Cousins

We are very thankful to have a lot of cousins that have babies, especially of Frankie's side. We have Brianne and Brian (with Cade and Amber), Mike and Colleen (with Michael and Mikayla (still cookin)), Michelle and Jim (with Shelby May), Heather and Dustin (with Blake), Jesse and Luke (with Meika), and then Frankie and I (with Eddie). All of the babies make getting together so fun. Who doesn't love a bunch of babies running around? Well...not running. Michael takes off crawling, Michelle walks around holding Shelby's hands to walk, Eddie watches it all from the sidelines. We hung out with Michelle and Shelby one day and the day after, Eddie was pushing his torso off the ground. I think he saw Shelby crawling and got some inspiration! (While reminds me, we should do another so he can learn more! Wait...do I really want that?)

Besides the playing together, the other great thing about so many babies is the advice. I'll never forget Michelle talking to me at one family event saying 'you don't need that, get this, not that' I went home and changed my registry that night. A couple nights ago, I was talking to Heather, who has 2 week old baby Blake. I gave her all of my pumping advice, something I had mastered and was happy to pass on. You can do it, Heather!! With Eddie being one of the youngest, we kind of collect the advice from the older babies and store it away, ready to be used the day I have to baby proof my house (joy!).

Did I mention the cute photo ops? Oh my gosh, the photos....

Michael decided that Eddie's baptism was a good time to crawl stairs. He mastered it on the first try! It was so cute. Eddie loved talking to Michael on the couch, too. I'm sure he was teaching Eddie all sorts of trouble to get into! The top picture is all of the Turza babies, minus Jesse and Meika (we miss you, come back soon!!!). This summer is going to be CRAZY with all of the little monkeys running around - I can't wait!

-maggie