On Nicknaming Poppy

“It needs a nickname,” my mom said when I was at my parents’ house Friday night. “Well, Jared has thrown ‘Poppy’ out there as a potential real name.  But what happens when it misspells its name and it suddenly becomes ‘Poopy?’  I’ve already vetoed a ‘Poppy Price,’” I said.  Mother, Daddy, and I laughed hard. ‘Poppy,’ though, has stuck as its nickname.  Porter was plain old ‘Baby Bump,’ Liam was ‘Sprout,’ and this one is already ‘Poppy,’ in utero. I {Read More}