20 May 2012

Cousins

Bria is very lucky in the cousin department. Not only does she already have 25 cousins, six of them were born within one year of her. I was never very close (geographically, emotionally, or chronologically) to any of my cousins, and it was something I always felt sad about, so it's particularly meaningful to me that Bria is so close with so many of hers. We love living near one set of Bria's cousins whom we get to see fairly frequently.The 13 year age difference doesn't even matter, Bria absolutely idolizes her cousin Amanda-- totally understandable, since Amanda is a real live ballerina. These two have a special bond, mostly thanks to Amanda always playing with Bria when we come over: painting her nails, showing her ballerina costumes, including Bria in photo booth sessions with her other friends. I'm so sad Amanda only has one more school year here before college. Last weekend we went to take pictures for Amanda's prom, and Bria was completely mesmerized. Even though she was totally bummed she couldn't be a part of the big group photos, Bria was bursting with excitement to get a shot with her beautiful cousin.

3 comments:

annie (the annilygreen one) said...

looks like a gorgeous dress too! i love that color.

Erica Layne | Let Why Lead said...

That many cousins born in her birth year really is awesome! Ryan and I are busy pressuring all our siblings to have kids RIGHT NOW so that we can have that too. ;)

Wendi said...

That is one giant smile!