Well I have been thinking on this for a few days. How to put my sister Dana into words? Hmmmm. Easier said than done. Dana is my older sister. She is older by 8 years if I am doing the math correctly. (Sorry if I made you older than you are sis!) We shared a room and heck even bunk beds at one point. By the time I was a teenager she was away at school and then married and off in other states with her hubby CPV. But looking back at growing up I do have many fond memories and some pretty darn funny ones.
-One of my earliest memories is of lying in my crib and Dana talking to me. Don't ask me how I remember this but I can see it perfectly in my mind.
-Cabbage patch dolls, barbies and tea parties.
-Back yard circus Y'all!!!
-Dana's signature perm. (sorry!)
-I slightly recall a drunk on wine Dana climbing into my top bunk one night and dutch ovening me...HAHA! Yes I went there D.
-Visiting Dana and Chad's beach house in Florida while Chad was in pilot school and our little brother asking where Chad slept.
-How beautiful and happy she looked on her wedding day.
-Many visits home that never lasted long enough.
-Being the most scared to tell her I was pregnant with Kaylee at 18 because I didn't want her to be disappointed in me. Of course it wasn't that way at all!
-Seeing her hold my nephew Grant, then my daughter Kaylee and son Jase.
-Knowing she was pregnant when she came home over Christmas 06 before she could even tell me.
-Seeing the way she absolutely GLOWED during pregnancy.
-Conversations about her chottie being all yotti yotti after childbirth. I reassured her that this wasn't the case.
-Her asking me advice on pregnancy which really meant the world to me.
-Seeing her tiny belly grow and grow through pictures.
-Talking to her on the way to the hospital to have Natalie and wishing I could be there with her.
-Seeing the pictures of my beautiful one and only niece Natalie and my big sis just as proud as could be.
-Being so proud of my sister because childbirth and motherhood is no easy task.
-Watching a couple become a family. (Thanks to THOUSANDS of pictures of the most photographed baby in WA)
-Meeting Natalie for the first time...babies are so precious. Especially NHV and her beautiful blue eyes.
-Seeing Dana be a mother which I am convinced she was born to do.
-Seeing Natalie, Kaylee, Jase and Greyson all in my house together after Greyson was born.
I guess this brings us to present day. Natalie is growing and learning and is such a smart and beautiful little girl. She has personality out the wazoo which is no surprise to me being in this family. It makes me so sad that we can't take the kids to the park together on a nice day...but I know that she feels the same way and maybe someday we will live close enough to do that. Until then her through the year visits that can never last long enough will do. Maybe I will get brave and load my 3 kids on the plane and visit soon. But anyway I have gotten off track. This was a not so little blog about my sister Dana and my niece Natalie. I miss and love you both so much!
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