt right to call him that.
So, for us, first he was SamSam.
Then he was SamuelSam and Samuelson.
And sometimes he's Samuelton or Tamuel.
Lately I've been calling him Little One. More often it's Little Guy or Widdle Guy. That nick name is from Star Trek Next Generation. Deanna Troi's mother, Lwaxana, calls her Little One.
He's also Little Stinker.
And of course, he's a punk.
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