cousins!

A few weeks ago, my sisters and their families came out for a mini-family reunion. There were four of the seven Davis kids here so that made us a majority. We voted to keep the Snooze.

Hangin' by the pool. Tryin' to stay out of the sun. Lovin' Thunderbird.

It also meant Tedimundo got to meet five of his eight Davis cousins in one go.

First Herman and Chris and the boys showed up.

Our first attempt at a shot of all three babies, no one was really happy about it. And that is Meghan and Snooze holding Teddy and Calvin.

And a few hours later Bizzy and John and the kids and the Snooze showed up.

(It turns out I didn't take pictures at this meeting. Everyone else did and there were so many cameras going the kids must have felt famous. I'll send out a call to the sisters to send pictures that can fill these gaps!)

Twins!

Our little apartment is just that: little, but we all visited and passed babies around and were our general loud selves. It got so hot we had to turn the air conditioner on. (That's a big deal! We've turned frugally minded since Mr. Yin, I mean Master Yin started school, and so turning on the air is momentous.)

All the Davis boy cousins. Fussing.

The next few days were spent driving back and forth between Glendale and Scottsdale to visit pool-side. (Or sit inside and nurse with Herman.) Tiny Ted does not love the car. He did protest too much. Luckily Snooze was staying with us and she was good company in the car while we tried everything to soothe the poor guy. Including stopping to take his sweaty, crying self out of the seat for some hugs. We realized on our last trip that maybe it was our talking that was bothering him, so we went silent. And he fell asleep. Turns out Davis girls are too much for my poor boy!

We tried for an impromtu photo shoot when all three boys were mostly happy. I think these are hilarious. Please note the straight legs of the twins and my boy all spread eagle.

Teddy and Calvin fighting for leg space. Liam is just happy with all the room in his borrowed size three diaper.

The photo shoot ended shortly after this when Teddy smacked little Calvin in the face with his excited flapping arms.

Cousins! Erin with Calvin, Sammy with Teddy, Meghan with Liam

But it was worth it. We got some good cousin time, and good sister time. And even worked our brains a bit doing the NYT crossword puzzles each day. And hotel pools are much fancier than our apartment pool!



Tiny Ted did go swimming for the first time. Let's just say he was neither enthusiastic nor upset about the whole ordeal. But now we have a whole package of swim diapers and a rash guard (size 12 months!) to keep the little one swimming all summer.

Confession: I've never cut Tiny Ted's nails. But Mr. Yin has cut them and Calvin's and Liam's!

(A note on pictures from these few days: I don't have very many. Bizzy and Herman both have fancy cameras and Bizzy's kids each have a camera, so pictures were constantly being taken. There are more, but I need the sisters to step it up and send some.)