Nicknames

Katarina has gorgeous blue eyes, but it is difficult to capture their beauty in a picture.

In her first month of life, Katarina has already collected many nicknames. Even so, I most often call her by the full Katarina. Michael's family is big on nicknames, though, so she'll go by each of these throughout the years, I'm sure:

• Kätchen - (pronounced "Kate-chin") is my favorite nickname for our little Katarina
• Katya - (pronounced "COT ya" or "KAH tee uh") is the nickname we selected before she was born as one that should be easy for everyone to say (and spell). Katja (pronounced the same) is an alternate spelling. I especially like this nickname combined with a shortened form of her middle name: Katya Lily
• Little Kate - is Gabi's nickname for the baby, since I explained that Kätchen is German for "Little Kate"
• Kati - (pronounced "caught-tee") is Bella's nickname for the baby, as she decided to shorten Katya further
• Kitty - Her Daddy has proposed "Kitty" as a nickname, and her Tito wants to call her "Kat"