Cousins!!

This is a picture of me and my cousin Miriam. We are at our cousin Mindy's house celebrating the Berman Family Hanukkah Party. This annual New Years Day event is when most, though rarely all, of the extended family from all parts of the country get together. It's a fun day for a lot of reasons, but mostly because the 18 cousins, and our parents, that grew up together get to reunite and hang out, and our children (totalling 15 to date with two on the way) get a taste of what it was like for us growing up surrounded by so many cousins.
Clearly, Miriam and I are both expecting, and yes, in case you were questioning , I am further along than her (by 6 weeks.) We are each expecting our third child, and we each have two boys already. We are both having a scheduled c-section, me in January, Miriam in February, and she knows she is having a third son. We will soon find out if that is where the similarities end.