Julius

Last Friday, Ella finally got to meet her new cousin, Julia. Since Julia's birth, Ella's been talking about the baby but this was their first face-to-face.

The only stumbling block in their new relationship is that Ella has started calling Julia, "Julius" after a character in one of her favorite books. For the weeks before they met, Ella always called her baby Julia. Then, we started reading "Julius's Candy Corn" (by Kevin Henkes) a lot. During the car trip to Sara's house, I asked Ella if she was excited to see baby Julia and Ella replied, "yes, Julius is getting ready for the party," which is the opening like of the book. Oh well.

Despite the name confusion, Ella was definitely impressed by her new cousin.

No need for Franklin to worry, as this video shows, Ella still loves him. In fact, she loves him too much. How will he handle it when Julia AND Ella won't leave him alone?



Sara overheard Ella saying to Franklin, "Franklin, let's tip toe. No, you're not doing it." Maybe Julia will be better at tip toeing.












Ella and her favorite people: Sara, Franklin, and Julia.












Grammy Carole & Grampa getting some cuddle time with the new baby.

Baby Julia was kind enough to give this bear to Ella as a cousin gift. Ella thoughtfully named the bear, Sweater.

For the record, at this point in time, Julia is smaller than Ella was when I gave birth to her.