Taylor and her cousins

So Taylor and Luke are the only grandchildren on both sides. And while that is wonderful for extreme spoilage and undivided attention from all of their grandparents and aunts and uncles, it also means they don’t have any first-cousins. So when Chris’s cousins, Angel and Deanne, and their families came into town to help celebrate Luke’s baptism, Taylor was overjoyed to be surrounded by some pint-sized members of our family tree.

In fact, she stopped calling her new friends by their names after a while, and just started referring to them all as, My Cousin. As in, Hold my hand My Cousin. And, I’ll be right back My Cousin. And, Watch me jump into the pool My Cousin.

It really did make my heart smile to see her have so much fun with her relatives. And until Libba, Will and Ryan give her a first-cousin, I’m happy to know that she’ll always have her My Cousins to party with at family reunions.