Babies on Parade

The family and I went to California this last week to visit the place I will soon call home. Again. The whole trip had it's ups and downs but one major up was that I got to meet my new cousins. They were both born this last fall and I've been squirming in my seat since then to see their chubby cheeks and their tiny feets.





Also, my favorite nephew got to play with his cousin of the same age while we were out there. They were instantaneously BFFs. They liked to hold hands and share "Thomas Trains" and "moto-cycles."





Admittedly, I went a little shutter happy but there is no way these pictures didn't make you smile.



The best part of it all, these little ones loved their auntie/cousin Xteener from the get-go. Well, for the most part. The beautiful baby with the dark brown hair was a little harder to convince but by the end of the week I could come within three feet of her and she wouldn't cry. She even let me take one of these: