Nicknames

By the way, for those of you reading this, my family is big on nicknames. Any reference to Toby or Tobes is Kristen, my eldest daughter who will be 21 in two days. (God, it seems like yesterday that she was born - all big and blue!). Wa is Laura, who turned 18 in July. Together they call themselves Wobes. They are very close and I'm very happy for that.
I started calling Kristen Toby when she was about six weeks old. Sappy story, which I won't go into, but she has been Toby in our family forever.
Wa came about when they were both in high school. Kristen reverted to when she was three and Laura was born and she called her Wawa. One of her friends, asked Kristen, "Where's the Wa?" We all thought it was funny and we have called her Wa or "The Wa" ever since"
So that's Toby and Wa.
Banna and Pop Pop are my parents - so named by the oldest grandchild, my nephew Marcus. That was his version of Grandma and Grandpa and all of the grandkids and us call them Banna and Pop Pop.
As they say in Norwegian, kjæje barn har mange navn. It means a beloved child has many names. They are all beloved.