Now that the Dillards have returned to Arkansas indefinitely, the boys will be able to spend plenty of time bonding with extended family. Israel and Sam sure do love their Mima (pronounced "mee-muh").
In today's society, there are many different titles for grandparents. What do you call the grandmothers and grandfathers in your family?
In today's society, there are many different titles for grandparents. What do you call the grandmothers and grandfathers in your family?
Israel Dillard (2 years, 4 months) and Samuel Dillard (almost 8 weeks)
with Cathy Dillard Byrum (Mima)
Photo courtesy dillardfamily.com
Mine are Mawmaw and Poppy <3
ReplyDeleteDanish mormor. we have one of those!
DeleteI think it is really good for the boys to be at home on Ark. And for them to be with family. I think being in America is especially good for Samuel since he is still an infant.
ReplyDeleteThere's more countries that are safe u know.
DeleteAmerica isn't that safe either, no country is
I believe America is the safest place. It's not like some of the other countries where there is zika virus, terrorists, unclean water, etc. America has it's troubles too, but it is the safest. It will get better with Trump as president.
DeleteAmerica has had is share of terrorist attacks
DeleteStay away from Flint,Michigan if unclean water is a problem!
DeleteNot like other countries. They are far more frequent in other countires.We are blessed to live in America where we are free, have plenty of food, clean water, abundance of jobs, etc...plus our boarders are getting more secure:)
DeleteAmerica is not the safest place. Not even close. Here's is a link to support this: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/06/06/safest-countries-in-the-world_n_16969776.html
DeleteI am from Canada and I know that it is one of the safest countries in the world, but just like every other country we are not immune to problems either.
DeleteI know we are not immune to problems, I just know that America is the safest country because of our wonderful armed forces , our democracy, etc. . Of course we are not immune to attacks, but it is the safest.
DeleteAmerica is a Great country!!! Trump is a Great President!
DeleteThe U.S is safe and good for Samuel...after all he was born here, you know.
DeleteMy grandparents were Meme and Pap, my son calls my parents Baba and Paw.
ReplyDeletemy grandmother was just grandma and my grandfather was poppa (pronounced puppa) I'm not sure where that name for my grandfather came from it was just what we called him
ReplyDeleteThis is the first picture we have seen of Cathy and baby Samuel. Hate to see those horrible big black scratch mits on little Samuel. It isn't that hard to keep a babys nails trimmed and it is important for hands to be free for development, not to mention they make little hands hot and sticky.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I never used those mitts. Trimming nails was easy, and I wanted my kids to have sweet FREEDOM!
DeleteTrim right after a bath, trim while they're sleeping...easy. That's what those little round-tipped scissors are for.
DeleteOr you can bite them off after bath. Never used those mits past two weeks.... maybe they think it's easier but little fingers must touch for development.
DeleteLOL even with the shortest of nails my daughter would scratch herself (and me!) Unfortunately she'd pull the mitts off. Nothing wrong with mitts :)
Deletei dont like the mitts either. babies need to be able to get their hands to their mouths and explore with them... i NEVER used them..
DeleteMitts are so cute!
DeleteExcept they DO hinder fine motor skill development.
DeleteIs that the only thing you could find to criticize about? No matter what these wonderful people do or say, someone has to find something to criticize. SMH
DeleteUsed mitts on both my children they are grown now with now developmental problems with their hands that's just ridiculous people.
DeleteI agree with Anonymous 2:53! The Duggars can't win, no matter what they do. It's unfortunate that so many people have nothing better to do with their time than criticize.
DeleteAbu or Nonna :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy to see Cathy enjoying her grandkids after what she went through with her health. My mom went through a similar situation.
ReplyDeleteGrandma and Grandpa
ReplyDeleteMy sister is Mimi to her grandkids
ReplyDeleteMawmaw and Pawpaw
ReplyDeleteMy mother was called Granny, my mother-in-law was grandma. My dad grandpappy and my father-in-law was papa.
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice the boys still have their grandparents. Time spent with them is so precious.
I could have written this post, as my parents and in laws were called the same. Unfortunately my dad died right after our second child was born, and my mom just passed away a few months ago, but both my in laws are still alive. Grandparents are such a blessing.
