Cousins

Last January, Isaac and I were so excited to make our big announcement to the family that we were having a baby. First we told my family and as soon as I said "We are having a baby!" My sister-in-law got a funny look on her face and said, "We are too!" It turns out she was due just a week after me!

Then we moved on to Isaac's family. It was a bit harder to do since his family is more spread out, so one day on Skype we had Isaac's parents and one of his sisters, so we told them, "We are having a baby!" My sister-in-law had a funny look on her face and said "We are too!" It turns out she was due about 6 weeks before me.

Later on, we had Isaac's other sister over to our house and decided to share our happy news with them, so we told them "We are having a baby!" My sister-in-law had a funny look on her face (at this point I was very familiar with it . . .) and said "We are too!" It turns out she was due about 2 weeks before me.

So if you are still with my that's 3 sister-in-laws and 4 pregnancies. I decided that I needed to STOP telling people I was pregnant because apparently so was everyone else.

In the end, Jonah was the last one to be born. His cousin Abby, who was supposed to be a week younger, showed up two weeks early and only 5lbs heavy. We went down to North Carolina to visit them and quickly realized that Jonah was so much bigger than her, he could hold her. [For more on Abby, go to Luke and Alicia's Blog]

Last weekend, we took Jonah out to meet another cousin Peter who was born 2 weeks before. These boys are much more equal in stature. [For more on Peter go to Mickie and Steve's Blog]

We decided to do a double baby blessing since a Grandma and Grandpa Olson and Uncle Sam were able to come out. (And yes we decided to use the same outfit we blessed Carter in. There is a lesson here, if you don't want to bless your baby with a bare midriff and hot pants, try the outfit on first.) We tried to do a family photo shoot, but as you might be able to tell, some members of the family weren't willing to sit still.


We are so excited for cousins. So far we are two for two. Carter has two other cousins his age and now Jonah has three. We are dying to meet cousin Henry, unfortunately he is a jet-setter and we'll have to wait for Christmas. [I'd like to send you to Sophie and Scott's Blog for more on Henry, but alas, they haven't even told their blog they had a baby].

We look forward to may fun family parties in the future!