This was a slow week. But it’s Friday and Friday = happiness, no?
It’s been an interesting week for me. My hubby was out of town for a few days and a project I supported required me to arrive no later than 645/7a. Ugh. That meant getting up extra early to take the dog for a morning walk before getting ready and then also finding a way to not make her wait more than 8 hours before I got home. Not easy, I tell ya.
Then yesterday I had to jet out early to take a newborn baby class through my hospital. Very informative, I must say!
But what’s the kicker is that I am now un-com-for-ta-ble. Yep, pregnancy is starting to kick my @ss. There is no other way around. I swear Sawyer is starting to actually wrap around my body and is no longer just taking frontal real estate. My skin feels constantly stretched and I’m achy. Wah wah wah 
I still love every minute, but maternity leave can’t come soon enough.
Moving on…today’s post is about nicknames. I have a soft spot for them. Nicknames are given (and received) when the bond between people gets to the point of coming up with new names of affection (or using your preferred nickname).
A few of my nicknames, and reasons for the name are below:
- Shan – shortened version of my name. A good number of people call me this and I like it
- Shanna Banana – more of a childhood thing, though a few people call me it. And it is of course the inspiration for the blog name.
- S – this is what my bestie calls me a la Gossip Girl Serena and Blair (she’s A, I’m S)
- Tig – haha, this is what the hubby calls me, or did more so in the past. In grad school, I tended to add tiger to the end of everything, like “easy tiger” or “what’s up tiger?” Well that somehow turned to tig. I happen to call Zach “Fab” but if I tell the story of why, he’ll kill me
- Pooter, Pooper, Pooptart, Etc – Yes this is what the hubby and I call each other 99% of the time. They are unisex nicknames and we run with them. All variations apply =P And if you are wondering, we are in our (early) 30’s – maturity is not our specialty.
- Bestie – this is also what my bestie calls me besides S. I like to call her Bestie Boo
Our parents are even jumping on the bandwagon for unique names for Grandma and Grandpa:
- Obbie (Abi – Abuelita) – this is what my Mom will be called. We joked about different ways to call her Grandma (a long time ago) and I suggested Abuelita (little Grandma in Spanish) and somehow that got shortened to Abi, which my Mom spells Obbie. Too funny eh?
- Cookie – this is what my MIL wants to be called. She heard it from someone else and loved it. I sort of do too! A-ok by me!
- Poppy – this is what my FIL wants to be called. Very cute and also what my stepdad was called.
- My Dad is going with the standard Grandpa, and we all know you can’t go wrong with Grandpa.
- We’re still trying to find a fun name for my Mom’s fiancé Greg. I say GG (Grandpa Greg)!
Tell me about your nickname and the story behind it.
Did/do you have a nickname for a grandparent?
My one grandmother is Nana and the other always wanted us to call her by her name – Mary Lou. To each her own!
With a baby of my own on the way (!!) we’re trying to come up with names for my parents and in laws including the baby’s 2 great grandmas and 1 great-great grandma! For me, my grandparents were Grammy & Pop Pop, and Grandma. I know my mom is going to want to be Grammy, but that’s the only one we have picked out! Good thing we have until May! I hope that my in-laws pick some unique names or this poor kid is going to have 4 Grandmas!
The more Grandma’s the better!
And congrats Megan
We never called my grandparents grandma or grandpa. one set we called mimi and poppy. the other set we called nonny and papa. makes me smile just thinking about them
Ahhh ,love that!
I have lots of childhood nicknames that don’t really resemble my name at all! Vishnu calls me Par (pronounced just like the golf term) and it stuck – now most of our friends call me that. I kinda love it!
I love shortened names too, Par
LOL! I love this. Uh, I have a few nicknames.
The nickname my friends call is Madge. Not my favorite, especially in public! I don’t have a middle name. When I was 4 (it was 1986), I tild everyone that my middle name was Madonna (go big or go home!). When I was in high school, my bff reminded everyone of that. At the time Madonna’s nickname was Madge. It stuck!
My nephew & husband’s family call me Spice or Spicy because my husband’s nephew thought I was “spicy hot” when I first met him hahah!
Hahaha, I laughed out loud at this Mindy.
Madonna and Spicy Hot? Not bad!!!
I’m Tiff, which is mainly something the hubs calls me. I usually prefer Tiffany, but it really doesn’t matter. I’ve had more creative nicknames over the years, but none have really stuck. As for grandparents, I have a grandma, grandpa and a mema, poppa. Guess which side is from the South?
You don’t like Tiff? Good to know!
I’m guessing mema and poppa are from the South!
Joe calls me a few things- Jame, Stinky (which I hate), and Jamie Boo. I don’t have any nicknames for him. As far as grandparents my mom will be Nana, my Dad will be Poppy, my Step Mom will be Momma and my inlaws will be Grandma and Pap. I like how they are all different! Hope you have a relaxing weekend and that Sawyer finds a more comfy place to rest. I totally understand that stretched to capacity feeling and it’s not fun.
