Grandparent names

Since my mom found out she was going to be a grandmother, she's been fretting over what her future grandchild will call her. She's concerned it will be much too confusing to have two Grandma K/Carols. I told her one can be Grandma K and the other Grandma C. Apparently she wasn't satisfied with that because a few weeks into the pregnancy she informed me she'd settled on being called Nana. It's what she called her dad's mom. The trouble is that her Nana became my Nana (great-grandmother) whom I remember as an OLD lady who wore a wig, twiddled her thumbs, and asked people how their bowels were doing. I told her she could not be called Nana.

Several weeks later she had another suggestion, "Oma." It's the German word for grandmother. (My mom's father's family was German.) That sounded like a good choice to me but of course I had to razz her a little.

"Oh, I thought maybe you'd choose Mee-ma, you know, like from the Carrie Underwood song?" (My mom is the BIGGEST Carrie Underwood fan ever.)

"And then Dad can be called Pee-pa!" *giggle, giggle*  

At this point my mom is looking at me in disgust.

"Or better yet, how about Poo-pa? Yeah, that's perfect! Josh and Ryan called him Uncle Poopie, it would just make sense for his Grandpa name to be Poo-pa!" *more giggling*

I don't even remember what her response was to this because I was giggling so hard, but I'm pretty sure she wasn't as amused as I. Needless to say, we haven't yet agreed on a name for my dad, but it sounds like Mom will be Oma. But I think Oma and Poo-pa sound pretty good. :)

Tolman Baby's Oma and Poo-pa