DeleteLove Mima's hair!
ReplyDeleteDerick's mother looks happy. I use to call my grandparents-Pappy and Grandma. My grandchildren call us Pappy and Maw Maw...Jane
ReplyDeletei'm so excited to finally be called 'grandma'! which is what my granddaughter calls me. her other grandma she'll call 'abuela' and my daughters best friends mom she calls 'nana'. my sons friends daughter calls me nana. for some reason, and it wasnt intentional, but all the 'non-biological' grandmothers have ended up being called 'nana'. growing up moms mom was grandma & dads mom was nana, yet moms grandma was 'nana-nana'!!
ReplyDeletei'm so sure cathy is happy to have derick, jill, israel & samuel close by again. as a mother/grandmother, you want to see your kids persue their dreams but you sure do miss them when they're gone!
We call them Бабушка и Дедушка (Babushka and Dedushka) thus is in russian.��
ReplyDeleteBeing Ukrainian, we called them Baba and Dido. Very close.
DeleteI have granny and grandad and nana and grampy
ReplyDeleteMy sister called our grandmother milka. No one knows where it came from, but we all used it.
ReplyDeleteWe called my dad's mom Granny and my mother's Grandma. Grandma was born in Sweden. As I am older, I wish I knew more about the Swedish heritage, but Grandma and Grandpa wanted to be American. Swedes have very distinctive names for the grandparents and it is different for your mother's mother and your father's mother. For the mother's mother it is Mormor. I think it would have been neat if we called my grandmother Mormor. But we did not. They wanted to be American.
ReplyDeleteIsrael may be blonde, but he has Cathy's eyes. Samuel has more Duggar features.
ReplyDeleteLove this picture! Their grandma Cathy always seems to just be in love with her grandsons, and I'm sure she's thrilled that they're not going to be so far away.
ReplyDeleteOmah and Opah on my dads side, Nana and Pop on my mothers side.
ReplyDeleteI called my moms mom Grams and my Dads Mom Grandma. My moms Dad was not a big part of my life so I called him Grandpa with last name added. My Dads Dad I called Grandpa.
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ReplyDeleteMy father's parents are Grandpa and Grandma (Grandpa passed away in July 30 years ago----two months before I was born). My mother's parents are Maw-maw and Paw-paw. (Paw-paw passed away almost ten years ago in November).
ReplyDeleteGrandpa and Grandma
ReplyDeleteWhat cute little guys.
ReplyDeleteMy son calls his Grandpa 'GraGra'
ReplyDeleteI am Goggy to my granddaughter (here in NJ) - she called me that about 18 months old. PROUD to be her Goggy.
ReplyDeleteGranny to my grandsons - who live in TN.
When I was a child, my mother's mother was Nonna and my father's mother was my mum mum
Lovely picture of the two boys with the Mima.
Samuel is precious!! (Izzy too)
ReplyDeleteGrandma and Grandpa! Adorable photo...
ReplyDeleteOma and Opa which is Dutch :)
ReplyDeleteMy Dad's parents were Grandma and Grandpa and my Mom's parents were Grandmother and Grandfather.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter Kaylee calls my husband's mother "MaDa", short form of "Mama Donna".
ReplyDeleteGera W
My kids call my parents nana and papa , my grandma is GG and my husbands mom is Mimi and his dad grandpa and my husbands grandparents are Busia (polish) and grandpa.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter called my mother Gram Cracker.
ReplyDeleteWe are Grandpa and Grammie ���� I love hearing my sweet granddaughter say my name��
ReplyDeleteLove the photo!! My grands call me Grandma or Grammy. My hubby was always Grandpa!
ReplyDeleteI can see the joy in her eyes.I know well that feeling when you spend time with your grandbabies. Love their name for you
ReplyDeleteMy grandson refused to say Grandma, so his parents asked him who I was (age 1 - 2), they listed several names, but when Bob was mentioned, he said "yes" that's who I am! So, I have been Bob and hubby is Papa for 20 years!!!
