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[seekingferret]

My cousin's in town for the Holidays, with her two month old in tow. My aunt and uncle hosted a lunch so we could meet him, it was great. He is cute and mostly bald and figuring out the world, and my niece really enjoyed meeting her brand new cousin (second cousin? I think you guys have proved that's the right word), and was shouting "Baby!" a bunch. At least, I think it was baby. It's often hard to figure out what words she's using. There was much debate about whether she actually has a clear word that she uses for my mother, which kind of sounds like 'gamma' i.e. grandma, but also kind of sounds like nonsense syllables.

My niece still hasn't gotten over the crying the minute she sees me thing, but again was playing with me after a couple hours of getting used to my presence. Hopefully that adjustment period will carry over to next week, when we're all spending a couple days at my parents' house for Rosh Hashanah.