Little Sis

This is my little sister - isn't she cute? (o:

She turned 19 this month!! I waited extra long to get a sister. I always wanted a sister growing up, but it didn't seem like it would ever happen. I prayed and prayed for a sister. Don't get me wrong, I love my brothers, but I envied my friends who had sisters - even though at the time, those friends didn't see what the big deal was about having sisters. (o:

Finally, when I was 15, my mom got the shock of her life. The youngest in the family was my brother Andy. He was 8. Now that I have kids I can better relate/understand to why my mom was freaking out about being pregnant. I was in heaven and I prayed and prayed again that it would please oh please be a girl.

Well, I think you can figure out the end of the story. My mom always said it was actually my fault she got pregnant, that I prayed my sister here. I think for a while she actually resented me for this. (o: I got what I wanted, but she had to suffer a pregnancy at almost 40 years old. (Again, my perspective has changed and I understand what a big deal that must have been much better now!) I'm 125% sure my mom is glad I "prayed her here" now. Our family wouldn't be the same without her.

Christine gave me great practice for being a mother of my own kids - she was my guinea pig. I was her sister-mommy those first few years of her life and I still remember getting funny comments from strangers who thought she was my baby. (I always looked older for my age as a teenager.) "Ohhh, she looks just like you." and "when did you have her?" and the one that freaked me out the most, "Are you breast-feeding?".

Nope, I didn't get THAT much practice in motherhood with her. But I got good at changing diapers, feeding her, bathing her, etc. Those were fun times and even though my mom had to deal with pregnancy later in life, she got a pretty good deal having a live in nanny/babysitter!

Another funny thing - I remember when I was 15 - holding baby Chrissy and thinking that when she was 15 years old, I would be 30!! I thought that was sooooo old at the time, yet here I am long past 30.

So happy birthday this month Christine! I am so glad that you decided to join us and that I finally got my sister!! LOVE YOU!