A New Cousin

A new girl cousin, to be exact!  Nathan & Heidi welcomed a beautiful baby girl early last Monday morning, 01/17/11.  And we finally got our hands on sweet Kenzie Caroline this weekend!  
We popped in to Mike & Jill's house first for a noisy but fun pizza party on Friday night!  It was a great way to get out of the cold, and was so nice to finally see where they live.

I was lucky enough to be Kenzie's 'baby nanny' later that night!  Her newbie parents were in desperate need of a little catch-up-sleep, so I got to stay up with her in the wee hours of the night and brought her into Heidi when she needed to eat.  It was a great night of proud Auntie snuggles and...a lot of poop! Kenzie had not done so since the hospital, but managed to mess 6 diapers for me that night! She is a beautiful baby, and looks a striking amount like her father did at that age! I was just 5 when Nathan was born, but I truly thought I was his mother, and can still see him in the same basinette Kenzie is sleeping in (or not sleeping in, hehe). Kyle, Grandma & the girls came in to see her the next morning (that is Piper, above, traveling to meet her new cousin!).

Upon arrival, Hadley tossed her coat, barely acknowledged Nathan & Heidi, and headed straight for the stairs in a mad search for her new cousin.  Kenzie was actually swaddled up right there on the couch, and you could see Hadley's face immediately soften when she finally caught a glimpse of her.  It was love at first sight for both girls; Hadley is still talking about how warm and soft Kenzie was when she held her & Piper is still talking about how teeny tiny Kenzie was.

Back to Grandma's for a little root beer float action!

Hadley 'helped' Grandma & Grandpa teach Sunday School the next morning, while we packed the truck and got ready to head in for Kenzie's babtism.

The babtism was lovely.  Kenzie was joined by all 5 of her Graham cousins and both sets of her Great-Grandparents!  Hard to believe the last time we were in their church was for Nathan & Heidi's wedding, and Piper was less than 2 days old!

And this just might be my favorite picture from the weekend. Even though I know Jeremiah's scowl has everything to do with the fact that he had already taken 17 other pictures, I like to think he was really scowling because he is still the token boy cousin!