Stinky? hehe…it’s like the pooter / pooper thing with my hubby. Somehow I like it though. Does that make me weird?
Ironically, all of my nicknames are longer than my actual name.
Amy B- that’s how I sign most things and some people just say it really fast as my name
Miss Bax- this is reserved for an exclusive group of my guy friends from college. It was my halo name when I played against them on xbox and it sorta stuck. The ones who use it are my favorites.
Miss Bax sound so James Bond — I love it!
My kids call on of their Grandmas, Gamma B the other Nana, they call their Grandpas wife just Grandma. They call all their Grandpas Papa followed by their 1st names. Some friends of our littles guys call their grandpa, Bumpa- the older one had some trouble with saying Grandpa! I think all nicknames for grandparents are unique & will always be special to the grandparents & the little ones!
Alas, none of my grandparents had creative nicknames. They were all grandma/grandpa. My dad always wanted my nephew to call him Pop pop a la Arrested Development, but my nephew wasn’t having it. I’ve been Lauren Loo, Lo and L-Dog. Most my family calls me Sis because that’s what my sister has ALWAYS called me
I tried to get LoDo to stick but it didn’t work ha ha.
Ooo I like LoDo! I may just call you that from now on
Ha, my mom requested that none of her grandkids ever call her Grandma/Gramma/GamGam or anything like that. Since her name is Dana, I think I’ll pull for Dainty. It’s what her father used to call her.
My g-parents were Ami, Buzzy, Naney, and Poppy. I think my favorite name of the bunch would be Buzzy.
Buzzy is pretty darn cute / cool
I’ve always called my grandparents Grandpa or Grandma. My family isnt creative that way.
I’ve never really had any nicknames. At work they call me either Lee-la or Bubbles. I very rarely hear my actual name at work, but no one else has ever done that. There really isnt much thats short for Leah though, so that could have something to do with it.
Bubbles eh? Where’d that come from Leah?
I called all my G-parents Grandma or Grandpa too..guess it’s a new thing!
My Aunt’s grandkids call her “gumball”. It all started when her first grandson couldn’t pronounce grandma. I think it’s pretty much adorable
And I have many strange nicknames. My friends call me Palala (somewhat of a derivitve of my last name). And then my dad has a few for me: Penelope Pickle, Lizzie Bird Head (because a bird literally landed on my head when I was a kid). And then my brother calls me Chica.
I like Penelope Pickle — very cute!
Gumball is also great!
I always just called my Grandpa, Grandpa. Joe’s nephews and neices call his parents Mimi and Poppy… so cute…
Is this post inspired because you’re trying to figure out Sawyer’s nickname?
Surprisingly no Mila! Though I’m sure we’ll have plenty of nicknames for our little guy
O.M.G. My nickname is Pooter too!! I love that I find more and more things in common with you girl. We got ours from The (original) Muppets Movie…there’s a part in it where the puppets are calling the dog in the kennel “lil pinky pooter” – so I got pooter and my sis got pinky! Todd and I have a lot of silly nicknames for each other too
hahahaha, that is so cool Shayla! Were we separated at birth? ;-P
no nicknames for my grandparents pretty boring heh. my immediate family calls me ‘missy’ (when i was in elementary school i preferred this but after high school i hated it but i can’t exactly STOP them now can i lol?) nate calls me ‘misa’ or misabear. it comes from this anime (nerd alert) called ‘death note’ we used to watch together when we were dating very early on. the pretty character in it was called ‘misa-chan’ and he thought it sounded like melissa so i found it endearing. honestly, i can’t remember the last time he called me melissa lol! i just answer when i hear misa!
That’s funny Melissa…I actually get mad when Zach calls me Shanna.
My most frequently used, and oldest nickname, is Kirby… KURt trieBE. Courtesy of some of the older guys on the high school swim team when I was a freshman. It sounds REALLY weird when anyone except swim people, or car people, call me Kirby. If you were to call me Kirby, my brain probably wouldn’t register it as you trying to get my attention… it only works with certain voices. Otherwise, my brain basically ignores it. Funny how that works.
Jess calls me Kurtles or Turtles most of the time. She probably uses that more than my actual name. Kurt usually only gets used when I’m in trouble… OK well maybe that’s used sorta frequently then… LOL.
One of her friends also called me Kurt-Alert, early on in our relationship.
When I was little, one of the dads on the neighborhood swim team called me Dirty Kurty. It didn’t really stick… I think he was the only one to use that.
My MIL calls me a wide variety of things- Digital, Snapshot, The Croatian, and SIL are the most frequent.
I had no idea thats where Kirby came from!
I live kurtles turtles. Bahahaha
Growing up, my nickname was “Pammy”. People started calling me “Pamcake” after Meet the Parents!
I always called my grandma Papa. It’s just something my sister and I did!
My favorite of your nicknames is Shanna Banana, and my favorite nickname for grandma and grandpa is COOKIE! YUM YUM!