I know favoritism is bad. I get that. However, for some reason, Elliott is my girls' favorite cousin. Well, Lorelei's, at least. I don't know why, but she seems to care about Elliott differently than any other cousin. They are best little friends and play so great together. Lorelei gets so excited every time she gets to see him.
I will never forget the first time Elliott got to come visit us up at Hume Lake for the week. It was summer of 2009. Lorelei was 2, Elliott was 3. Almost every night, without fail, I would hear them awake in the middle of the night. I would go towards the kids' bedroom and hear them chatting away about all sorts of little kid stuff. Quiet conversation in the dark.
I think their bonding started long before that, however. I loved when we went to South Carolina to see Evan (Elliott's dad) graduate from basic training in December of '08. We got to have Elliott fly with us, and it was so much fun. Elliott and Lorelei would talk about the funniest things in their little person voices. I remember thinking how blessed she was to have such a great little cousin she was already so close with.
As Addison has come into the picture and gotten old enough to keep up with Elliott and Lorelei, she, too has much the same relationship with him. I pray that never changes. ♥
1 comment:
i totally remember his visit to hume too. youre right, SUCH a special bond between them! :)
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