Cousins

Our time in Michigan meant one thing to Micah.... time with cousins. He couldn't get enough and wanted to spend every day with them. My sister in law, Vera asked if Micah could spend the night, I was a little aprehensive (ok alot) but I knew that he really wanted to go. So Matt and I talked it over and he went. He had an absolute BLAST! ..until about 10:30 when he wanted to talk to me. I was walking around Walmart with my other sister in law, Dajana and had to stop what I was doing and sing him his night time songs and pray with him on a cell phone. (Is that what they were invented for?) Then he seemed to be fine. He said I love you mommy and hung up the phone to which I promptly started bawling, yes in the middle of Walmart.

It's so hard to let him grow up...

Going on a walk.

The morning after the big sleep over on the floor...

not alot of sleeping went on.

Popcorn snack and standing in between his two "favorites"!


Swimming in the little pool and then taking a break .


Vera and I took the kids to the children's museum in Grand Rapids

They played in a boat pretending to fish and then Micah and Christian

preformed a concert for us.

one of my last days in gr my sister in law katie came in from pennsylvania with her daughter Elise who is 11 days older than micah and her new little sister celia. so ALL of the cousins were together. great photo op!

Picnic together on micah and I's last day in Grand Rapids. Elise and Micah

They all pretended to be fast asleep on the bed in the basement.
What fun he had with them. It was pretty awesome to watch him interact with his family. Surprisingly there were many similarities even though they all live so far apart. Micah still prays for his cousins every night by name and requests to wear the shirt "my cousins gave me", it is a Detroit Redwings t-shirt. He is sentimental just like his daddy so he comes by it honestly.