We knew we
wanted his middle name to be Joseph (it was my dad's middle name, and it's mine as well), but we
wanted his name to be his own, something that was his and his alone instead of burdening him with the name «Sonny, Jr.» We tend to call him «Kai» as a nickname, but «Malakai Joseph» has a great ring to it when you say it in «
angry parent»
voice.