Little Nephew Is Named

[nanila]

My Little Nephew - wait, I've got two now. Er, how to distinguish them? I suppose I'll have to start calling him Little Nephew 1. OK. Little Nephew 1 was christened the weekend after my birthday. The bloke and I were in attendance, of course, and the bloke had to stand in for one of the godfathers, who couldn't be there because he was stuck in Afghanistan, which as far as excuses go is a pretty good one. So he had to pretend to be Catholic for an hour and a half, with a hangover, a task made the more difficult by the amount of incense that seems to get waved around during mass. I don't remember that from my childhood. I guess incense doesn't burn so well in tropical climates? Does incense go mouldy?

Anyway, here are some photos from Little Nephew 1's Official Naming Day. (NB: "Little Nephew 1" is not his real name.)



With Granddad


With Friend, who is also 3 and also Nigerian/white


Clinking glasses with Godfather while Uncle looks on


Opening presents with Daddy


More presents with Granny & Mummy

Comments

[ankaret]

Aww, little nephew 1 is adorable.

I have two younger brothers, who I used to refer to as my little brother and my tiny brother until the tiny brother turned out tall and broad-shouldered and started working as a part-time bouncer, which caused my friends to make 'waitaminute, there's an even bigger one out there?' faces when I introduced him.

[capri]

That's like my family! I have 3 younger brothers - the oldest one is called "abang" (elder brother in Malay), the middle one "adik" (younger sibling in Malay) and the last one by his name, or just "the small one." The one we call "adik" is now taller and bigger than both his older siblings, so people always think we're bullshitting them. It would be quite funny if the small one grew up to be even bigger.

[ankaret]

Hee!

If my parents hadn't stopped after providing me with two brothers, then judging by the sibling-height curve we've got so far, the next one would have been unable to fit into normal-sized rooms.

[capri]

It's not that we're short, it's just that their FOOD IS DIFFERENT. ;___;

[telegramsam]

Solution: platform shoes (and matching bell bottoms) :D

[nanila]

I suspect that LN1 and LN2 will keep their current size ratios, as LN1's father is much larger (in all dimensions) than LN2's!