Congrats! Just think of what a utter cool Gran you will be--you will be young enough to have loads of precious moments with your grandbaby, and he will most likely adore you to bits.

I wouldn't worry about the sneer-ers--they are just jealous

You're the prettiest Grandma I know!

T-man

My mother-in-law was the same she tried on all monikers Nana Val, Nonna, Granny (I veetoed that for the same reason you did) Grandma and finally after almost 2years she settled on Gran.
My mother (Nana) and mother in law (Gran) were both 44 when my daughter was born in December 2003.

Everyone but my mother refused to decide what they wanted to be called saying he/she will call me what they want but they never seemed to get that children take their cues from their surroundings so I forced them to make the decison and we have Na-na (Nana), gran, papa (grandpa) and babop (pop)

Congratulations on being a grandparent you get all the perks and then you get to hand them back to their parents for the hard stuff (if you want)

My goodness, I never knew there were so many to choose from. I appreciate the point you made that children take their cues from those around them. i guess I had better decide. Thanks for your comment
JOA

hehe... I had a little song I wrote at age 30 that I used until May of this year called "Too old to be a Rockstar, too Young to be the President". I know how you feel, now that I AM old enough to be President...hehehe.

GM----

I think having a grandchild at the closing of your first mid-life crisis (which I did survive by the way) is in some ways a chuckle from God.

Thanks for giving me a new perspective--I am surly too young to be the president however, with Mick Jagger still kicking I think I might be in the running for Rock Star

JOA

She’s that old crotchety gal on the Beverly Hillbillies!

No that was me.

Oh, and since when do northern, educated folks say "crotchety gal"?

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Trinitie

just read this trin--very funny

joa