In the last 29 years, you have taken on a lot of roles. You’ve been a daughter, a friend, a sister, a wife, and so much more. In a few weeks you will take on a new role – probably the most important role you will every take on: a mom. As your younger sister – the first baby you ever really got the chance to take care of – I’m here to give you one giant, important, helpful piece of information: You've got this. You are ready for parenthood.

Why am I so confident in this? Well, I am the baby of the family. I have watched you grow from a squeaky-voiced little kid to a loud speaking adult, and you have watched me grow from a pale, fat baby, to a slightly less fat, just as pale adult. Mom and dad didn’t raise me on their own, you helped a lot. You played with me, and you watched my TV shows even though you didn’t want to. You entertained me, even though you probably would have rather been doing something else. And it not like we're only a year or two apart. You are six years older than me. While I was playing with Barbie’s and watching little kids' shows on TV, you were becoming a teenager. Yet, you still made time to go along with my silly kid games even though you probably didn’t want to. That’s motherhood: watching Sesame Street when you’d rather be watching Game of Thrones (I know, they aren't on at the same time. Not the point I'm trying to make). Playing silly kid games when you’d rather be relaxing by yourself. Eating chicken nuggets for dinner every night, because that’s all your kid will eat, when you’d rather be eating something else. You’ve been doing this since you were six. Trust me, you’re ready. You’ve had plenty of practice.

It is so strange to me watching my sister, someone I still see as a kid, becoming a mother. Every time you walk into the house your belly is bigger and bigger, and it's odd to see the person who played with me and my weirdly large amount of imaginary friends about to have a baby. We have had our up's and down's, as all sister do, but as more space has been made between us we have gotten closer. You got your own room, and then you moved out of the house completely, and we do more things together now than I think we have done our entire lives as sisters. We travel together, watch Game of Thrones together, and go to movies and concerts together. After your son is born, that all may happen less, but I’m still coming over for fires, board games and GOT on Sunday nights. We’ll still go to New York, and as he gets older we can dress him up in costumes and go to Comic Con and King Richard’s Fair. Any fun sister outing can now be a mommy, son/nephew, and auntie outing, and it will still be fun.

I can’t wait to meet your son, and do fun things with him, and become an aunt. I can already see him looking just like you as a baby, and being super smart and nerdy as he grows up. He’s going to love Batman just like his dad, and play video games and love dogs. He’s going to love his two dog brothers, and they might not be so sure of him at first, but they’ll learn to love him, and they’ll always be there to protect him. He’s going have more love coming at him than one person can handle.

You’ve been an awesome big sister, and I can confidently say that you are ready to be a mom. You’re going to do great. Just remember, if you take him to Disney World, auntie is coming with you!