A few weeks ago, my brother Kyle and his family came for a visit, which meant we were able to have all of the cousins together... a fairly rare event, but very much treasured!
My brothers & I are all spaced approximately 3 years apart, so I never dreamed that we'd all be having kids at the same time. In fact, with a brother 9 years older than me and parents who got married and had children young, I thought for many years that I'd be babysitting nieces and nephews when I was in high school. Yes, I was that naive.
In any case, despite being the youngest, I was the first to get married and to have children, so here we are... 6 cousins under the age of 5. It is so much fun!! :)
Gwen was not at all sure about all of her big boy cousins at first. This is her shy face. It cracks me up!
She got a little more comfortable as time went on. It was best if a) Kaeden was not nearby and b) Mommy or Daddy was nearby!
Her favorite part of the weekend may have been watching Ryan run and slide back and forth across the hardwood floors.
She was pretty fond of the babies too. They weren't quite so intimidating!
And she learned pretty quickly that Auntie Lucia means being harassed by a camera :)
Of course, my mom was quite insistent that we get a photo of all of the grandkids together (as if I wouldn't have insisted myself)... I don't think one photo would do justice to the event that it was. I sort of wish we had been videoing the whole thing... it was quite amusing trying to get 6 little ones to be still and look at a camera. Fun times :)
Thanks for the memories, y'all! I'm looking forward to many more years of cousin shenanigans together :)
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