shout out to chi-town

my cousin maura just loved to
chat with me..




















and my cousin ben had
lots to say too..
but my favorite were
the songs that merritt
sang to me...

i had so much fun guys...wish i could see you all the time...
i will be up to visit as soon as i can!

here she is boys...

so we are slowly introducing addie to all her cousins...

not that we are afraid they will smother her...but our doctor told us over and over to watch how many children we get her around seeing as its cold and flu season - and winter keeps germs in the house rather than out...

he was pretty clear about the wash hands - and no kid-hold policy...so we are sticking to it.

On Sunday she met her three boy cousins A.J., Bennett, and Ethan...and then Wednesday she briefly met another cousin threesome, Zach, Noah, and Josh.

The boys wanted very little to do with her...she isn't very exciting right now, oh but wait boys, just wait a few years.

(that is my sister's littlest boy Josh in the picture...he is soon to be 6 months old...and addie totally has him beat in the hair dept.)