Last weekend, before heading down to Conway for the Ward-Barron Extravaganza, we headed north to Springfield, Missouri, to meet this little two-day-old:
This is Miss Molly Abigail Floyd, the newborn daughter of Ross's cousin, Sara, and her husband, Justin. (Whew! That sentence had a lot of commas. I apologize!)
Isn't she a cutie?
She didn't open her eyes much when we were there, but she was only about 52 hours old. I guess we can't blame her. She'd had a traumatic few days, what with being born and all.
Even Ross held Molly for a few minutes.
You can read lots more about Molly on
her momma's blog. She was born on Tuesday, February 16. She's almost two weeks old already! I'm sure by now she's, oh, twice the size that she is in these pictures. Kids today. They grow like weeds.
Now, to the purpose of today's post. Technically, Molly is our first cousin once removed. Or, if you don't do that "once removed" stuff, she's our second cousin (although technically, that's incorrect, and all you people who don't do the "once removed" stuff are confusing your future generations, genealogically speaking!). But "first cousin once removed" just sounds BORING. What kid has ever said, "Mom, I want to go visit my first cousins once removed Ross and Leah!"? Answer: no kid.
So, I hereby announce and declare that henceforth we shall be known to Molly as Uncle Ross and Aunt Leah. I reason that this is only fair because I only have one sister who hasn't had kids* yet, and because Ross has no siblings, so his opportunity to be an uncle is unfairly limited.
Note: We haven't actually discussed this with Molly's family yet, so this announcement is official pending further review.
*My sister and brother-in-law haven't had
human kids yet, but Ross and I were thrilled to become aunt and uncle to our favorite niece-dog,
Margo!
I wrote a long comment for this post yesterday, but then when I tried to publish it, an error occurred and I couldn't get it back! So annoying! Anyway, I'm excited that you properly used first cousin once removed, as I explain that to so many people, it's refreshing that my good friend Leah already knew it! But you're so smart, of course you did! Anyway, I approve of the "aunt" and "uncle" names, as it at least dennotes the different generations, unlike "second cousin." Plus, in cases like yours, where Ross grew up close to Sara, it makes sense to call you guys aunt and uncle!
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