the ties that bind :)

i got a comment today from my cousin who lives in nj...she also reads my blog...so i do have more than 2 readers...although does it count when they are all family???  ha ha...anyways it got me to thinking about my cousin and family...and of course that leads to a story...so...saddle up...it's story time!  (imagine my hands flailing about)

when i was younger my brother was super annoying...like most brothers...however he was very protective, especially of my cousin di...acutally i think he had a major crush on her, which i can totally see why cause she is gorgeous and had the most amazing head of hair ever...i thought she was like the coolest thing ever and always felt intimidated when i saw her cause she was just too cool...

anyways...i remember one year in particular my aunt and cousin were coming to visit, my brother couldn't have been more than 6 or 7 and my mom was making the arrangements for sleeping and he really really really wanted my cousin di to sleep in his room, like he threw a fit about it when he discovered he was going to have to sleep with grandma....i just thought that was adorable...

which leads me to my current state...my nephew will not hug me, like every single time i see him he refuses to give me a hug...well of course this makes me just grab him and hug him silly and kiss his head, which i do every time to try and embarrass him....well this morning brian and i were chatting and a hooters commercial came on, which for some reason reminded brian of our nephew (he's getting to that age where he notices boobs...and how no boys work at hooters) anyways, brian was like maria you know he doesn't hug you cause he knows you are going to grab him and hold him and kiss him right?  i was like what?!  that little turd...boys..they're just such BOYS!!!!  it's not sleazy if he's 11 right??