Mom’s been dressing Alice in “Pretty Piggy” outfits, so of course we refer to her as “pretty piggy”. Even Charles has picked it up. It may end up being her nickname for a while, although I suspect that we may change it before she goes to kindergarten. Mom used to call her “Peanut” but that’s now faded in to history as well. Alice does look quite cute in her little Pretty Piggy outfits.
Actually, it still seems kind of odd to type “Alice” to refer to my daughter. Alice is a name Mom and I picked … well, more years ago than you need to know. We had it picked out as the name for our first daughter while we were still newlyweds (a second daughter would be “Elizabeth”). Mom feels it too - she remarked to me last week “doesn’t it seem strange to be holding a baby?”.