ReplyDeleteMy parents are known as Opa and Oma (German for grandfather and grandmother). When my oldest niece was about three or four, she got confused on why there are two different people called grandma, so my parents decided to have her start calling them Opa and Oma...and the name stuck with the other six grandchildren!!
ReplyDeleteMy dads parents were pazee and nan
ReplyDeleteMy mums parents were/are grandma and grandad
My parents are nanny and poppy
My maternal grandparents were Muddah and G-Pop. My paternal grandparents were just Grandma and Grandpa. When I have grandchildren, I plan to be "Duchess"...
ReplyDeleteWe are Lolly and Pop
ReplyDeleteMy mom is Nana to the kids and my father is papa. They are lucky enough to have 4 sets of grandparents( depending how you look at it. The others are called crazy gram & pops, then you have granpa or don and gran "E" for gram Eileen!
ReplyDeleteWe are Papa & Gramma to a few and Pop-Pop & MiMi to the others. Its so cute that the grandkids decide what they want to call us! It gets a bit confusing at times to remember who we are to whom! :) ❤
ReplyDeleteMy kids have always called my mom "mama" and my dad "papa"
ReplyDeleteMy grandson,s call us nan and grandad here in the UK sometimes grandad Ray but its always nan or nanny depending on there age also have 3 step grandchildren who call us the same
ReplyDeleteI called mine Nanny and Grandad and Grampy and Granny. My children called my mom memaw when they were younger now just grandma and my dad birdie papa because he has 1000 birds he raises lol
ReplyDeleteMu grandkids call me Abuela Abu.
ReplyDeletemy grandma was mutsy not sure where it came from Agnes was her real name
ReplyDeleteMy mom's parents were Gaga and Pops. My dad's parents were dead before I was born.
ReplyDeleteEllie what did you call your grandparents?
Just grandma and grandpa. :)
DeleteEllie
I am nanny to my grandkids and my husband is poppy, just like my kids called their grandparents. Not sure who started it, but it's stuck :)
ReplyDeleteAll mine are just Grandpa and Grandma... Nothing different
ReplyDeleteGigi & Papa
ReplyDeleteI love this pic of Cathy and the boys! You can tell she adores her grandsons and Israel really loves her. The various pics of the two of them are very sweet. I'm thankful that she's here to enjoy "her boys" and spend time with them. She's such a blessing to them and vice-versa, I'm sure. Beautiful relationship, beautiful pics! We've been blessed to have always had wonderful "safe" elderly neighbors (some single, some widowed, some living far from their grandchildren) pour themselves into our child from the time we was born. They just kind of adopted her as theirs, engaging her, including her, showering her with attention, giving her little cards and gifts. We, in turn, encouraged her to do the same for them and made a practice of helping them in their homes, with yard work, or shoveling snow. As a result, she's been blessed with 4 "natural" grandparents, plus 5 adopted ones.
ReplyDeleteI am only familiar with my mothers side of the family
ReplyDeleteMy Mom's parents are just Grandma and Grandpa Gould
My Grandma's Mom was Grammy Johnson-she died 7 years ago from last May
My Grandma's Dad died way before I was born so I just refer to him as Great-Grandpa Metz, my Grandma's stepdad whom i knew was my Papa Johnson
My Grandpa's Mom died a few years before I was born, I refer to her as Great-Grandma Gould, I don't even have a name for my Grandpa's stepmom who died 12 years ago. I never knew her.
My Grandpa's Dad who just passed away August 11th (97 years old) was referred to by me as my Great-Grandpa Gould.
I don't know my dad's family at all and to venture into who I do know grandparent-wise which is just his parents is very limited. His mom dired 2 years before I was born and his Dad is not a part of the family perdiod!
My family does have dear friends is Oregon whom we call Auntie Fran and Mr, Eugene. Auntie Fran was my pediatrician as a baby (I have various special needs) and just kinda adopted all of us. Mr. Eugene is her husband. A side note neither of those 2 are Christians and their health is slowly failing so Lily and Ellie if you could send up a prayer for them that would be wonderful. I am uncomfortable with prayer myself even though I and my family fir a far back as I can trace it on all Maternal sides are Christians