I am going to be an aunt for the first time in about a month. An aunt. There is going to be a baby that I get to watch grow up and I get to say I was there from the beginning. And I am absolutely ecstatic. My big sister is giving me a nephew, what a wonderful gift! I cannot wait to meet this sweet baby. I want to see him wiggle his baby toes and light up with a smile when I hold him and hear him cry out for his mommy. I am going to love this baby so much and he’s not even mine, but he will be. He will be my nephew. The first one I ever get. He’s going to change the world I live in in a big way, and I am beyond excited to experience every minute of it.
Shortly after I become an aunt for the first time, I will be one for the second. My brother is welcoming a beautiful baby girl into the world, just between Thanksgiving and Christmas (we hope!). What a wonderful gift to be thankful for. He’s already given me another sister this year. The love I have for my family just keeps growing. I cannot wait to see this little girl smile and be treated like a princess. I cannot wait to see her in pink. I cannot wait to watch her grow up. I am so ready to welcome this second newest addition.
I am going to raise these babies on football and Harry Potter. There will be tons of two-tone blue and black and gold. I am going to read to them all the time and send them books for everything special. I will spoil these babies. They are going to have the best aunt to come to for anything; these babies will never go unloved, by me or anyone else.
I don’t know how becoming an aunt will change my life, but I know it won’t be in a small way. I only hope it brings perspective. I hope any changes are for the better. I hope this brings me closer to my sister, despite our geographical distance. I hope my brother and I grow closer, too. I have grown up with them my entire life but always felt like an outsider to the cool kids’ club. There is a significant age difference between myself and my siblings, so they grew up before me. I have always wanted to belong to them, I have always wanted to be more than the annoying little sister. I hope being an aunt to their sweet babies will be able to change that. I want to be a bigger part of their lives than I have been. I can’t wait to love their babies. These babies are going to have the best lives; their parents sure did learn from the best.
October cannot get here fast enough so I can assume this new role of life.
