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The beautiful babies

on March 12, 2016

My mother invited me for lunch today at her house because my first niece, her husband and ten-month-old baby would be there. Here is a photo of him with me; he is my first great-nephew.

IMG_0817Two days ago my second great-nephew was born to my second nephew and wife. He, the baby, joins his two-year-old sister (my first great-niece); and my first nephew’s partner is expecting their child soon!

I’m sorry if this sounds complicated but my two brothers have five children each and, despite wanting to shout out the joy, I am very aware of their privacy. My oldest brother is now grandfather to three and my youngest brother is on the brink of being a grandfather for the first time.

Anyway, today my lunch offering consisted a couple of Dvds that Ming had recently arranged to be converted from old videos. In one of them, there was Ming at the exact same age as the schnookums you see above, bearing a remarkable resemblance.

In Anthony’s family, there were many more siblings, hence many more nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, and an assortment of cousins, second-cousins, third-cousins … so it is sometimes very difficult for me to remember who is whom. On the other hand, I keep in touch with at least one person in each of his sibling’s families, sharing a reciprocal fondness for those who either visit Ants and/or support me (and Ming of course).

And to the little prince born the other day … Welcome!

 

 

 

 

 


11 responses to “The beautiful babies

  1. susanpoozan says:

    Goodness me, what a mound of relations.

  2. shoreacres says:

    Coming from a family that now can count its members — including grandchildren! – at about 20, your tales of your large family are astounding, and delightful. Thanks for sharing some of them with us!

  3. ksbeth says:

    congrats to you and all of the beautiful babies that just keep coming )

  4. Aww. What a sweet photo. So happy for your and your family. ❤

  5. Vicki says:

    What a wonderful collection of relatives. Love the photo too.

    (I haven’t seen my interstate and country cousins and their offspring for more years than I care to remember. Sad really).

  6. Colline says:

    New members of the family are always welcome 🙂

  7. Rhonda says:

    Wonderful!! Great photo of you and the little charmer 🙂

  8. Great nieces and nephews are amazing I have a few of them myself

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