mommy's cousins

P loves her cousins! All of them. She has special little connections on both sides of the family. On the misters side she has two boy cousins born the same year she was, one actually on the day of her baptism. On my side she has two girl cousins that she fits nicely in between, almost as if they were meant to be sisters; Scarlett, Phoebe, and Vesper. Phoebe asks for her cousins often, and she loves any little connection we can help her make: phone calls, daily pictures, videos sent via e-mail, they all make her smile. We love to encourage these relationships.

So, when mommy's cousin came for a visit, Phoebe was thrilled! One of my (many) cousins, Brian, came to visit for Labor Day weekend. He took the bus from Fort Lee to DC; he is stationed there for his post boot camp training (there is some other more formal name that I don't remember.)

Phoebe LOVES Brian, sometimes she called him Rhino, I am not really sure why - it is just how she remembered his name for some reason. And if she couldn't remember his name she just called him Mommy's cousins.

We had a great time!