A Big Sister's Love

November 18, 2008

Well tonight we decided to tell Meghan about the baby growing inside Mommy’s tummy. She handled it very well.
She didn’t remember having prayed for a baby to come live at our house. When we asked her if she would like a baby to come live here she said “Noooooo”.

After we told her there was one growing in Mommy’s tummy, she kind of laughed in her impish way and said “Just like Dora!!” One of the Dora the Explorer episodes she watches is about Dora becoming a big sister…….but in the cartoon it’s to twins. Not the case here……..unless one bean was hiding behind the other bean in the one ultrasound we have already…but still highly unlikely. Though it seems that everyone around us, not knowing that we were expecting yet had been telling us about dreams they have had about twins or about Steph having twins….even some of the teens in our youth group…..now that is just scary.

As mommy showed her about how big baby had grown so far using her hand, Meghan put up her hand and said “this big” at the same time Mommy did…..and that was the first time for that, it was as if she already knew what Mommy was going to say.

She asked what kind of baby in there? Of course we said we didn’t know yet and that we would tell her as soon as we found out because she asked “you tell me?”

She gave lots of hugs and kisses to Mommy’s tummy for the baby. She also put a yellow smiley face sticker on her tummy!!

When she came out to say goodnight to Mommy since Daddy was putting her to bed, she said lots of “goodnight baby”.
As she walked back toward her room she turned around and said “What time I get up?” “Probably about 8” Mommy said. To which she replied, “Ok. Baby, I be up at 8 O’Clock!!”

As I put her to bed and just before we prayed, called out to Mommy and not only said Goodnight mommy, but also said, “I love baby in Mommy’s tummy.”

Now we are so very thankful for this reaction from Meghan. We know of a family who’s first child is a girl, and the other 3 are boys and they are expecting another boy now. The sister was not exactly thrilled that her hopes of having a sister…an ally…a confidant…a cohort in pranks against brothers…were put on hold, AGAIN. But she’ll come around. Steph had a chance to tell her that she would be like Steph as Steph is the oldest and only girl of 5 kids. So this girl does have someone that she can identify with and get some great ideas from.

Look out world!!!!