Last week we had an east coast, extended family reunion (including the Karls, Nisgors, Browns, Mains, Gallins, Kornfelds, Dzubows, Willers and Blasks). Needless to say, it was quite a full household!
The reason for the gathering (as if we ever need a reason to get together) was that it was the first time my cousins Craig and Lauren were flying in from Arizona with their son, Julian and also the first time my other cousins Shana, James and their daughter, Chaya came up from Washington D.C. So, we drove down with Colden and the family convened just north of Philly for the "baby convention".
It was so great to have all of the babies in the same house.
(Colden was born on April 2nd and both Chaya and Julian were born on May 25th)
Howard even made special onesies just for the occasion. I'm holding Colden's "CO", Shana is holding Chaya's "USI" and Lauren is holding Julian's "NS". Put them together and you spell....
...(Come on babies, look at the camera)...
...(No punching each other in the face)...
...(Colden, we can't get the full effect if you eat your toes)...
...and you spell, "COUSINS".
Below is a short clip just to give you an idea of how my family goes "gaga" over babies (honestly, you would think that none of us had ever seen a baby before). See if you can count the number of camera flashes:
Here is Colden (on the right) meeting his cousin, Julian (on the left)
While Colden wasn't so sure about the face-to-face meeting, he certainly loved eating Julian's feet!
(until Colden made Julian cry by biting his toes - sorry Julian)
Throughout the day and night, we (the parents of the babies) often found ourselves asking, "does anyone know where my child is"? Of course we knew they were in good hands...
Cousin Caroline rocking Colden to sleep (thanks, Caroline!)
Aunt Nancy holding Colden
Cousin Craig playing the piano with Colden
(while Colden plays with his feet)
Uncle Gil laughing with Colden
Uncle Andy cuddling with Julian
Mom hanging out with Chaya
Everyone did manage to find the babies again when it was tummy time, aka: "baby performance time"
Who would ever think that watching two babies lie (or sit) on the floor would be so amusing? But we all watched!
Everyone had such a great time at the family reunion! Although I think Chaya's shirt asks the question that I'm sure everyone in the family has asked themselves at one time or another:
Yes, Chaya - you are related to these people! And all I can say is...
..."smile"...
...and enjoy the craziness that is our family, because you'd be hard-pressed to find a more loyal and loving family out there.
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