At the center of this first chapter book in the fine Redfeather series is a child's joyful relationship with a loving relative. Codie has always spent lots of time in her Aunt Alix's messy, muddled home. Now that her aunt is to have a baby, Codie's feelings are muddled. On the one hand, she can't wait to have a cousin; but at the same time, she worries that her aunt won't have time for her anymore. When the baby comes early, Codie stays up all night finishing the quilt she has secretly been sewing for months. In a satisfying ending, Aunt Alix wraps her baby in the quilt and Codie holds her new cousin for the first time. Codie's secret adds excitement to the usual new baby/displacement story. Her first-person, present-tense narrative is understated; the plain words intensify the meaning of extended family. Illustrations were unseen in galley. (Reviewed Oct. 1, 1993)