"Melman" and "Gloria"

Some friends of ours, Doug & Jami Nyhuis, have a daughter named Sage.  As long as they have been friends, Sage has refused to call Nolan by his actual name...instead she calls him "Melman."  If any of you have seen Madagascar and Madagascar 2, "Melman" is the giraffe in the movie that professes his love for "Gloria", the hippo.  Since they have been friends, Melman and Gloria have developed a sort of love/hate relationship and are so funny together!!!  Gloria, aka Sage, considers Melman, aka Nolan, her "one true love."  They are so funny together, and are hilarious to watch!  Just like the characters in the movie, they sort of have a love/hate relationship going on...and Gloria, aka Sage, is definitely in charge:)!!!  Nolan pretty much goes with the flow, and most of the time doesn't seem to mind that she will only call him Melman.  Sage, on the other hand, gets very upset when Nolan calls her Gloria, so of course, he does it just to get a rise out of her.  Recently we went to the Whitecaps season opener and met the Nyhuis family there.  While we there, Gloria and Melman fought over feeding Gloria's baby doll, and finally both took turns and did a great job...they will make great parents someday, lol!!  After the game, we all went to the Beltline Bar for dinner.  Melman and Gloria sat across from each other at the table and Gloria told Melman how much she loved him, and how they were going to get married, and she would be the princess, and he could be the prince...it was so funny and SOOO cute!!!  Melman didn't really quite seem to be feeling it though...he looked at her like she was crazy!  I posted some pics of the game, and also included some pics of some other fun times they have had together...a bowling date, and Melman's b-day party where Gloria gave him one of his favorite presents...a red/white/blue Tow-Mater, airplane, and Lightning McQueen, from the "Cars" movie!!!