Josh's Crazy Nicknames For Us...

This subject has come up alot lately, and since my camera has been broken, I thought I would blog about it, using some older pic's...

OUR NICKNAMES... We will start with me since I was the one named first, my name was MISTY DAWN NEAL, but....when Josh and I started dating 12 years ago, for no apparent reason he started calling me LaRae and I have been Larae ever since. I have looked into this extensively, and there is no ryme or reason for the name. No ex-girlfriends were named LaRae or anything, but this is what I am called. Now, some friends call me that and if you ask my 2 year old what my real name is he will say "LALAY". I think it's cute.

Next is COLTON JOSHUA SMART... he got the nickname Smoker, I don't even remember why, except his little friend Daisy Peters always called him "Moksers" and somehow from that Josh called him Smoker... He now answeres to Smoke and Smoker Joe...GO figure.

Next, there is the light of my life..KALLIE RAE SMART. Josh called her SUE, or SISTER SUE, since the day we brought her home...I call her Sue La Rue.

This guy is a whole other story.
His name is CADE EMMETT SMART. From about 3 weeks old, Josh started calling him TUD. It has stuck. I rememner when we moved into the Vernon Ward about a year ago, he was always playing or getting babysat at the Hunsakers, another family in the ward. There was a little girl named Holly, about 4 then. I came to pick up Tuddy one day and she said "oh man Sister Smart...does Ted have to leave so soon?" It was so funny. We have had friends over and I have told Colton to go find Cade and they have said "who's Cade?" We just explain that Tud is just a nickname for Cade.. The name TOTALLY fits him.

Our newest addition now 7 1/2 months is
KHLOE LARAE SMART...(notice the middle name, Josh insisted on it) This is BIRDIE. Looked just like a little baby Bird, she was soo skinny with the skinny, just born baby legs, and would look like a bird trying to get the worm from her mama when she would get ready to nurse. Cade calls her "Birdie Girl". Except when he's mad. Then he says..."aww man birds, why you mess with my stuff ike at"... Yesterday we had our neighbors over for dinner, and she called Khloe Birdie. Cade quickly said her name is K H L O E.

We love Josh and we are so thankful to have such a great daddy and honey. We all love our nicknames and think it is fun to have them. Josh is in Prescott right now at the rodeo being a contestant...I'll blog as soon as I get the pictures back...