Cousins

There was a time when I was very sad that Lily would not have cousins close to her own age. I have such happy memories of growing up with all my cousins and I wanted Lily to have similar experiences/memories.

We spend a lot of time with family and this week has been no exception. Sunday we had our Finally A Family Celebration and Christina and Lily played together the entire time having tea parties and making forts. Monday evening we visited Jamie at college and had dinner together. Lily loves Jamie and to put it mildly the feeling is mutual! Yesterday we went to Maggie's softball game. Lily loved watching Maggie play and today decided she wanted to wear her hair "just like Maggie does." At first I didn't know what Lily meant, but when she asked me where her baseball hats were I knew just what she wanted!

Do I look just like Maggie?

What I now realize is that Lily may not have the same kind of memories that I have of growing up surrounded by cousins close to her own age, but she will have many memories of being surrounded by "big cousins" that she adores and who adore her!