cousins

Colette you make it a dozen grandkids for Meema and Beeba. Even though you were far from being the first, you still were a first in many ways. Because your Aunt Miriam adopts and I am the only other girl, you were the first grandchild from an "O'Kray" womb. You were also the first pregnancy everyone got to witness and be a part of, including your cousins. The Everts kids were involved from the very start when your dad and I announced we were pregnant during charades! Since they were adopted, the concept was very new to them. Especially since it took so long! They loved talking to you, feeling you kick, high-fiving you, and looking at ultrasound pictures of you! They came to meet  you at the hospital as soon as you were born. They love you very much.

 

One particular moment I remember while I was pregant with you had been on a sunny spring day in Meema's backyard. All the kids were playing soccer and I asked if I could play. Your cousin Ian, who was four at the time, looked up at me and said: "Mimi, I don't think you should be running with the baby." I told him it was okay because the baby liked soccer. He looked at me and said: "Your baby can't like soccer! He's too little!"