The Evolution of Nicknames

Flora sits in the high chair, attacking her toys with drooly ferocity; we can't help but laugh at her cuteness. She makes us laugh a lot. Jane will come up to us giggling, and say, "She's just so cute!"
I ask Brad how we came to the nickname "Florby." Brad came up with it, but somehow his nicknames are catchy and I find myself calling her Florby all the time.
It started as Florba the Greek, a variation on Zorba the Greek, and has since shifted to Florby. Florbus, Florbalicious, Florbalino are other variations; sometimes it comes out simply Flor, Florb, or the Flerb. "The b emphasizes her blubbiness," Brad says.
Sometimes I call her Pearlie, which just emphasizes to us that this little girl has two old lady names. I love it.

Flora is a fantastic baby. at 5.5 months, she:
*weighs 16 pounds
*is teething with much drool and very few complaints
*sleeps at least twelve uninterrupted hours at night in her crib in her own room
*likes to sleep with a blanket on her face.
*loves her big brother and sister
*giggles the most for Brad
*falls asleep on my shoulder at church (it's my favorite)
*sits up for a few seconds, unsupported
*has rolled from her tummy to her back 6 times, and 1 time (yesterday) from her back to her tummy
*has slightly more hair than her older siblings at this age. This makes me laugh because she is still quite bald. We celebrate the small stuff.
*squeals happily when she wakes up in the morning
*arches her back until she almost bends backwards out of the bumbo
*is happiest when she's being held.

We love our little Flora Pearl.