My grandma Mongie had a sister named Marion, who everyone called Pettie. (I am not too sure where that came from but I think it is fun and so was she so it suited her.) I recently found out that she was always the cool aunt to my Dad and his brothers and sister. He told us she always had the coolest car and she was the best dancer and so much fun. She lived in the sweetest little house with a "secret" bathroom and a screen porch in the back and we would go over there when we were little and hang out with her.
Aunt Pettie had a son named Michael, who is an only child. He is the nicest, sweetest guy you ever want to meet. He lives in Wisconsin with his wife and kids, but he never misses any of the big family stuff in Amityville, even after his parents have passed away. So when I saw him over Thanksgiving- he gave up Thanksgiving with his own family to be in Amityville and attend Mongie's wake and funeral- I realized that Elle can be our Michael Edmonds. I mean, she does have a million cousins already so she is not really an only child.
Can you tell we have been fielding the kid # 2 question a lot lately?
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