It took us a long time to come up with a name for Nic. For a long time, when we did not know Nic's gender we had no names at all. It seems that the need to come up with two names paralyzed us! When we found out that Nic was a boy it was easier to think about a name. We wanted to name Nic with a three letter acronym, like my name and Jac's name. As we went through the possibilities for three letter acronyms that work with "C" as the last letter I really liked "NIC" so then I needed two names for the "N" and the "I". Joseph's Taiwanese name is I-Jen - which he uses as his middle name. We don't have any family names with an N so I started looking at all of the boy "N" names and Nicholas was my favorite and I think it sounds good with I-Jen.
Joseph liked the idea of using the acronym "NIC", but he was much less sure about Micholas and I-Jen but eventually he decided that he liked it! (Joseph if you would like to add to this post please feel free to clarify your position!) But, if Nic decides when he is older that he doesn't like his name it is definitely me he has to blame!
(As an aside - I call NIC, Nic all of the time at home but when I call the doctor to make appointments for him I have to call him Nicholas - and I haven't gotten used to that yet. It reminds me so much of when Jac was in the NICU and I had to call and say "This is Joseph Chiu's mother, can you connect me to his nurse." I still sometimes do a double take when I do official stuff for Jac and I have to call him Joseph!)
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