La Vida Loca De Flores

This spring, the kids' cousins from California, who they had pretty much grown up with when we lived over there, came out for a visit. The kids were all so excited to see their "buddy" cousins and were almost inseparable for the few weeks they were here. (Brief "buddy breaks" became necessary when their behaviors began to resemble brothers and sisters rather than beloved cousins!), but all in all it was a really fun visit for all of them. They have all been so close ever since they were babies.

Blaze and Tavin are just 6 weeks apart in age and we moved to California just before Tavin turned 1 and Blaze was just 10 months old. Blaze refused to crawl and was not too interested in trying to walk...until he saw Tavin (who was walking/running by the age of 10 months!)...and then Blaze still had no interest in crawling...he wanted to keep up with Tavin, so he learned to walk VERY quickly...and thus it has been for the last 10 years...Blaze and Tavin...always trying to keep up with each other!

Nekiah was born soon after we arrived in California and Jett about a year later...so there is actually a significant age difference for them, but you would never know it...they love to hang out together...they both love to be active...Nekiah is a great soccer player and Jett loves his baseball.

Little Kolt and Kataya are probably the closest of the "buddies." They were born just 2 months apart and have loved each other ever since! They would want to be together every single day, and now that we have moved, they love to "write" letters back and forth. Kolty thinks of Kataya every day and misses her terribly. They are so cute together!