What's in a nickname?

Nicknames are interesting. A lot of people have them, but are known primarily by their 'real' name. This, however, is not the case with me. While I was looking at this blog, it occurred to me that my name appears as Chook, which may be very confusing to some of you who know me as Kim. I thought I should explain.
When I was born, my Granny (my mother's mother) who was from Scotland, looked at me lying in my crib and said "she's so tiny...what a wee Chookie birdie" which is a Scottish children's song about a wee bird. From that day on I was called Chookie. I have never been called Kim by my family in my entire life and I'm not even kidding. When I was married, the priest even said "do you Christopher take Chook......" I'm totally serious.
With that being said, Chris and I have the most beautiful name picked out for Baby F. It's a strong, Irish name and it fits her perfectly. Yeah right, my parents have a different idea. They have been referring to Baby F as Petal...It's my fault though, back in the day I did mention that I thought Petal was a pretty little name. Of course, I changed my mind about a day later and moved on to a different name. Yeah, well...my parents didn't. They continue to refer to their granddaughter as Petal. I have feeling that 'Petal' is the new 'Chook'. Hey, it's all good!!!!;)