Why Doodle?

I realized after I wrote yesterday's entry that most people probably have no clue that we even call the baby Doodle. Since that was pretty well established in the first post, the next thing to do is explain how we came up with Doodle as a nickname. Well, it's pretty simple. I used to sing Yankee Doodle to her and somehow the Doodle part stuck. We have all sorts of variations, Doods, Doodsley, Doodlebop, Doodleydoot. We also call her Aubers or Aubs or Ellie or Monster or Monkey or combine a couple to get Auberdoo (and occasionally by the beautiful name we gave her at birth). I'm sure that people who hear us out in public think we are calling her Dude. I'm also sure that she will be completely mortified when we tell her future husband that her childhood nickname was Doodle. She'll also be mortified by the picture I have of her standing naked in the pedal fire truck Andy bought for before she was born. But what fun is it being parents if you can't embarrass your kids once in a while? :o)