What's Up Wednesday: Difficult Decision

Thank all of you for your well wishes on the birth of my first grand baby!!!  I haven't had a chance to reply to all your emails, but I will soon....or if not soon, at least when I get back home and am unable to hold Leo....but I don't want to think about that. 

Auntie Ally

I promise not to bombard you too much with baby pictures, but for now I am still on the new grandmother high, so you can probably expect one thrown in here and there.  Which brings me to the point of today's topic: choosing grandparent names.  Who knew this would be as difficult as selecting the perfect name for your child?  Who would have guessed that people have the same strong opinions of possible grandparent names as they do with baby names?!

Did you know there are dozens of websites dedicated to finding the perfect grandparent name?  They even have categories such as traditional, trendy and playful.  My middlest and youngest had a few laughs with this.  My daughter even found a few that she thought were perfect for me, but I told her they sounded like stripper names names of exotic dancers.  

For months, I liked the name NeNe as that is what my sister called me when we were younger.  The new parents like that name, and I could picture my little grandson calling me NeNe, but I wasn't sure how that would sound coming from a teenager.  My middlest and youngest of course don't like the name at all.  A good friend pointed out that Nene is also the official bird of  Hawaii which I actually think is cool.  We had run across this nene crossing sign when hiking in Maui years ago.  

 We were having lunch at a Cuban restaurant when the middlest suggested the baby call me Abuelita.  I almost spit out my coffee as this poster was staring right at me.  I snapped a picture with my cell phone, sent it to my oldest and said please tell me I don't look like that.  I could be wrong, but I'd like to think I'm a little cooler than this chick.  My kids did reassure me that I am a cool mom ;-)  What else could they say?

One handed cell phone camera shot while rocking Leo

 My husband is Cuban and my son said at least one of us had to have a name representative of his heritage ;-)  Our kids called my mother-in-law Abuela, but my husband and I don't feel like an Abuelo or an Abuela.  Remember those websites I mentioned that listed trendy and playful names?  Well there was also an International section, and my son saw and suggested Uelito for my husband (nickname for Abuelo...Abuelito).   

All day yesterday as I am holding Leo, I kept thinking "Uela" (Abuela...Abuelita...Uelita...Uela), and I knew that was the perfect name for me!  So executive decision  made (actually it was a team decision by myself and the new parents) and Uelo and Uela it is!  I also like the name Uela as it reminds me of my mother-in-law who unfortunately will not know her first great grandson.

Now I can sign the gift cards and finish the quilt label now that I have a signature!  

P.S. My teenage daughter doesn't like the name for me so all is right in the world ;-)