Nine years ago

......my life changed forever (:

Nine years ago today my baby sister was born. We may have our issues as sisters, but what sisters don't? But one thing that I know is that I am blessed to have such an amazing little sister. I can't wait to see her continue to grow into the amazing young lady and woman that she is going to be.

I decided to share with you the two major events about my sister that I will never forget.

First is the day that I found out that my mother was pregnant. I was 8 years old and an only child. I had asked or I should say begged my parents many many times to have a baby because I wanted a brother or sister. My parents took me for a  bike ride through bidwell park one day. We stopped at a picnic table next to the creek and my parents sat me down right next to the water and told me that we needed to talk. They told me that my mom was pregnant and going to have a baby. Honestly that was one of the best moments that I could have asked for.  I had wanted a brother or sister for a longgg time and hearing that I was so excited. I was a little nervous as well because that meant that I was going to have to share my parents. Which is a scary thought when you have been an only child for nine years. I knew my life would never be the same, but I knew it was going to be an amazing journey and it has. 

Now I am going to say everything that I remember from the day my sister was born. Parts may be choppy  because lets face its been nine years. My dad woke me up about midnight and told me that my mom was in labor and we needed to go to the hospital. I grabbed my bag that I had been packed for a few days. we drove to the hospital with my mom in pain the whole way. To be honest I was so scared because my mom is one of the toughest person I know, so seeing her in pain freaked me out a lot. Once we got to the hospital which felt life it took forever, my mom got set up in her room. My parents and I had planned on me being in the room during the birth because I had wanted to. Well that didn't go as planned because seeing my mom in the much pain did not sit well with me. My parents and I were still waiting for my grandparents to get to the hospital so I sat in a chair outside of my moms hospital room and read a book. Finally my grandparents got to the hospital. I went into the waiting room with my grandpa and uncle. At 4:33 on April 4, 2003 Gillian Rose was born, weighing 9 pounds. My Grandma brought me in the hospital room a little to early and I had to witness the after birth. If you do not know what that is trust me you probably do not want to. We spent awhile holding and awing over my baby sister. She was a beautiful baby. It had been a really long night for my family so we all fell asleep in the hospital room. My dad woke me up the next morning to ask me if I wanted to go to school, it was the last day before spring break. Being a typical kid I said I didn't want to because I was tired and too excited to have a baby sister. Lets face it having a crying baby over spring break made it difficult to relax but I got an amazing little sister. 


Happy 9th Birthday Gillian Rose. I love you and always will.