We hope that everyone had a safe, happy, and relaxing Thanksgiving weekend. We had a great time in Atlanta with the Klingler side of the family. Larkin and I commented many times to each other that Maya was having the time of her life - she loved playing with her cousins, looking at her newest cousin Jeff (otherwise know as "baby") and all of his gear, and, to top it all off, Aunt Tracy and Uncle Pete had a cat! Combine all those things and you get one very happy bug.
Maya really doesn't seem to notice an age difference between her cousins and herself. She always seemed to be in the middle of her older cousins -doing whatever it is they were doing.
She also enjoyed eating Thanksgiving dinner with her cousins - she was one of the last ones to leave the table.
Maya's newest cousin, Robert Jefferson Klingler. Or if he becomes a NASCAR driver, Bobby Jeff.
All the Klingler/Mueller/Barnard cousins: Megan (2), Jeff (10 weeks with Aunt El), Courtney (13), Maya (18 months), Thomas (10), Frankie (4), Ali (3), and Jackson (5). It isn't a family picture unless at least one child is upset.
Poor Blaze. We don't know if he'll ever be the same as he had to deal with Maya's shrieks of utter joy every time he came close to her.
On Friday, we celebrated Frankie's 4th birthday with a Superhero party. Each of the kids got their own cape and mask.
Maya was okay with the cape, but she felt that she looked better without the mask .
Besides continued remissions on both sides of the family, the thing we were the most thankful for this Thanksgiving is the new addition to our family! Maya will become a big sister towards the end of May/early June - just in time for her to turn two. Although it is hard to imagine how we are going to handle two, we are very excited about becoming a family of five (we can't leave Abe out!)
We hope that everyone had a safe, happy, and relaxing Thanksgiving weekend. We had a great time in Atlanta with the Klingler side of the family. Larkin and I commented many times to each other that Maya was having the time of her life - she loved playing with her cousins, looking at her newest cousin Jeff (otherwise know as "baby") and all of his gear, and, to top it all off, Aunt Tracy and Uncle Pete had a cat! Combine all those things and you get one very happy bug.
Maya really doesn't seem to notice an age difference between her cousins and herself. She always seemed to be in the middle of her older cousins -doing whatever it is they were doing.
She also enjoyed eating Thanksgiving dinner with her cousins - she was one of the last ones to leave the table.
Maya's newest cousin, Robert Jefferson Klingler. Or if he becomes a NASCAR driver, Bobby Jeff.
All the Klingler/Mueller/Barnard cousins: Megan (2), Jeff (10 weeks with Aunt El), Courtney (13), Maya (18 months), Thomas (10), Frankie (4), Ali (3), and Jackson (5). It isn't a family picture unless at least one child is upset.
Poor Blaze. We don't know if he'll ever be the same as he had to deal with Maya's shrieks of utter joy every time he came close to her.
On Friday, we celebrated Frankie's 4th birthday with a Superhero party. Each of the kids got their own cape and mask.
Maya was okay with the cape, but she felt that she looked better without the mask .
Besides continued remissions on both sides of the family, the thing we were the most thankful for this Thanksgiving is the new addition to our family! Maya will become a big sister towards the end of May/early June - just in time for her to turn two. Although it is hard to imagine how we are going to handle two, we are very excited about becoming a family of five (we can't leave Abe out!)
