New cousins = joy.

So, I have a LOT of cousins.  My dad has 6 brothers and sisters and he is the youngest.  His older brother Tom is 23 years older than him and was married and had a daughter before my dad was born.  My dad has a total of 56 nieces and nephews:  19 nieces and nephews and the rest are great- or great-great. I just had to make an Excel spreadsheet to count them all and make sure I didn't forget anyone.  My mom has 11 nieces and nephews, 3 of those are great-.

So my sister and I have 67 cousins.  And let me tell you, one of my favorite hobbies is getting new cousins.  I like to try to brainwash them into telling everyone that Janelle is their favorite cousin.  Usually it works for a few years until they wise up.  Kids usually like me, which is cool because there's a freakin' ton of them around ALL THE TIME.

My cousin and blog-friend Karin is having another bebe!  I'm so excited because her son Liam is awesome.  I watch him on YouTube all the time.  They live in Chicago so I don't see them as much as I would like to, so YouTube is wonderful for that.  I'm saddened because I will be in England when this bebe is born.  I just hope that she posts a lot about the bebe in her blog because I love getting new cousins!  This one will be hard to brainwash from across the Atlantic so I will have to find a new tactic or learn telepathy over long distances.