New Little Ones

Last week we were in California visiting family, including 2 new members – my sister’s son JWS and BN’s brother’s daughter EAA. I had been so eager to meet these two little ones – Facebook pictures are not enough!

Little E was born in March. She has wonderful sparkly blue eyes and pink cheeks. She’s a little character already, and we can see resemblance between her and both of her parents. She hit it off with her uncle BN right away. We are so glad to welcome this precious little girl to the family.

It was a special treat to meet my little nephew, the first grandchild on my side of the family. My sister is a terrific mommy, and she and my brother-in-law are having a great time with J. They are a bit sleep-deprived, but happy. I’m so glad I got to see him at 4 weeks old – still very new. He’s a super-baldy, just like my siblings were, and he’s got a serious forehead that reminds me of his mom’s baby pictures. He’s too young to really be smiling yet but when he does he’ll have dimples like her, too. He has a perfect little cleft-chin, taking after his dad. I was struck by his long fingers and toes. He likes to wave his hands around and with those long fingers I think he should become a musician someday.

My favorite time was when he was on the changing table, all clean and dry, looking around and wiggling his arms and legs. His aunts have a new hobby – baby-gazing. He’s just so fun to watch.

It was fun for me to see my little sisters with the baby, it really brought back memories of when they were born – I was HN’s age when GC was born, and GC’s age when HN was born!

My mom is a lucky grandma… J lives just a block away! (Lucky for J’s mom, too!)

And here he is with me, proud Aunt KT:

Next time I see him he’ll be 6 months old. I wonder if he’ll remember me?