My Mother's Day Project

My sweet mother turned 84 on January 31, 2008. She too is so very excited about my first grand baby! In fact she has been busy making a special baby pillow. The pillowcase is made of pink satin with the baby girl's name in embroidery.

We talk almost everyday on the phone because we live two states away from each other. I miss her dearly and wish I could visit her more often. I will be going to Oklahoma for Easter weekend to see the BABY GIRL and I plan on having my mom right there with me as well. The next trip to Oklahoma will be in May and I am planning a Mother's Day celebration with our newest member of the family.

My gift to her will be a a video of her life. I plan on using mostly still pictures and also home videos. For the past couple of months I have been gathering the photos that I can from my two sister's and I have even "borrowed" some of my mom's photos. This has been so much fun and I am astonished to find out that there are pictures that my mom has had that I have never seen before. I now have pictures of my grandmother when she was a child. I also have a picture of her grandmother... that's right... I said my grandmother's, grandmother! WoW. Can you believe it?

So between tax season (I work as an Administrative Assistant for a CPA firm) and my Mother's Day project and all of my other daily routine things that I have going on ... I am a very busy person these days.

Here is a photo of my Great-Great-Grandmother! And a photo of my "young" mother. Deb

What's in a name?

Okay... I have had 49.5 years to come up with a name for my grandchildren to call me... Well okay not really my whole life! I have really only thought about what I would be called in the past few years. So for let's say about three years now I have been contemplating what I would be called if God so chose to bless me with a grandchild. I called my grandmother on my father's side "Grammy". My grandmother on my mother's side was called by her 13 grandchildren "Grandmother". I know... very original. We couldn't call her grandma or anything else to shorten the name because we were taught that that name was respectful.

So anyway, I thought for the past three years that I would be called "Grammy".

But now... I am not so sure.

When I created this webpage I named it Being Grandma because I had decided that I would just stick with the traditional "Grandma" name.

But now.... I am not so sure.

My son has sent me a few suggestions...

Grandma
Granny
Mo-Mo
Nana
Grammy
Me-Ma
Grandmother
Gramma
Ma-Ma

I have also looked for on-line suggestions. Do you know that there are quite a few websites for "grandma nicknames"?! You really can find anything on the internet!

So... I am still trying to decide. Maybe it's not for me to decide.

Maybe it's for my first grandbaby to decide.

What do you think?

Deb

Happy Valentine's Day

Grandma's gift

I didn't get this shipped in time for the baby girl's shower but the new mommy & daddy will receive this via UPS very soon. This is what baby girl will be sleeping in while she is a grandma and grandpa's house.

Baby Shower

The count down begins… approximately six weeks and SHE will be here! I was so happy to be able to be there for the baby shower in Oklahoma last weekend. While I was there we also celebrated my mom’s 84th Birthday. What a blessing!

Baby Girl's Nursery

Here is another picture of the nursery. I just received a few new pictures from my son last night.

Baby Girl's Bed

We can't wait for the Baby Girl. Her room is all ready ... waiting for her...